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   Mountain Area Health Education Center
   501 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801 ~ (828) 257-4400


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Mountain AHEC, as part of the NC AHEC system, provides a variety of student services and programs throughout our sixteen-county area.


MAHEC’s ORPCE provides a variety of support services to health science students involved in community primary care education. Support is also available for the precepting clinicians and the respective health science schools. We assist medical, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and pharmacy programs with student placements in community sites, provide housing at no charge for in-state health professions students and help with the evaluation of community-based education.
MAHEC collaborates with the North Carolina Public School System and the North Carolina AHEC system to offer minority workforce development and diversity training programs which can be tailored to meet the needs of individuals and organizations. By starting early, we hope to encourage our future generations to choose healthcare as a career.
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  • Medical Education Development (MED) Program
    The MED Program is a nine week summer session which provides demanding academic preparation on the level of beginning medical/dental studies for rising college seniors and postgraduates planning to apply to medical or dental school in the fall. For more information, contact Georgia_Njagu: Program Coordinator of Special Programs. Telephone: (919) 966-7673. http://www.med.unc.edu/oed/med/
  • Science Enrichment Preparation (SEP) Program
    SEP is an eight-week, honors level, science enrichment program for minority and economically disadvantaged college students (primarily rising sophomores and rising juniors) who want to enter schools of allied health, chiropractic, dentistry, medicine, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, and veterinary medicine. For more information, contact Patrena Majette, Interim Director of the NC Health Careers Access Program at (919) 966-2264 or http://nc-hcap.unc.edu/sep.html.