Education Affiliations
Augusta Medical Center employs some of the finest health care professionals in Virginia. AMC offers several programs to support education at all levels. AMC is a clinical site for clinical education for many different health programs.
Nursing
We are currently a clinical site for the following schools:
- Eastern Mennonite University BSN Program
- James Madison University BSN Program
- University of Virginia BSN Program
- Piedmont Community College ADN Program
- Blue Ridge Community College ADN Program
- Valley Vocational Technical Center LPN Program
We recently developed a Nursing Internship Program that is designed for the novice nurse, the new graduate nurse, for the nurse who has been away from the acute care for some time, or the nurse that has the desire to enter a new specialty area.
This program allows a nurse to develop clinical knowledge and skills within a specialty area that is desired. If you are an outside candidate, you will first spend adequate time in general hospital orientation on the unit. You will continue for an adequate length of time at the discretion of your clinical coordinator. Candidates are hired into a permanent position or will be placed into an interim position until a position opens on the unit desired.
Radiology
AMC is now an official “clinical site” for the Radiologic Technologist Program at RMH. Students can get an Associates Degree through Blue Ridge Community College as well for their two-year study program. They will take most if not all of their didactic classroom course at RMH and split their clinical rotations between RMH and AMC. This is a two year program and the Director is Mr. Jon Lough (540-433-4532). This program is an accredited program by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology. Students take course work in Anatomy and Physiology, X-ray Physics, Radiation Safety, and other related classes. Upon successful completion, students sit for the Registry Exam in order to become certified Radiologic Technologists.
Recreation Therapy
The Recreation Therapy Department at AMC is the clinical rotation site with affiliates such as:
- Radford University
- James Madison University
- Longwood College
- Old Dominion University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
We work with other Universities as requested by students from other universities.
Occupational Therapy
The Occupational Therapy Department at AMC has affiliations with the following schools:
- James Madison University
- Medical College of Virginia
- Shenandoah University and College of Health Sciences
The OT department accepts students from colleges for either one week observation based experience or a 3 month intensive experience where by the end the student is expected to be able to maintain a caseload of patients as an entry level therapist.
Laboratory
The School of Clinical Laboratory Science is a 12-month clinical program, which is divided into a lecture/student laboratory phase, which emphasizes the pathophysiology of disease. Visit the Clinical Laboratory Science web page here.
Mentorship Programs
Augusta Medical Center accepts students throughout the year from area high schools for mentorship programs. Students apply for this program through their guidance departments at their individual schools.
We have Mentorship Programs in the following areas at AMC:
- Nursing
- Radiology
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Marketing / Public Relations
- Laboratory Sciences
Other healthcare departments may be available upon request