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Locations of health careers students by region.
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We Educate, Explore, Engage (E3).
Who We Are: Navigators who engage, educate, and provide exploration opportunities to pre-college students, parents, educators, and community to the many careers in the health care workforce.
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) are located across the state and each serves a multi-county region. We provide community-based education for health care professionals.
AHECs are vitally important in the education and careers of health care workers. An AHEC might help a student interested in health occupations find enrichment activities and educational programs before high school graduation. Once the student enters a college or university, AHEC supports community-based student training. Health professionals working in North Carolina depend on their AHECs for continuing education and access to first-rate library and information services. AHECs also offer educational programs in smaller communities so health care professionals can continue to work while they pursue advanced degrees.
Each of the nine AHECs and the Duke AHEC Program has a director of Health Careers and Workforce Diversity. This director develops programs and activities targeting students and others interested in pursuing a profession in health care. Click on the AHEC region that serves your county on the map for more information.
Fellowships & Awards
NC AHEC presents awards and fellowships to faculty, staff, and colleagues . . .
. . . to recognize their contributions to our mission and to provide resources for the continued study and understanding of the needs for the future of health care in our state and around the world.
Pictured above: Diarmuid Mulhering, 2017 NACT UK Traveling Fellow, photo by cleibe souza
Glenn Wilson Award for Public Service
The Glenn Wilson Award for Public Service pays tribute to Glenn Wilson, founding director of NC AHEC, and is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to improving access to health care for the people of North Carolina.
John Payne Fellowship
The John Payne Fellowship honors the memory of former NC AHEC director John Payne and his nearly 25 years of contributions to AHEC. The fellowship enables AHEC faculty to further their professional interests and explore innovative educational efforts.
Eugene S. Mayer Traveling Fellowship
A part of the Traveling Fellowship exchange program, and in memory of Eugene S. Mayer, longtime NC AHEC director, the Mayer Traveling Fellowship supports NC AHEC-based faculty selected to spend a month in the United Kingdom, studying aspects of the British medical education and health services delivery system.
NACT UK Traveling Fellowship
As part of the Traveling Fellowship exchange program, NC AHEC hosts fellows selected by the National Association of Clinical Tutors from the United Kingdom, who spend a month in North Carolina, studying the American medical education and health services delivery system.
UNC Air Operations
Physical address: 1050 Meridian Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560
(see directions below)
Mailing address: UNC Air Operations, PO Box 90818, Raleigh, NC 27675-0818
phone 919-445-4790 | fax 919-445-4794
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The nine regional Area Health Education Centers span North Carolina, allowing resources from the state’s health science schools to reach communities and improve local health. The 500 miles between our coast and mountains present a challenge to university faculty who conduct consultation clinics and continuing professional development activities in the AHECs, while maintaining their teaching, research, and service responsibilities “at home.”
Since its early beginnings in 1968, AHEC’s UNC Air Operations, previously known as Medical Air, has transported health science faculty, medical residents, and university officials to all areas of the state for educational activities.
Annually, UNC Air transports about 1500 passengers to almost 100 destinations. These include North Carolina’s nine AHEC centers, community hospitals, health departments, and universities. This service makes it possible for faculty to reach very remote sites in the state on a daily basis while maintaining a full slate of professional activities. UNC Air has logged approximately 21 million passenger miles since 1978.
TYPICAL DAY
UNC Air flies between five and seven flights per day, averaging one to three passengers per flight. About 80% of its flights are scheduled during the daytime, transporting faculty, clinical staff, and medical residents to clinics around the state. Night flights are usually scheduled for faculty to conduct continuing professional development programs.
On a typical day UNC Air pilots may fly medical faculty and medical residents to Wilmington, NC to see patients at a consultation clinic. A professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry faculty may conduct an evening continuing professional development program in Asheville after a full day of teaching students and treating patients in the dental clinic.
HIGH TECHNICAL STANDARDS
UNC Air’s standards for pilots and equipment maintenance exceed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements. Pilots possess Airline Transport Pilot Certificates and have flown an average of 10,000 hours in both civilian and military aviation. A team of three full-time certified mechanics maintain the aircraft’s readiness, performing eight inspections per aircraft per year and other routine maintenance procedures in a modern, fully equipped hangar. In addition, two experienced air transportation coordinators schedule flights for UNC Air passengers.
UNC Air operates in a highly sophisticated air traffic control system. Its fleet of three TBMs (see photo above) utilize state-of-the-art weather avoidance equipment and satellite navigational systems, comparable to those found on any major airliner. With these aircraft, most locations in the state can be reached in an hour or less, including small municipal airports inaccessible to commercial airliners.
As the “wings of AHEC,” UNC Air helps maintain a close partnership between the universities and the communities around the state. The UNC Air staff takes pride in its contributions toward improving health care access for all North Carolinians.
UNC AIR OPERATIONS PASSENGER ELIGIBILITY POLICY
As described in the UNC Air Operations Policy Manual, UNC Air Operations falls administratively within the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) Program. UNC Air Operations provides the option of air transportation to university faculty, staff and administrators in their efforts to accomplish the goals of the AHEC Program or other missions of the broader University. Faculty are from the University of North Carolina system, as well as the major partner educational institutions that are part of the NC AHEC Program, including Duke University and Wake Forest University.
The Passenger Eligibility section of the operations manual states that passengers who utilize UNC Air will undergo prior screening for eligibility by the Air Transportation Coordinator, usually by telephone. It must be determined in advance that a passenger is one of the following:
- traveling on university business
- traveling on AHEC business, such as teaching a class or conducting a clinic
- traveling on state agency business
- traveling to meet the mission of AHEC, UNC System and other AHEC partner universities, or state agency.
Payment for flights must be made from an AHEC Center, state, or university account.
UNC AIR OPERATIONS STAFF
- Paul Cotrufo, Aircraft Mechanic
- David Eastwood, Aircraft Mechanic Supervisor
- Jeremy Greene, Aircraft Mechanic
- Art Johnson, Pilot
- Darien Brockington, Financial Manager
- Heather Harris, Air Transportation Coordinator
- Ryan Vernier, Pilot
GETTING THERE
Direct access from Chapel Hill via I-40 to I-540 to Lumley Road to RDU General Aviation. Follow signs to UNC Air Operations. Medical Air is located across from the RDU Observation Deck; separate from commercial terminals. Free parking in front of building. Your pilot will meet you in reception area and accompany you to the plane.