Paoloni C U
Contemp Pharm Pract. 1980 Winter;3(1):31-6.
North Carolina has been at the forefront of the planning, development, and operation of area health education centers (AHECs). These centers have dramatically improved health manpower education and training at all professional levels. In effect, the North Carolina Area Health Education Center Program is a major decentralization and coordination of medical, dental, pharmacy, and public health education and regionalization of nursing, allied health education, medical residency training, and continuing education. The program links each of the university health science centers in North Carolina to major community hospitals that form a regional network with other institutions. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy has a major role in the AHEC program. A full-time faculty is located in each AHEC. In addition to providing and coordinating clinically oriented pharmaceutical services and functioning as a resource in all matters relating to drugs, they are extensions of the school's faculty. The North Carolina AHEC Program approach offers pharmacy an excellent opportunity to maximize the pharmacist's contributions to society through education and practice.
北卡罗来纳州在区域健康教育中心（AHEC）的规划、发展和运营方面一直处于领先地位。这些中心极大地改善了各级专业卫生人力的教育和培训。实际上，北卡罗来纳州区域健康教育中心项目是医学、牙科、药学和公共卫生教育的一次重大权力下放与协调，以及护理、联合健康职业教育、医学住院医师培训和继续教育的区域化。该项目将北卡罗来纳州的每一所大学健康科学中心与各大社区医院相连，这些医院与其他机构构成了一个区域网络。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校药学院在AHEC项目中发挥着重要作用。每个AHEC都设有一名全职教员。除了提供和协调以临床为导向的药学服务，并在所有与药物相关的事务中充当资源外，他们还是该校教员的延伸。北卡罗来纳州AHEC项目的方法为药学专业提供了一个绝佳机会，使其能够通过教育和实践最大限度地发挥药剂师对社会的贡献。
