FAYETTEVILLE AREA HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

THERE WERE TWENTY THREE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. SEVEN PHYSICIANS COMPLETED THE RESIDENCY WITH EIGHT NEW RESIDENTS ENTERING THE PROGRAM. THERE WERE 34,115 PATIENT VISITS IN THE FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER AND SPECIALTY MEDICINE CENTER. AT SR-AHEC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY OUR MISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TRAIN RESIDENTS AND PLACE OUR RESIDENCY GRADUATES IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR OUR PATIENTS AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE POPULATION IN OUR NINE-COUNTY REGION OF: BLADEN, CUMBERLAND, HARNETT, HOKE, MOORE, ROBESON, SAMPSON AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. IN FY24, SEVEN PHYSICIANS JOINED THE OVER 236 DOCTORS WHO HAVE CHOSEN THE DUKE/SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM SINCE 1977 TO BOARD-CERTIFY THEIR SKILLS IN FAMILY MEDICINE. THESE DOCTORS OF ALLOPATHIC AND OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION OR BEGIN THEIR CAREERS IN HOSPITALS, PRIVATE PRACTICES, IN THE MILITARY, AND OTHER AVENUES AS THEY PURSUE THEIR LIFE-LONG AMBITION PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. SINCE 1977, APPROX. TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THESE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS STAYED IN NORTH CAROLINA OR IN THE REGION AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE PROGRAM. SINCE 2015, THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES OPTING TO WORK WITH LOCAL OR REGIONAL HOSPITALS AS THEIR FIRST JOB AFTER GRADUATION HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING. THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATES PRACTICE IN OUR REGION. FACULTY AND STAFF PRESENTED AT NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND STATE PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS.

SR AHEC OFFERS PIPELINE PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE THE HEALTH CAREERS PASSPORT; H.U.M.P. DAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, HEAL (HEALTH EDUCATION AND ASPIRING LEADERS) WORKSHOP SERIES, AND A SPRING COLLEGE EXPO FOCUSING ON HEALTH CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAMS OFFERED AT OUR REGIONAL COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES. HEAL IS UP TO A THREE-HOUR WORKSHOP TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXPLORE AND GAIN A DEEPER INSIGHT INTO HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS. THE HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH REGIONAL CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS IN OUR 9-COUNTY REGION TO PROVIDE GUEST SPEAKERS, LUNCH AND LEARNS, AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES THROUGH THEIR HEALTH OCCUPATIONS STUDENTS OF AMERICA (H.O.S.A.) PROGRAMS (EX., STOP THE BLEED). IN 2023-24, 656 CE/CME PROGRAMS WITH 6,993 PROGRAM HOURS WERE OFFERED TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGH SR-AHEC. THIRTY PERCENT OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WITH 12 PERCENT HOSTED IN SR-AHEC'S OTHER 8 COUNTIES IN THE REGION AND ANOTHER 58 PERCENT HELD OUTSIDE OF THE REGION. A TOTAL OF 236 HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS RESIDED IN SR-AHEC PROVIDED STUDENT HOUSING IN THE REGION. STUDENTS CAME PRIMARILY FROM DUKE, EAST CAROLINA, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO, CAMPBELL, HIGH POINT, WAKE FOREST, ELON, GARDNER WEBB, AND PHIEFFER.