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North Carolina AHEC Program
winter 2015 newsletter
AHEC Supports Military Veterans
Two new resources provide instruction and materials
to health care professionals, clergy, and others to
support military veterans and their families with
their transition back to civilian life...(more)
Two New MAHEC Family Medicine Practices Open
in Western North Carolina
The residents of Lake Lure no longer have to drive
lengthy distances for their medical care. The
Mountain Area Health Education Center opened the
doors of the Family Health Center at Lake Lure to
patients on September 29, 2014...(more)
No­Travel
Option Helps Maximize Time and
Participation in Continuing Education
Northwest AHEC is offering a new method to
participate in select classroom programs called the
No­Travel
Option. A mixed­mode
virtual video­bridge
service allows Northwest AHEC to connect
enterprise­level
room­based
video conference
systems to consumer desktop and mobile devices via
the internet...(more)
Health Careers Boosted in NC by AHEC and Virtual
Job Shadow® Partnership
Working with schools statewide to help promote jobs
and educate students about in­demand
careers,
Strivven Media, which produces Virtual Job Shadow,
is pleased to announce a recent partnership with the
NC AHEC Program...(more)
creating a better state of health
AHEC Review is the newsletter of the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program
CB# 7165, UNC Chapel Hill, The NC AHEC Building, 145 North Medical Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599­7165
Tel: 919­966­2461
Fax: 919­966­5830
Published December 2014
© Copyright 2014, NC AHEC
Director's Message
Linking Public Health
With the
Transformation of
Primary Care
Excerpt from the North
Carolina Medical
Journal issue on
"Improving Population
Health in North
Carolina."
The Institute of
Medicine of the National
Academies has
recommended that
public health
interventions be
coordinated with the
development of primary
care. How can we
accomplish this goal?...
(more)
News Briefs
AHEC Convenes
Interprofessional
Education Summit with
the Goal to Transform
Health Professions
Training
A Project to Reduce
Emergency Department
Visits
AHEC AmeriCorps
Members Train For
Youth Mental Health
First Aid
Video Project Convinces
65­and­Over
Crowd to
Reject Their Fears and
Get Flu Shot
Human Trafficking: It
Still Happens
Staff News + Awards
Bacon Recognized with
Career Achievement
Award
Miller Honored for
Raising Awareness of
Prescription Drug Abuse
Staff Updates