Health Careers

We Educate, Explore, and Engage

The Health Careers Service Line recruits, trains, retains, and supports North Carolina students. Our program is funded through a model state-supported grant to improve the supply and distribution of the healthcare workforce.

At Piedmont AHEC, our initiative is to educate youth from pre-college to college and beyond. We aim to develop and maintain community initiatives and identify gaps in the educational pathway. We offer these services by facilitating health-career exposure and enrichment, academic preparedness through math and science, critical-thinking skills enrichment, clinical observations, leadership skills, and other activities related to emerging and trending healthcare topics.

We work with colleges, universities, county school systems, and regional healthcare agencies on health career efforts all across our eight-county service region. We welcome new partners and teacher champions to assist with our programs. The Health Careers Service Line program continues to strengthen the healthcare workforce.

Featured Programs and Activities

Opportunities for Middle and High School Teachers, Coordinators, and Staff

Camp Med Experience 2026

Piedmont AHEC's Health Careers program is offering the opportunity for upper middle and high school teachers, coordinators, and staff to create Camp Med programs to be held in 2026. Camp Med is a healthcare career exploration experience for rising 8th through 12th graders that has been held in other regions of the state and country, and Piedmont AHEC is providing funds to bring Camp Med to our eight-county region.

Piedmont AHEC will accept Camp Med proposals on a rolling basis, the deadline for summer proposals is May 29, 2026. Submit your application online by clicking here and filling out this form.

Please note: Budget outlines are due with the proposal, and funding will be based on your submitted proposed budget. The proposal form questions are included as an addendum here for reference. If you experience any technical difficulties with the form, you may reference the form and email your proposal to gabrielle.steele@conehealth.com. If you have questions about the program as you are working through your proposal, please email patricia.parrish@conehealth.com.

Coordinators will be notified of program acceptance status no later than June 5, 2026. Funding will be disbursed when your program is confirmed. Camp Med 2026 programs should be held in June and/or July 2026 and should conclude no later than August 14, 2026.

Piedmont AHEC will provide a link to pre- and post-camp surveys. The pre-camp survey should be administered on the first day of camp. The post-camp survey link should be provided to students on the last day of camp or within the first week of camp ending. All post-camp surveys should be completed by August 21, 2026.

College Students: Check out our Scholars Program page