{"id":2305,"date":"2014-02-28T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T21:34:04","slug":"ahec","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-7 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\nThe UNC Department of Psychiatry has long-standing relationships with AHEC sites across the state of North Carolina, allowing residents to become comfortable and competent providing care in a community-based setting. Residents in the PGY-2, PGY-4, and PGY-5 years participate in rotations at an AHEC site, giving them an opportunity to learn about and participate in the evolving mental health systems in North Carolina. AHEC training sites offer a variety of experiences to residents, from patient populations and preschool to geriatric sites, and include experience with partial hospitalization programs, ACTT teams, the justice system, substance abuse programs, and crisis centers. \u00a0In addition, upper year residents may participate with faculty giving presentations to North Carolina&#8217;s health care workforce under the AHEC umbrella.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/AHEC-3.2-box.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16907\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"bs-callout bs-callout-primary\">\n<h2>ATTN: AHEC Mental Health Directors<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in arranging for a speaker, please email\u00a0<a class=\"email-link\" title=\"\" href=\"mailto:myra_daniel@med.unc.edu\" target=\"_self\">Myra Daniel<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33636,"featured_media":0,"parent":2232,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) | Department of Psychiatry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) | Department of Psychiatry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Psychiatry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-05T21:34:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2018\/08\/IMG_1040-1-e1538600251289.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2018\/08\/IMG_1040-1-e1538600251289.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/\",\"name\":\"North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) | Department of Psychiatry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/AHEC-3.2-box.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-28T19:55:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-05T21:34:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/AHEC-3.2-box.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/AHEC-3.2-box.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"NC AHEC logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/ahec\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Education &amp; 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