Fayetteville Area Health Education Foundation Inc

THE MISSION OF SR-AHEC IS TO DELIVER QUALITY HEALTHCARE EDUCATION. SR-AHEC MEETS ITS MISSION OF ADDRESSING THE REGIONS' HEALTH WORKFORCE NEEDS BY PROMOTING STATE OF THE ART HEALTHCARE EDUCATION,CONTINUALLY SEEKING INNOVATION IN THE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDING TIMELY INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR THE PROVIDERS AND CUSTOMERS IN THE REGION. OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CLINICAL SERVICES AND INCREASE THE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY OF PRACTICING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

THERE WERE TWENTY FOUR FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. EIGHT PHYSICIANS COMPLETED THE RESIDENCY IN JUNE WITH EIGHT NEW RESIDENTS ENTERING THE PROGRAM. THERE WERE 33,230 PATIENT VISITS IN THE FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER AND SPECIALTY MEDICINE CENTER. AT SRAHEC 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 NINECOUNTY REGION OF: BLADEN, CUMBERLAND, HARNETT, HOKE, MOORE, ROBESON, SAMPSON AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES. IN FY23, EIGHT PHYSICIANS JOINED THE OVER 228 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 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 SIXTY 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 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 2022-23 348 CE/CME PROGRAMS WITH 1,033.05 PROGRAM HOURS WERE OFFERED TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGH SR-AHEC. THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WITH 15 PERCENT HOSTED IN SR-AHEC'S OTHER 8 COUNTIES IN THE REGION AND ANOTHER 48 PERCENT HELD OUTSIDE OF THE REGION. A TOTAL OF 185 HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS RESIDED IN SR-AHEC PROVIDED STUDENT HOUSING IN THE REGION. STUDENTS CAME PRIMARILY FROM DUKE, EAST CAROLINA, METHODIST UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL, WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AND WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY AND CAMPBELL.

SOUTHERN REGIONAL AHEC'S PRACTICE SUPPORT TEAM TRANSFORMS HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN OUR NINE-COUNTY REGION BY HELPING PROVIDERS MEET NATIONAL STANDARDS AND READY THEMSELVES FOR VALUE-BASED CARE. THIS TEAM WORKS WITH INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES TO PROVIDE ON-SITE ASSISTANCE ON THE TOOLSAND SYSTEMS NEEDED TO OFFER CONSISTENT, HIGH-QUALITY CARE TO ALL PATIENTS, AND PREPARE THE PRACTICE TO RECEIVE VALUE-BASED PAYMENT INITIATIVES.