Support for Practicing Health Professionals
NC AHEC offers a variety of continuing education (CE) programs and technical assistance services to practicing health professionals and agencies in the state. AHEC is expanding access to its CE programs through distance learning and other instructional technology.
| AHEC Continuing Education Attendance: 2003-2004 | |
|---|---|
| Allied Health | 8,089 |
| Dentistry | 7,360 |
| Medicine | 101,486 |
| Mental Health | 17,549 |
| Multi-Disciplinary | 6,337 |
| Nursing | 19,920 |
| Pharmacy | 4,362 |
| Public Health | 2,891 |
| Other | 1,987 |
| Total | 169,981 |
Off-Campus Degree Programs allow practicing health professionals throughout the state to obtain higher education degrees. Since 1982, approximately 1,350 health professionals have earned baccalaureate and master's degree programs in nursing, public health, and social work.
| Off-Campus Degree Programs: 1979-2004 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of Programs | Number of Graduates | |
| Nursing | 57 |
1,199 |
| Public Health | 27 |
6158 |
| Social Work | 5 |
107 |
| Total | 89 |
1,921 |
Certificate programs in nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy allow health professionals to acquire knowledge and skills to develop new professional roles to improve the collaboration and continuity of health care delivery.
Library and Information Services
- In 2000-2001 the AHEC Library /Learning Resource Center Network provided more than 164,000 circulation services and 33,000 reference services to practitioners throughout the state.
- AHEC librarians offered 696 educational program sessions to more than 4,059 attendees. Outreach librarians made more than 1,400 site visits.
- The AHEC Digital Library continues to deliver core electronic resources and services to health professionals across the state.
- Video conferencing technology expansion now exceeds the AHEC network's reach for distance education, TeleHealth, and Telemedicine initiatives to over 200 public and private sites throughout the state