North Carolina Health Careers Access Program
an interinstitutional program of the University of North Carolina
Since 1990, the NC AHEC Program and the North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) have collaborated on several projects to increase the presence of underrepresented minorities in the health professions. The NC-HCAP is an inter-campus program of the UNC system established as a consortium of educational institutions and community health service agencies. The mission of the NC Health Careers Access Program is:
To increase the number of individuals from educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with an emphasis on under-represented minorities (i.e., African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians/Pacific Islanders of the Vietnam War Era), who are trained, educated, and employed in the health professions.
NC-HCAP does this by:
- increasing awareness of career opportunities in the health professions,
- cultivating interests in pursuit of health professions,
- enhancing opportunities to gain access to formal training and education programs in the health professions, and
- increasing the probability of success in completing formal training and education programs in the health professions.
Programs Offered
- The Health Careers Centers Program
- The Statewide Health Careers Information Network
- The Clinical Health Summer Program
- Health Careers Information and Enrichment Workshops
- Science Enrichment Preparation Summer Program
Health Careers Centers coordinate campus-based activities to identify, recruit, and motivate underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students for health training and professional health programs. The Health Careers Centers also strengthen the academic and basic skills backgrounds of these students, and identify financial aid resources, and provide advocacy service for admission to graduate and health professions schools. Health Careers Centers are located at the following institutions:
- Elizabeth City State University
(252) 335-3270 - North Carolina Central University
(919) 530-7128 - The University of North Carolina - Pembroke
(910) 521-6673
For more information on these and other NC-HCAP programs, contact:
North Carolina Health Careers Access Program
301 Pittsboro Street, Suite 351, CB# 8010
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8010
Phone: (919) 966-2264
FAX: (919) 966-6109
Email: nchcap@email.unc.edu