Allied Health Education
Allied Health Education Staff
Did you know? In NC, allied healthcare professionals make up over 35% of the healthcare workforce and
include all healthcare professionals who work in collaboration with physicians, nurses and dentists.
Because of the increased number of people moving to North Carolina and the aging population in North
Carolina, demand for allied health professionals is predicted to grow.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) Allied Health Education Department:
- Offers educational opportunities online, at MAHEC in Asheville, and by videoconference throughout the MAHEC service region
- Serves the educational needs of allied healthcare providers in the 16-county MAHEC region
- Engages educational faculty from the Department of Allied Health Sciences in the School of Medicine in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as local, state and national experts on various allied health topics
- Provides basic /required educational training opportunities, advanced/ specific courses on requested "hot" topics in allied health and Interpreter training
- Coordinates with other NC AHECs to offer special state-wide trainings for some disciplines
- Is an approved provider and/or can offer discipline-specific credit for athletic trainers, diagnostic medical sonographers, dieticians, medical coders/health information technicians, laboratory scientists/technologists massage therapists, occupational therapists/assistants, physical therapists/assistants, radiologic technologists, respiratory care practitioners and speech-language pathologists
For more information,call 828-257-4437 or 
Allied Health courses and events:

12NE052 - 2012 Brain Injury Summit: Community Challenges, Community Solutions (Fr 8:30-4:30; Sa 8:30-12) 03/23/2012
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02/08/2012 12AH023 - (*)1st Annual Pardee Winter Orthopedic Update for Rehabilitation Clinicians: Rapid Recovery in Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery (Pardee Hlth Educ Ctr) ...details |
03/05/2012 12AH018 - Breast Cancer Rehabilitation and Related Concerns (including Exercise, Lymphedema and Osteoporosis) ...details |
03/16/2012 12AH026 - Interpreter Training Level I: Foundations of Professional Interpretation for Health and Human Services ...details |
03/23/2012 12NE052 - 2012 Brain Injury Summit: Community Challenges, Community Solutions (Fr 8:30-4:30; Sa 8:30-12) ...details |
03/29/2012 12AH019 - Management of the Geriatric Foot/Ankle/Knee with Shoe and Foot Orthotic Intervention ...details |
04/20/2012 12AH032 - AOTA Fieldwork Educators Certificate Regional Workshop ...details |
04/21/2012 12AH027 - Interpreter Training for Health and Human Services Level II: Skills Improvement ...details |
04/26/2012 12AH020 - The Complexities of Dysphagia Care to Young Pediatric Patients with Tracheotomy (Th 8:30-4:30; Fr 8:30-12:15) ...details |
05/17/2012 12AH024 - What's New in Developmental Apraxia of Speech ...details |
06/13/2012 12AH021 - ICD-10-CM Training & Implementation Issues for the Provider Office ...details |
Online 06CH002e - Violence in the Healthcare Workplace (Video E-Course) ...details |
Online 09AH006e - End-of-Life Care Decisions: Advance Directive Changes & the New MOST Form ...details |
Online 10AH031e - Continuing Competence: Are You Ready? (Video E-Course) ...details |
Online 11AH033e - NC Physical Therapy Continuing Competence: Next Steps - Recording, Reporting and Audits (Video E-course) ...details |
Online 12AH012e - Dr. Science Clinical Microbiology Update: Beyond Enterobactericeae - The identification, clinical significance, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of environmental and fastidious gram negative rods. (Video e-course) ...details |
02/08/2012 12AH023 - (*)1st Annual Pardee Winter Orthopedic Update for Rehabilitation Clinicians: Rapid Recovery in Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery (Pardee Hlth Educ Ctr) ...details |
03/05/2012 12AH018 - Breast Cancer Rehabilitation and Related Concerns (including Exercise, Lymphedema and Osteoporosis) ...details |
03/16/2012 12AH026 - Interpreter Training Level I: Foundations of Professional Interpretation for Health and Human Services ...details |
03/23/2012 12NE052 - 2012 Brain Injury Summit: Community Challenges, Community Solutions (Fr 8:30-4:30; Sa 8:30-12) ...details |
03/29/2012 12AH019 - Management of the Geriatric Foot/Ankle/Knee with Shoe and Foot Orthotic Intervention ...details |
04/20/2012 12AH032 - AOTA Fieldwork Educators Certificate Regional Workshop ...details |
04/21/2012 12AH027 - Interpreter Training for Health and Human Services Level II: Skills Improvement ...details |
04/26/2012 12AH020 - The Complexities of Dysphagia Care to Young Pediatric Patients with Tracheotomy (Th 8:30-4:30; Fr 8:30-12:15) ...details |
05/17/2012 12AH024 - What's New in Developmental Apraxia of Speech ...details |
06/13/2012 12AH021 - ICD-10-CM Training & Implementation Issues for the Provider Office ...details |
Online 06CH002e - Violence in the Healthcare Workplace (Video E-Course) ...details |
Online 09AH006e - End-of-Life Care Decisions: Advance Directive Changes & the New MOST Form ...details |
Online 10AH031e - Continuing Competence: Are You Ready? (Video E-Course) ...details |
Online 11AH033e - NC Physical Therapy Continuing Competence: Next Steps - Recording, Reporting and Audits (Video E-course) ...details |
Online 12AH012e - Dr. Science Clinical Microbiology Update: Beyond Enterobactericeae - The identification, clinical significance, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of environmental and fastidious gram negative rods. (Video e-course) ...details |