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NC AHEC

Recruit, Train, Retain: Developing the Workforce for a Healthy North Carolina

Leaders in the transformation of health care education and services in North Carolina

12/09/2025

Calling new and experienced practice managers! Join NC AHEC's Practice Management Academy's Bootcamp session on LEADERSHIP. In this 9-week virtual course offered from January 8 to March 9, 2026, you will learn communication and
management skills that will help you make your practice cohesive, efficient, and welcoming for both your staff and patients.

Receive 9.0 contact hours for full participation. Sign up before 1/7/26 at https://www.southernregionalahec.org/courses-and-events/75763/leadership-practice-manager-bootcamp. We look forward to connecting with you!

12/05/2025

As we wrap up our reflections on the accomplishments of this past fiscal year, we highlight some of the ways NC AHEC has worked to support the needs of health care workers:
→ NC AHEC directly supported 1,083 primary care, specialty or behavioral health medical practices across 99 counties, including helping with managing new payment models and health care reforms, while also enhancing quality and reducing costs.
→ NC AHEC provided over 50,000 library services to health care workers from 83 counties, including performing literature searches, lending documents, and answering reference questions.
→ The NC Center on the Workforce for Health, a recent addition to NC AHEC, supported 7 AHEC regions to prepare or operationalize regional employer-led collaboratives to define and respond to local health workforce priorities, coordinated the state agency efforts to align health workforce initiatives, and is now recognized as the state’s nursing workforce center.

We celebrate the good work that has been done, and look forward to continuing our efforts to create a healthier NC. Learn more at www.ncahec.net.

12/02/2025

🌟 Feeling grateful! We are incredibly proud of one of our NC AHEC Scholars, Sanjita Suryadevara of Piedmont AHEC, who will be presenting her project “Predicting and Mapping Temporary Nurse Labor Costs in North Carolina: Hospital Financial Risk Mitigation and Workforce Response” at the 2025 NAO AHEC Scholars-Led Presentations on December 3. Sanjita’s upcoming presentation represents months of hard work, curiosity, and a deep passion for strengthening our healthcare system. She states, “This work has deepened my appreciation for the intersection of health policy, data science, and workforce resilience…none of this would have been possible without the unwavering support, mentorship, and encouragement from this amazing community”. Thank you, Sanjita, for your commitment to learning, leading, and making a meaningful impact! 👏🏽✨ To learn more about the NC AHEC Scholars program, visit https://www.ncahec.net/health-careers/ahec-scholars/.

11/25/2025

During this season of thanks, we would like to take a moment to let our partners know how grateful we are for their dedication to the NC AHEC mission and the communities and providers we all serve. Effective partnerships with medical and health sciences schools, hospital and health systems, and all our community and state-level collaborators are a hallmark of our work. We celebrate all that we have done and look forward to building on our partnerships during the coming year to help recruit, train and retain the workforce needed for a healthy North Carolina.

11/20/2025

As we continue to reflect on the accomplishments of this past fiscal year, we highlight some of the ways NC AHEC has worked to meet the continuing professional development needs of healthcare workers:
→ NC AHEC delivered high-quality continuing professional development to over 56,000 healthcare workers, covering all 100 counties. 13% of the healthcare workers were physicians and 22% were registered nurses.
→ NC AHEC awarded over 522,000 credit hours to participants who attended NC AHEC events, covering 67 different types of credit, including 17,910 hours of National Board of Certified Counselor training and 13,021 Category A contact hours for NC psychologists.
→ NC AHEC furthered the use of innovative care management by partnering with NC DHHS to support 92 practices to implement Collaborative Care, 87 sites to deploy Tailored Care Management, 511 individuals to participate in the Practice Managers Academy and 400 Community Health Workers to improve their skills.

We celebrate the good work that has been done, and look forward to continuing our efforts to create a healthier NC. Learn more at www.ncahec.net.

11/13/2025

As we reflect on the accomplishments of this past fiscal year, we highlight some of the ways NC AHEC has helped recruit the next generation of health care workers and supported their education:
➛ NC AHEC provided 52,208 nights of housing for students from more than 18 colleges or universities doing 1,402 rotations in 42 counties across North Carolina.
➛ NC AHEC promoted health care careers to 2,972 pre-college youth from 63 counties at 118 events and supported 230 AHEC Scholars from 42 NC colleges.
➛ Southern Regional and Mountain AHECs sponsored residencies in their regions and NC AHEC financially supported residencies in other NC programs. AHEC-supported residents are more likely to remain in NC; 54% of the 429 residents remained in NC.
We celebrate the good work that has been done, and look forward to continuing our efforts to create a healthier NC. Learn more about us at www.ncahec.net.

11/12/2025

🎉 Publication announcement! The NC AHEC Nursing Clinical Instructor Partner (CIP) program's newest article in the Journal of Professional Nursing provides step-by-step guidance for building successful academic-practice partnerships, highlighting how practicing nurses can serve as Clinical Instructor Partners (CIPs) — a dual-role model that bridges direct patient care and nursing education. 📘 Read the full article here:https://www.ncahec.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Journal-of-Professional-Nursing_Article_2025.pdf

11/11/2025

In October, Eastern AHEC and the NC Health Talent Alliance brought together area healthcare leaders, educators, and community partners from Currituck to Carteret and Onslow to Dare counties for the region's first-ever Healthcare Workforce Employer Collaboratives. Their purpose? To discuss ways to tackle an urgent issue -- building and sustaining a strong healthcare workforce in Eastern NC.

“Our healthcare employers are facing ongoing challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled professionals, particularly in rural and coastal communities,” said Kathy Russell, Regional Healthcare Workforce Manager at Eastern AHEC. The Collaboratives allowed participants to co-create strategies to address challenges such as noncompetitive salaries, limited remote work opportunities, and fewer pathways for career advancement, and discuss innovative ways to grow healthcare talent locally.

Understanding the regional workforce needs and developing targeted programs to address identified needs is the focus of the NC Health Talent Alliance (NC HTA) – a strategic partnership between the NC Center on the Workforce for Health, NC Chamber Foundation, and NC AHEC regions aimed at addressing pervasive healthcare worker shortages in North Carolina.

“By bringing employers, educators, and stakeholders to the same table, we are ensuring that solutions are not only innovative and sustainable, but also responsive to the real needs of our local communities -- together.” said Bryan Spence, Regional Healthcare Workforce Manager at Eastern AHEC.

This is just the beginning of good and meaningful conversations about creating job-ready, credentialed workforces that reflect the communities they serve. To learn more and get involved, visit workforceforhealth.org/hta.

10/21/2025

Calling new and experienced practice managers! Join NC AHEC s Practice Management Academy's Bootcamp session on CUSTOMER SERVICE. In this two-part module offered November 13 and 24 from 3-4 p.m., you will learn about ways to enhance customer experiences, and discover the attributes of effective web pages and patient portals.
Receive 2.0 contact hours for full participation; class registration is $50 and closes on 11/12/2025. Sign up soon at https://www.southernregionalahec.org/courses-and-events/75762/customer-service-practice-manager-bootcamp.

We look forward to connecting with you!

10/14/2025

October is National Medical Librarians month – a perfect time to highlight the amazing contributions of NC AHEC library staff! 📚 💙 As part of NC AHEC’s Library Services, they play an essential role in advancing medicine, supporting research, and improving patient care by delivering information that is timely, trustworthy, and expertly curated. Additionally, the NC AHEC Digital Library ensures that all providers in the state have access to high-quality evidence-based health information. Check it all out at www.ncahec.net/library-services. We look forward to connecting with you!

09/17/2025

The health care landscape is ever-changing—and we help practices keep up. Over 1,300 practices across North Carolina are supported by NC AHEC Practice Support coaches—experts who provide tailored guidance on a wide range of critical topics. In a recent survey, 100% of respondents said they would recommend the service to other providers.

One practice in Wake County said “Our AHEC coach is incredibly proactive, helpful, and guides us to seek the best solutions for our practice. She understands the challenges of an independent medical practice and provides practical, relevant guidance and information. We would not have been able to get the CoCM capacity-building grant or the NCHIE Social Needs Pilot grant without her support.”

To learn more about how NC AHEC Practice Support is making a difference across the state, visit https://www.ncahec.net/practice-support/impact-2/.

08/21/2025

Just mailed! An NC AHEC postcard from Alamance County: Cathy Wooton, RN IBCLC, brings an “anchor box” to patients as BHCM at Burlington Pediatrics, NC. Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y2652rww.

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