Student & Preceptor Services

Student & Preceptor Services TRAIN

Since the 1970s, our program has provided short-term lodging for health science students who are completing community-based rotations in North Carolina. Our goal is to make communitybased education at clinical sites more accessible.

The NC AHEC Program operates housing in 50 counties and approximately 60 towns and cities across the state. The majority of AHEC housing is provided through apartments and AHEC-owned lodging, but private residences are also utilized, especially in rural areas.

In 2018-19, we provided over 54,000 nights of housing and served 1,564 students. Our services supported 4,956 rotations in all nine AHEC regions.

Each house represents a location where one or more AHEC-supported student rotations occured, illustrating how far-reaching community-based education extends across our state.

For our affilitated academic partners, the current rate is $7 per night. These schools are invoiced twice yearly for their students’ use of housing. Students from all other schools are charged up to $25 per night, and local AHECs collect fees directly from these students.

Our affiliated academic partners:

• Campbell University • Duke University • East Carolina University • UNC-Chapel Hill • UNC-Charlotte • UNC-Greensboro • UNC-Wilmington • Wake Forest University • Western Carolina University • Winston-Salem State University

Any health science student may apply for housing through our online portal at my.ncahec.net. Once an application is received, the student will receive further instructions from a regional AHEC. QUESTIONS?

ALAN BROWN Associate Director of Student Services alan_brown@ncahec.net 919-966-0814

WHAT IS THE CCEP?

The CONSORTIUM FOR CLINICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE (CCEP) is a coalition of 96 academic partners, 29 health systems, and over 60 health facilities organized to identify, prioritize, and address clinical placement issues for health science students across all nine AHEC regions. The CCEP meets regularly to address clinical capacity issues, facilitate the placement of students in a given region, and standardize processes related to preceptorship and clinical education. Facilitated by Kathy Clark at WAKE AHEC, the CCEP focuses their efforts on three key areas. 1 Standardize clinical faculty and student credentialing

2The process of credentialing students for clinical placements (including background checks and drug and immunization screenings) can vary by health agency throughout the state. The CCEP successfully standardized this process by raising requirements to the highest level for its health system partners in 2018.

Develop a common orientation for students and faculty

Preparing students and preceptors before beginning a clinical placement helps ensure their success in the field. The CCEP introduced a core orientation for 2019-2020 that includes information on HIPAA, infection control, patient safety, standards of behavior, and cultural diversity. Participants receive a certificate upon completion. Members of the CCEP pose at a conference session exhibiting the coalition’s initiatives and outcomes.

3Streamline the clinical placement process

Schools and sites statewide have different procedures and timelines for requesting and confirming clinical placements. CCEP has researched various online vendors to help standardize dates and deadlines for placements. Duke University Health System and WakeMed Health & Hospitals adopted a system based on this research that was implemented in Fall 2019.

QUESTIONS?

KATHY CLARK CCEP Coordinator kgclark@wakeahec.org 919-350-0481