Join us on June 2, 2023 / 8:30 am–12:45 pm at Hawthorne Inn / Winston-Salem, NC
Apr 19, 2023 9:03:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Community, rural health, practice management
Join us on June 2, 2023 / 8:30 am–12:45 pm at Hawthorne Inn / Winston-Salem, NC
Apr 18, 2023 6:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in virtual, STIs, Enduring, online learning
The North Carolina Annual STI Update was held on March 22, 2023, as fully remote for presenters and attendees for the third year in a row. Hosting it virtually allowed Northwest AHEC and partners to offer the longstanding and reputable continuing professional development activity to a larger audience.
Apr 13, 2023 9:19:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in online learning, healthy NC 2030
Clinical Corner is a series of 4 online microlearning activities focused on high priority health indicators in North Carolina, as outlined in Healthy North Carolina 2030. Achieving the goals of Healthy NC 2030 requires engaging partners across multiple sectors to improve population health and drive health equity over the next decade (Healthy NC 2030, p.17). Each module uses the Results-Based Accountability framework of ‘Turn the Curve’ thinking, and should take about 15 minutes to complete.
Mar 23, 2023 10:19:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Breastfeeding, conference, newborn
You don't want to miss this one-day conference will focus on techniques to assist women with breastfeeding. In person in Asheville NC!
Mar 22, 2023 9:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Nursing, Pediatric, conference, Pediatrics, newborn, registered nurse
Live Webinar on May 24, 2023 - Register Today! The goal of this conference is to enhance the health care professional's understanding of current management techniques in providing care to the high-risk infant.
Mar 17, 2023 11:18:52 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in rural health, practice support, practice management
One of Northwest AHEC's practices in located in Catawba County recently received a training from Practice Support staff on Managing Difficult Patient Situations. Practice Administrator for Newton Family Physicians P.A., Melissa White, commended our staff and services "NWAHEC is a valuable resource for us and recently assisted us in some valuable training for my staff."
Mar 16, 2023 1:45:00 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in COVID-19, learning, rural health, online learning, continuing education
Three years after the world shut down and forced a stay-at-home order due to COVID-19 pandemic response, Northwest AHEC is looking back and REFLECTING on what we have learned.
Mar 15, 2023 9:28:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in behavioral health, PTSD, counseling
Join us April 21, 2023 from 9AM - 12:15PM In Person at Northwest AHEC at 475 Deacon Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC.
Mar 14, 2023 7:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in COVID-19, respiratory care, conference, continuing education
The third year of hosting the conference virtually attracted over 100 attendees representing a diverse crowd from all over NC and beyond.
Mar 13, 2023 11:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in health careers, diversity and inclusion, workforce
Northwest AHEC's own Melanee Mills, Program Coordinator for Health Careers and Workforce Diversity, was able to go and experience the Minority Health Conference on February 24th along with a few other AHEC colleagues. Thanks to UNC Chapel Hill – Gillings School of Global Public Health for putting on this important event!
The Northwest Area Health Education Center of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides and supports educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and those with less access to resources to recruit, train and retain the workforce needed to create a healthy North Carolina.