Jill
Forcina,
PhD, RN, CNE, CNL
Director of Education and Nursing
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program
Jill Forcina, PhD, RN, CNE, CNL, is the Director of Education and Nursing at the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) Program. She oversees the student services and continuing professional development service lines. A Certified Nurse Educator, Dr. Forcina chairs the NC Interprofessional Leaders Collaborative and serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background and Purpose: The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted Session Law 2023-134. This legislation provided funding to the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (NC-AHEC) to develop and implement five Rural Interprofessional Clinical Teaching Hubs (Teaching Hubs) incorporating two of more professions across the state. The purpose of this Lightening Talk is to describe a four-way collaboration between the North Carolina legislature, NC-AHEC, community-based practices, and institutions of higher education to address workforce development in rural communities.…