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The program began in 1972 with three AHEC regions under a federal AHEC contract with the UNC-CH School of Medicine. In 1974, the North Carolina General Assembly approved and funded a plan by the UNC-CH School of Medicine to create a statewide network of nine AHEC regions. The plan called for the establishment of 300 new primary care medical ...
Collectively, graduates of medical schools with AHEC programs were more likely to choose primary care residency positions than graduates of medical schools without AHEC programs. AHECs provided continuing education programs for health practitioners in medicine (122,750), dentistry (14,140), nursing (96,990), pharmacy (7,730), and allied health ...
The Greensboro Area Health Education Center (Greensboro AHEC or GAHEC) changed its name to "Piedmont AHEC" on February 1, 2023. It is one of nine regional centers affiliated with the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program. It is administered by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The Northwest Area Health Education Center (Northwest AHEC) of Wake Forest School of Medicine is one of nine regional Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) of the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers program. Northwest AHEC is an educational outreach center and training program designed to better the health of the public in its 17 ...
Higher Education and the Nation's Health: Policies for Medical and Dental Education, A Special Report and Recommendations, McGraw-Hill Book Company, ISBN 0-07-010021-7 Gessert C and Smith D (1981). “The National AHEC Program: Review of Its Progress and Considerations for the 1980s," Public Health Rep. 96(2)
FTCC serves more than 30,000 students annually by providing over 190 occupational, technical, general education, college transfer, and continuing education programs. The third-largest community college in the state, and the largest in Eastern North Carolina , [ 2 ] FTCC boasts one of the largest Continuing Education departments.
Continuing education or professional development is required in many fields, including teachers, insurance professionals, interior designers/interior architects, lighting designers, architects, engineers, emergency management professionals, school administrators, educators, nurses as well as those in the mental health professionals including ...
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Digital and Lifelong Learning at the Friday Conference Center is a unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The department was created to serve the needs of nontraditional students through continuing education programs and services.