Reaching Rural Communities

As founder and co-chair of the Boomer Share the Health Fair, I have taken my next step as an advocate for community medicine. Thanks to my family, my community, and the generous support of Northwest AHEC, I look forward to my next step as a family and community medicine physician right here in North Carolina. [...]

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August 1, 2017

Katie Fincher

Southern Regional AHEC's RN refresher course helped Fayetteville native Katie Fischer return full-time to nursing after 16 years. "I am truly thankful to Southern Regional AHEC for providing the RN refresher course and the employment opportunities the course has helped me achieve." [...]

May 2, 2016

Sharon Nicholson Harrell, DDS

As the founding director of FirstHealth Dental Care Centers, Sharon Nicholson Harrell, DDS, is fulfilling a goal she set for herself in undergraduate school: to care for underserved populations. As an AHEC preceptor, she is encouraging future graduates to do the same. [...]

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May 1, 2016

Marilyn

Marilyn, an adjunct clinical instructor at Asheville-Buncombe Tech Allied Dental Clinic, has been attending continuing education courses at MAHEC since around the time she graduated in 1981. She used to occasionally travel out of the area to maintain her licensure credits, but she doesn't have to travel much anymore thanks to the quantity, quality, and variety of CPD courses provided through NC AHEC. [...]

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Reaching Rural Communities

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Sharon Nicholson Harrell, DDS

Marilyn

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