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Council for Allied Health in North Carolina

CB# 7302
UNC-CH Bondurant Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7302
Phone: (910) 818-3840
Fax: (919) 966-5200
alisa_debnam
@med.unc.edu

 
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Council History

June 1988     

The Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Physical Therapists, Respiratory Care, Medical Records, and Medical Technology (CLS) Task Force asked for an ad hoc committee to investigate solutions to workforce shortages in allied health professions.

September 1988    

Northwest AHEC sponsored an invitational conference on Allied Health with the NC Department of Public Instruction, NC Community College System, NC University System, NC Hospital Association, NC Long Term Care Association, NC Government, NC AHEC Program, and Allied Health Professional Societies/Associations.      

October 1989 to October 1992    

Four key collaborative conferences were held with emphasis on avoiding a workforce shortage.
Recommendations were organized into five major areas:

  1. Policy and planning in Allied Health Workforce development.
  2. Monitoring allied health workforce supply and demand.
  3. Recruitment into allied health careers.
  4. Allied health education.
  5. Retention in professions and employment settings.      

Today    

The result from these conferences is The Council for Allied Health in North Carolina, formed in 1991 by allied health practitioners, educators and employers as a mechanism to address the recommendations. The initial focus was the chronic shortage in speech-language pathology, occupational therapy and physical therapy. In 1994, The Council played an important role in soliciting support from the North Carolina General Assembly to expand educational programs and increase the number of persons prepared and licensed to practice in those professions.