This two-hour lunch and learn live webinar will focus on improving vaccine rates in rural areas, through exploration of both religious and cultural reasons for vaccine hesitancy. Bring your own lunch and join us!
Sep 28, 2021 8:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski
This two-hour lunch and learn live webinar will focus on improving vaccine rates in rural areas, through exploration of both religious and cultural reasons for vaccine hesitancy. Bring your own lunch and join us!
Sep 27, 2021 9:52:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Perinatal, mental health, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Nov. 30, 2021 / 10am – 12:15pm - The Impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in Substance Use Treatment
Dec. 2, 2021 / 10am – 12:15pm - Improving Outcomes in Substance Use Treatment by Modifying Approaches for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Webinar Series ONLY - View this live event from your device. Participants are expected to attend both days.
Sep 21, 2021 8:33:58 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Nursing, rn refresher
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nurse Refresher Course is online and self-paced, helping you continue to balance work, life, and your career.
Sep 17, 2021 1:14:59 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in healthy eating, disordered eating, eating disorders
This series of one-hour lectures will provide health care providers with best practices for prevention, screening, identification and treatment of disordered eating.
Sep 16, 2021 9:41:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in mental health, cancer, research
This virtual meeting is designed to familiarize attendees with current understanding of the etiology and treatment options for selected unmet cancer and treatment related symptoms, toxicities and CCDR challenges. It will also review the current and planned studies developed by the Wake Forest NCORP Research Base addressing these issues.
Sep 15, 2021 9:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in CME, heart health, cardiovascular
Registration is now open for this upcoming virtual conference. Join us on Friday, October 22nd.
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Sep 13, 2021 4:00:00 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in dance medicine, physical therapy
Participation in dance as a sport continues to grow. As a result of increased participation, therefore, there is a growing need for health care providers to understand this group of athletes and their unique demands: their biomechanics are extreme, their psychosocial stressors are significant and the treatments they require are unique.
Sep 10, 2021 9:24:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in CME, cancer, oncology
Sep 9, 2021 10:34:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Webinar, Pregnancy
For 39 years the Gravidas at Risk Annual Perinatal Conference has been keeping attendees informed of the clinical issues and strategies important in the care of high-risk pregnant women. We had a very successful webinar last year for this activity and will hold this years conference via live webinar again. Holding webinars allows for better reach to our target audience and helps Health Department nurses obtain this critical information even on limited time and travel budget.
Roderica “Nicole” McLaurin was a beloved staff member of the Northwest AHEC. She unexpectedly passed away in October 2020 after delivering her second son, Dylan. Nicole grew up in Winston Salem and graduated from Fayetteville State University. During her childhood she was a little sister in the local Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization. When she returned home from college, she worked at BBBS and became a Big Sister herself. She lived the vision of the organization “all youth achieve their full potential.”
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.