Director's Message

We are pleased to share with you the summer 2009 North Carolina AHEC newsletter. We normally distribute printed newsletters, but in light of the severe budget cuts that we and other programs have experienced this year, we decided to move to an electronic format.

In spite of the severe downturn in the economy and the impact it has had on AHEC and virtually all of the academic and health care institutions with whom we work, there continues to be a wealth of activity going on across the state. ....(more)

 

News Briefs

SEAHEC Dedicates New Building

Four Medical Students from UNC will Complete Last Two Years of Medical School in Asheville

Dentistry and Medicine Interface: An AHEC Quality Improvement Project

Communicating Cancer Health Information

Northwest AHEC Celebrates 35th Anniversary

Greensboro AHEC: A Perfect Score

AHEC Accolades

North Carolina AHEC Program
summer 2009 newsletter

The Invisible Wounds of War: AHEC’s Vital Role in Serving Returning Veterans Thanks to a partnership between Citizen Soldier Support Program and the NC AHEC Program, 1875 behavioral health care professionals have received training to more effectively deal with psychological and rehabilitative issues facing returning service members and their families...(more)

Charlotte AHEC: Evaluating For Program Quality and Effectiveness As today’s health care organizations focus on quality care and improved patient outcomes, quality staff training has become essential in keeping staff knowledge and skills updated...(more) By Julie Covington, Charlotte AHEC.

North Carolina’s ICARE Partnership: Improving Access to Care Through Integration If you ask licensed clinical social worker Mark Boyd why integrated care is a good idea, he won’t point you to research or statistics. He’ll tell you a story:...(more) By Sally Smith, Mountain AHEC, and Russet Hambrick, Southern Regional AHEC.

Podcast Web Site Targets Internet-Savvy Medical Students Fewer medical students choosing family medicine means increased competition among residencies for applicants. To enhance visibility of the Duke/Southern Regional AHEC Family Medicine Residency Program in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the directors of educational technology and marketing partnered to create a podcasting website as a recruitment tool. The result was www.RadioAHEC.org, the first known podcasting site for resident recruitment...(more) By Karen Mantzouris, and Sherry Stafford, Southern Regional AHEC.