Carolina GEC Partners

The strength of the Carolina Geriatric Education Center constortium rests with its outstanding member organizations and with faculty who are committed to promoting effective and culturally competent care for older adults.

CGEC member organizations include both academic and community partners. The consortium is structured to promote the development of geriatrics expertise in North Carolina regions with large and rapidly expanding aging populations.

 

 

Eastern AHEC serves a vast area of eastern North Carolina , including the tidewater and coastal counties. Many of the communities that Eastern serves are historically agricultural and economically distressed with large minority populations and a heavy burden of chronic disease. Eastern AHEC joined the consortium in 2003, establishing a regional geriatrics education advisory committee with broad representation of disciplines and organizations, including health professions faculty from East Carolina University . Eastern is coordinating CGEC activities within the region by recruiting participants, planning training activities, and conducting follow-up evaluation. They have developed an intensive training program on mobility that may ultimately serve as a model for other settings.

Wake AHEC serves the greater Raleigh metropolitan area and surrounding piedmont agricultural counties. A consortium member since July 2004, Wake AHEC provides leadership for the Carolina Geriatric Education Center (CGEC) in the region, working in collaboration with UNC-CH and with educational and community practice settings in the region. Wake AHEC brings a broad interdisciplinary perspective to the consortium, with representation from key disciplines contributing to geriatrics education planning. Wake AHEC will coordinate CGEC activities within the region by recruiting participants, planning training activities, conducting evaluation, and sharing data for reporting purposes.

Charlotte AHEC, serves the greater Charlotte metropolitan area and adjacent rural counties. Charlotte AHEC joined the CGEC consortium in 2001 with a vision to develop a regional strategic plan for geriatrics education and manpower development . In addition to coordinating CGEC activities within the region by recruiting participants, planning training activities, and conducting follow-up evaluation, Charlotte AHEC hosts and coordinates the regional Gerontology Council, a group of professionals from a variety of disciplines who work on issues that affect the aging population. Charlotte AHEC will contribute to curriculum development in the area of HIV/AIDS and Older People.

Mountain AHEC , a consortium member since 2000, provides leadership for the CGEC in sixteen mountainous counties in the Western part of the state, working in collaboration with UNC-CH and with regional educational and community practice settings. Geriatrics education is a topic of great significance to the MAHEC region given that it is the fastest growing retirement destination in North Carolina and the third most desirable location nationwide. Given the accompanying need for geriatrics leadership and for an expanded pool of professionals prepared to teach geriatrics effectively, MAHEC is the home for the CGEC's Faculty Development Program. It is also active in other forms of professional education and contributes to the curriculum development in Prevention and Healthy Aging.

Greensboro AHEC provides resources to students and practicing health professionals in the counties of Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Montgomery, Orange, Randolph, and Rockingham.

Piedmont Health Services
Piedmont Health Services is comprised of six health centers in Carrboro, Burlington, Moncure, Prospect Hill, and Siler City. They place special emphasis on serving patients who have had restrictions placed on their ability to get care.

Northwest AHEC "is an educational and training program designed to enhance the health of the public in its 17-county region by improving the supply, distribution, and quality of health and human service personnel, especially in primary care, through community/academic partnerships." They are affiliated with Wake Forest University School of Medicine and North Carolina Baptist Hospitals.

UNC Chapel Hill
UNC-Chapel Hill At UNC, the School of Medicine's Center for Aging and Health leads the consortium with direction by Jan-Busby-Whitehead, MD and Rebecca Hunter, MEd. Consistent with its emphasis on interdisciplinary education and practice, CGEC enjoys outstanding support from the Institute on Aging; the North Carolina AHEC Program ( Central AHEC); and the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Social Work, and Public Health.

Piedmont Health Services is comprised of six health centers in Carrboro, Burlington, Moncure, Prospect Hill, and Siler City. They place special emphasis on serving patients who have had restrictions placed on their ability to get care.