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05/23/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Safety First: Trauma-Informed Care with People Experiencing Substance Use Disorders
	Widely demonstrated in the literature on substance use disorders, trauma experienced by the person is a common and primary part of the sequelae leading to addiction. Traumatic life experiences can unfortunately also be a part of a person’s time as a substance user. This training will present a brief overview of what constitutes single incident or developmental traumas; what it means to be a trauma-informed practitioner; awareness of vicarious or secondary traumatization and related social worker self-care. Participants will learn how to consider trauma in their approach to working with clients and in their ability to thrive as a practitioner. Audience - Social workers, mental health clinicians, substance use counselors, qualified professionals
05/30/2025	Friday
8:25 AM	Supporting Communication and Social Engagement in Children and Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
	Individuals on the autism spectrum have unique challenges related to communication and social engagement. These challenges often impact their ability to participate in school and community environments. There are many evidence-based practices (EBPs) that have been successfully implemented in school and community settings and support growth in communication and social engagement. This presentation will provide an overview of key EBPs, video examples of EBP implementation, and tried and true tips for using and supporting others in using these EBPs in real-world settings. Audience - Speech Language Pathologists, Speech Language Pathology Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Counselors, Special Educators, and other interested healthcare professionals who work with this school-based population
06/05/2025	Thursday
6:00 PM	Webinar (Live) OSHA and North Carolina Infection Control Methods: Annual Update
	This course will present North Carolina infection control methods and OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens regulations and infection control in dentistry. Details on operatory asepsis methods and materials will be highlighted. This course only meets OSHA’s requirement of annual BBP training. This program does NOT meet the Sterilization and Infection Control requirements to become a DA II. Audience - Dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental laboratory technicians, DDS, DA, RDH
06/06/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	CGEC Rethinking Guardianship: Exploring Less Restrictive Alternatives
	Older adults and people with disabilities may fall under full guardianship without consideration of their ability to make decisions with support. During this webinar, participants will be introduced to the concepts of choice and self-determination; the state’s adult guardianship system; the ongoing work of Rethinking Guardianship NC; and how decision-making rights can be retained or regained through supported decision-making strategies. Audience - Health and human service professionals who work with older adults and adults with disabilities.
06/17/2025	Tuesday
10:00 AM	Mutual Aid Recovery Supports for Tailored Care Management (TCM)
	This program is designed to increase TCM service providers’ knowledge and skillful engagement with mutual aid supports for their clients. Research and anecdotal evidence suggest that client outcomes in mental health, substance use, and cooccurring conditions benefit from the addition of mutual aid supports. These groups and communities offer a distinct form of recovery support, which centers the value of connections through shared experiences. Audience - AMH+ Primary Care Practices, Care Management Agencies (CMA), Addiction Professionals, Physicians, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors, Public Health Professionals, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Care Coordinators, Nurses, I/DD Providers, Social Workers, Case Managers and All interested behavioral health and healthcare professionals
06/26/2025	Thursday
9:00 AM	HIPAA & NC Local Health Departments: 2025 Critical Updates * Filled - Registration not open *
	This one-day workshop will provide updates on HIPAA compliance issues for local health departments. The educational activity will include a detailed consideration of core topics including hybrid entity designations, breach response, business associate relationships, and sharing information with local departments of social services. The workshop will also include a session dedicated to hot topics and recent changes in the law. The day will conclude with a “HIPAA Jeopardy” refresher session that gives attendees an opportunity to review what they learned and ask questions. Audience - This program is specifically tailored to North Carolina’s local health departments and intended for staff members who are directly involved with HIPAA-related responsibilities. Depending on space availability, other health care professionals interested in the topics may attend.
06/27/2025	Friday
8:30 AM	Coronal Polishing for the Dental Assistant
	The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners has ruled that coronal polishing is a legal function for DAI in training or DAIIs as of June 7, 2024. Per 21 NCAC 16H. 0203(a), the dentist would be responsible for determining when a DAI in training can take a qualifying coronal polishing course. This course will include lecture, laboratory, and clinical practice in the skill of coronal tooth polishing. **The AM will be lecture and the PM will be clinical.** Upon completion of this course, the Dental Assistant I in training and the Dental Assistant II will be able to legally polish the coronal surfaces of the dentition, under the supervision of a licensed dentist. Participants must attend 100% of the program. No partial credit will be given. Course Requirements and Documentation: Participants will be required to complete 3 forms, which may require additional supporting documentation. Once registration is complete, the forms will be emailed to the participant with a the submission deadline prior to the program date. 1. Verify DA Eligibility – Must meet the North Carolina Dental Board DAI in training or DAII requirements 2. No Faulty Liability – General liability waiver that only requires a signature 3. Professional Liability Insurance that covers the participant during off-site training – Check with your employer or obtain a personal professional liability policy Audience - dental assistants I & II, DAI, DAII
12:00 PM	Harmonizing the Care: Explorations of Your Wellbeing as a Nurse
	Feeling Burned Out? As caregivers, we dedicate our energy to others, often placing our own wellbeing on the back burner. This interactive workshop is designed to help you reconnect with who you are and explore what it means to care for YOURSELF as a whole person. We will examine self-care through a holistic lens, bringing clarity to the interconnectedness of personal and professional wellbeing. Through guided reflections and discussion, we’ll navigate the challenges that you face both on and off the clock. You'll build awareness and learn sustainable strategies that support your physical health, mental clarity, and emotional fulfillment, so you can better understand and advocate for your needs. Join us in this space of support and growth, so you can find harmony in the care you give and thrive in your life as a nurse. To receive nursing contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity. 1.5 Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded. Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. None of the planners or speakers for this educational activity have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Audience - Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Medical Assistants
08/14/2025	Thursday
8:30 AM	Healing the Water: Transforming Systems for Black Maternal & Infant Health
	This one-day educational activity will bring together an array of stakeholders – healthcare professionals, policymakers, researchers, advocates, parents, and community leaders – to address the disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes within the Black community. Through an evidenced based exchange of ideas, lessons learned, and best practices, the conference will provide for those in attendance collective knowledge and expertise and fostering a more inclusive, responsive, and effective approach to care. From intra professional collaborations to grassroots initiatives, this conference will highlight the importance of a collective commitment to prioritizing the needs of Black birthing persons. Please come join us as we strengthen bonds, forge new partnerships, and chart a course towards improved health outcomes in our communities. Audience - Nurses, Midwives, Doulas, Social Workers, Health Department Staff, Researchers, Health and Policy Makers, Community Members and others interested in supporting better health outcomes for Black birthing persons.
09/05/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Technology-Based Clinical Supervision: Extending the Supervisory Reach
	This workshop will familiarize clinical supervisors with technology-based clinical supervision (TBCS), introduce research demonstrating its utility, and provide opportunities to gain greater familiarity with practice delivery of clinical supervision services using different types of technology. Audience - This workshop is for clinicians already familiar with foundational skills related to clinical supervision of social workers, counselors, therapists, addiction specialists, psychologists, and other health and human service practitioners.
09/12/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Eat Intuitively, Live Freely Intuitive Eating Essentials for Disordered Eating
	In this engaging workshop, we seek to better understand the world of intuitive eating. We will discover how intuitive eating principles can support therapeutic approaches when treating disordered eating. Through audio-visual presentation, reflection, and group processing we will review the following: Introduction to Intuitive Eating and Disordered Eating, Integrating Intuitive Eating into Therapy, Practical Application and Building Client Skills. Audience - Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.
12:30 PM	The Carolinas and Tennessee 2025 Anesthesiology Conference * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	The Carolinas and Tennessee Anesthesiology 2025 Annual Meeting is designed to bring together anesthesiologists, CAAs, residents, fellows, medical students, anesthesia technicians and practice managers for a 3-day conference focused on clinical information, leadership and networking. Audience - Anesthesiologists, Fellows, Residents, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants, and Medical Students
09/13/2025	Saturday
7:50 AM	20th Annual Time is Brain: Advances in Stroke Care * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	Please join us for an engaging and informative day with content focusing on the neurologic exam and anatomy; Cerebral Venous Thrombosis; neurointerventional case reviews; disease states with primary and secondary pharmacologic prevention; a stroke survivor story; subdural hemorrhage; Vagus Nerve Stimulation; and breakout sessions on physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). We look forward to seeing you there! Audience - Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Case Managers, Social Workers, and other healthcare professionals who care for stroke patients
09/16/2025	Tuesday
9:00 AM	When the Dam Breaks: Preventing and Planning for Mental Health Crises with People with IDD
	Crisis looks different for everyone. What may feel like a dam breaking to one person is a minor drip to another. Approximately 30-50% of people with IDD have a co-occurring mental health condition. People with IDD are more vulnerable to trauma than their typically developing peers. A person with IDD and a co-occurring mental health condition may need more personalized support at times to plan for and prevent personal crises. It is important to understand how to support a person in always feeling safe so as to assist them in times of crisis. This workshop explores what it means to have a crisis and how we can positively support individuals with IDD in our everyday interactions to help minimize the possibility of a crisis. We will focus on understanding the underlying circumstances that can lead to crisis and how utilizing trauma informed approaches in your everyday support of a person with IDD can help prevent a situation go from a water drip to a break in the dam. Audience - Service providers, family members, caregivers, school personnel, self-advocates who identify with IDD
09/19/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Cultivating the Supervisory Alliance: Strengths, Stressors, and Solutions
	The quality and effectiveness of the supervision experience largely depends on the supervisory alliance. The working relationship between the supervisor and supervisee plays a critical role in the growth and development of the clinician receiving supervision. This workshop will explore various factors that enhance as well as impede the cultivation of a supervisory alliance that effectively promotes supervisee growth. Supervisory solutions for addressing counterproductive situations as well capitalizing on existing strengths will be explored, including the role of personal development in the context of supervision. Audience - This workshop is for clinicians already familiar with foundational skills related to clinical supervision of counselors, therapists, social workers, addiction specialists, psychologists, and other health and human service practitioners.
10/10/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Considerations for Working with Clients Struggling with Substance Use in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence
	Clinicians working with individuals struggling with substance use may encounter complex situations in which the relational context is one of intimate partner violence. This specialized training will help clinicians understand various aspects of the relationship between substance use problems and intimate partner violence (IPV), including IPV barriers to changing substance use behavior, substance use barriers to changing (i.e., leaving) IPV relationships, and IPV impact on sobriety and recovery-oriented activities. We will discuss these topics with attention to processes of traumatic bonding, psychobiology, community norms and priorities, and relationship dynamics. In this training, Dr. Zerubavel will provide a framework for understanding the dynamics of IPV and the relationship between substance use and these dynamics. Participants will learn to assess for IPV, as without assessment, providers are often not aware that individuals working with them are experiencing IPV. The training will emphasize the use of a trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach to empower victims of IPV struggling with substance use. Audience - Behavioral health professionals including substance use counselors, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, or others interested in the subject
10/15/2025	Wednesday
9:00 AM	Utilizing Integrative Hypnosis in Practice: A Guide to Treating Anxiety Disorder and Trauma
	Hypnosis is a powerful clinical tool utilized across diverse settings to catalyze healing and facilitate transformative change via imagery, suggestion, and subconscious exploration. What sets hypnosis apart is its capacity to engage consciousness at profound levels, fostering profound shifts in awareness and behavior. Widely applied in mental health, hypnosis generates positive outcomes including but not limited to bolstering self-esteem and helping initiate adaptive behaviors, anxiety reduction, trauma symptom alleviation, improving sleep quality, and optimizing performance (American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, n.d.). One of its notable strengths lies in its efficacy in treating anxiety disorders and trauma when integrated with complementary modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques. This integrative approach offers a compelling process of addressing discomfort and dysregulation and delving into entrenched thoughts, emotions, and past experiences. By tapping into the subconscious mind, the hypnotic process, combined with CBT and mindfulness fortifies positive beliefs, challenges unproductive patterns, and amplifies therapeutic objectives. Over the long term, this integrated hypnosis fosters resilience, nurtures healthier relationships, and fosters self-trust and trust in others (Daitch, 2007). This workshop aims to guide participants through the steps of the hypnotic process, encompassing crucial aspects such as ensuring safety when working with clients, conducting trance work and testing, and offering psychoeducation about the process and ethical practices. Additionally, it will explore a selection of cognitive and mindfulness techniques, as well as strategies for integrating these approaches to effectively support individuals dealing with anxiety and trauma symptoms. Ultimately, the workshop seeks to provide a comprehensive overview and equip attendees with practical tools for practice. Audience - This program is intended for anyone interested in the use of clinical hypnosis. The target audience is social work professionals and students and other practicing mental health professionals.
10/22/2025	Wednesday
10:00 AM	The Ethics of Responding to Clients and Crime
	Social workers often encounter clients who are involved with the justice system, as crime victims, suspects, or offenders. These situations give rise to complex ethical dilemmas involving confidentiality, conflicts of interest, personal and public safety, and challenges in upholding the best interests of the client. The differences among the populations involved in the justice system and the wide variety of activities that may constitute "crime" further complicate the dilemmas. This workshop addresses the unique considerations when serving justice-involved clients and the ethical standards that apply to dilemmas occurring with these populations. We will use case vignettes to operationalize workshop concepts and will provide resources for continued learning. Audience - Clinicians, case managers, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, advocates, health and human service practitioners
10/27/2025	Monday
9:30 AM	Supporting Children’s Healing- Building Connections, Guiding Behaviors
	The quality of parent-child attachments is central to children’s mental health. Parents are the medicine that can remediate children’s behavioral issues. attention difficulties, non-compliance, aggression, and trauma. Providers who work with young people without engaging their parents are missing an opportunity to augment children’s healing. Learn how to help parents use attention, communication, and structure to build stronger parent-child relationships and support children’s wellbeing. Audience - Professionals who work in health, public health, parent education, mental health or substance abuse and work for children and their families.
10/30/2025	Thursday
9:00 AM	Grief and Autism Spectrum Disorders * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	Dealing with grief, loss, and death can be confusing and challenging for anyone. In addition, it is a struggle in our society to discuss death and dying. While individuals with ASD are just as likely to experience these situations, their feelings, thoughts, and perceptions about these experiences may differ from individuals with more typical development. Autistic individuals will most likely need extra support to understand, and to successfully cope with their transition through periods of grief, loss, and death. This presentation will focus on issues related to dealing with grief, loss, and death for individuals with autism and their families, and strategies for supporting them. Specifically discussed will be activities professionals, and support staff can use to help these individuals and their families understand death and dying, and more effectively cope with these experiences. Audience - Licensed Professional Counselors, Public Health Professionals, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, School-based personnel, Care Coordinators, Case Managers, Allied Health Staff, Social workers, Therapists and Clinicians working with children, adolescents, and adults, Individuals working with the IDD population, All interested mental health professionals
11/07/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Navigating Psychotherapy Challenges Treating Clients with Traumatic Stress
	Many clients in outpatient psychotherapies have a history of traumatic stress. Trauma histories include experiencing PTSD Criterion A traumatic events (e.g., physical assault, interpersonal violence) as well as a wider range of lifetime events that may be defined as non-Criterion A traumatic experiences (e.g., discrimination, harassment, pervasive emotional invalidation). Traumatic stress can significantly impact people across a wide range of diagnoses and clinical presentations beyond PTSD. Importantly, histories of traumatic stress can lead to patterns of behavior, attention, somatic experiences, interpersonal communication, and thinking that can unintentionally and adversely impact the psychotherapy process. Often, the very pattern the client with traumatic stress seeks to change can also interfere with the process of receiving help from therapists. Clients with interpersonal trauma histories seeking help in therapy to improve problems with relationship functioning may, without intending to, display some of the same relational processes in therapy as those that are problematic in their relationships with family, friends, or others. For example, clients who dissociate may do so during therapy sessions. Mistrust caused by interpersonal trauma may lead clients not to experience mistrust toward the therapist. Clients who learned as a result of chronic emotional invalidation to be overly agreeable and acquiescent in their relationships may do so with therapists, unintentionally interfering with the process of therapy. There are many ways in which therapists must attend to and overcome common challenges to the psychotherapy process in clients with histories of traumatic stress. Although evidence-based treatments for PTSD exist, there is no overarching model across patient diagnoses and evidence-based brands of therapies to help therapists navigate these challenges. In this workshop, we will help clinicians develop and implement a helpful framework to increase confidence and skill in addressing traumatic stress-related processes that interfere with therapy. We offer a pragmatic framework leveraging common sense evidence-based therapeutic relational processes and transdiagnostic interventions found across many therapies. The framework helps therapists orient clients to the various ways in which their trauma histories may inadvertently impact therapy, and invites permission from and collaboration with clients to overcome therapy-interfering processes in real-time as they occur, with a plan to then implement newly learned patterns in everyday life. We will provide didactic and experiential practice techniques to facilitate learning, with the overarching aim to help therapists feel more comfortable and capable of attending to and intervening successfully in a wide range of trauma-related therapy-interfering processes. Audience - Behavioral health professionals including licensed clinical mental health counselors, licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed clinical addiction specialists, psychologists, or others interested in the content
11/13/2025	Thursday
10:00 AM	Suicide and ASD: Suicide Prevention for People on the Autism Spectrum Disorder
	Suicide is a leading cause of premature death in autistic people. Autistic individuals are significantly more likely to think about and attempt suicide than the general population. However, most mental health professionals do not feel confident about identifying warning signs of suicide and intervening with autistic clients who are in crisis. The goal of this program is to improve attendees' knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy related to supporting autistic individuals who are a risk for suicide. Audience - Clinicians, case managers, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, advocates, health and human service practitioners
11/21/2025	Friday
9:00 AM	Anxiety & ASD: Understanding and Treating Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and co-Morbid Anxiety * Coming Soon, Registration not open *
	The incidence of autism has been steadily increasing over the last 20 years, especially for the group of individuals with good verbal skills and at least average intelligence. This group has been referred to as individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) (formerly Asperger's Syndrome). In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), these individuals all fall under the category of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with good intelligence and good verbal skills. These high­ functioning children, adolescents, and adults with ASD present with significant social-communication and emotional regulation difficulties despite their well-developed cognitive skills. Many of these individuals present with significant anxiety issues which affect their functioning across a variety of settings. Due to the rising incidence, there is an increased need for professionals trained to address the emotional and social needs of this population. This workshop will focus on recognizing the learning characteristics of individuals with HFA and how they impact anxiety and emotional regulation. Treatment considerations will also be discussed, including the Structured TEACCHing approach to decrease stress by improving abilities in the domains of social, communication, and behavior. Cognitive behavioral strategies for addressing emotional regulation and developing coping strategies will be highlighted. The presenters will cover treatment interventions for school-aged children, adolescents, and adults. Audience - Licensed Professional Counselors, Public Health Professionals, Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, School-based personnel, Care Coordinators, Case Managers, Allied Health Staff, Social workers, Therapists and Clinicians working with children, adolescents, adults, Individuals working with IDD population, All interested mental health professionals
01/26/2026	Monday
10:00 AM	Trauma: The Haystack, Not the Needle! How to Contextualize, Assess and Treat Trauma-Related Behaviors in Young People
	This workshop guides therapists in navigating treatment options for trauma-related symptoms and behaviors in youths. It emphasizes that attributing behavioral struggles solely to trauma related experiences may be insufficient. It is imperative to view trauma related experiences and symptoms along a continuum and contextually. Therapists are tasked with uncovering the relationship between internalizing and externalizing behaviors and trauma, while balancing the idea that not all experiences cause PTSD or require trauma treatment. At times, stabilizing individuals and addressing trauma's root causes through short-term, evidence-based therapy is necessary prior to trauma treatment. Other times, presenting problems may be caused or reinforced by additional factors that need to be prioritized. Leveraging decades of experience with children and families, Participants will have the opportunity to explore the assessment and contextualization of trauma and its sequela in youths and identify appropriate treatment options and steps. The importance of treating youths within the family context and practicing self-care to manage the emotional demands of trauma work will be underscored. Audience - This workshop will be beneficial to all service providers, schools, healthcare professionals, including psychologists, social workers, marriage, and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, substance abuse counselors and paraprofessionals.

Online
	EM Controlled Substance Prescribing Module 1: Prescribing Controlled Substances in North Carolina
	** Webcast ** *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. The course is targeted to refine the basics of opioid prescribing. Participants will develop a working understanding of the NARxCHECK Score and Overdose Score and understand how these scores are to be used in patient encounters and clinical decision-making. The course provides insights on more effective use and understanding of the NCCSRS system also known as the PDMP Aware system, as a resource in guiding care for those prescribed opiates, sedatives and stimulant medications. The learner will be instructed in the distinction between a treatment agreement and a treatment contract, understanding the benefits and disadvantages of each. Naloxone education and prescribing is reinforced to support risk mitigation and improved practice. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint provider have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	EM Controlled Substance Prescribing Module 2: Recognizing Signs of Substance Misuse
	** Webcast ** *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This course will equip the participant to identify signs of substance misuse in the context of patient encounters. Communication skills that facilitate non-stigmatizing discussions of substance misuse are shared to empower effective exploration of opioid use disorder, polysubstance use disorder, diversion, addiction. Surveys will be shared to facilitate gathering objective metrics of functional capacity. Course completion will equip attendees to expand their clinical skills and differential diagnoses in support of identification of substance use disorder and facilitating screening and referral. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners or speakers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	EM Controlled Substance Prescribing Module 3: Best Practices in Chronic Pain Management and Safe Opioid Prescribing
	** Webcast ** *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This educational activity is designed to equip physician, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the fundamentals of assessing patients with chronic pain to determine the role of opioid and non-opioid treatment strategies. Specific non-opioid alternatives will be reviewed and include a discussion of the mechanism of action to guide selection based on clinical considerations. Opioid initiation, selection, dosage, assessment for safety and efficacy are reviewed as well as approaches to weaning opioids when safety is a concern or are of limited benefit. Knowing when to refer is a component of good care and this will also be discussed. Integration of the biopsychosocial model in consideration of developing an approach to care is integrated into the module. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners or speakers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	EM Intimate Partner Violence Foundations and Screening (Session 1)
	**Webcast** Intimate partner violence (IPV) has only become more widely accepted as a healthcare issue within the last several years and is a prevalent health challenge. With limited time and resources, integrating IPV into primary care can be challenging for many healthcare providers. A crucial step in IPV management in outpatient care should increase knowledge and awareness and provide effective resources for addressing the health and safety impacts of IPV. Better identification, screening and management of IPV allows healthcare clinicians to provide optimal care and improve health outcomes for the survivor. Join us for three comprehensive webinars that will provide overall IPV education, screening tools, reporting requirements, resources and more. (Expiration date with potential for renewal: June 30, 2023.) None of the planners or speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
	EM Intimate Partner Violence - Best Practices in Intimate Partner Response (Session 2)
	**Webcast** Intimate partner violence (IPV) has only become more widely accepted as a healthcare issue within the last several years and is a prevalent health challenge. With limited time and resources, integrating IPV into primary care can be challenging for many healthcare providers. A crucial step in IPV management in outpatient care should increase knowledge and awareness and provide effective resources for addressing the health and safety impacts of IPV. Better identification, screening and management of IPV allows healthcare clinicians to provide optimal care and improve health outcomes for the survivor. Join us for three comprehensive webinars that will provide overall IPV education, screening tools, reporting requirements, resources and more. (Expiration date with potential for renewal: June 30, 2023.) None of the planners or speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
	EM Intimate Partner Violence - Creating a Culture of Care for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (Session 3)
	**Webcast** Intimate partner violence (IPV) has only become more widely accepted as a healthcare issue within the last several years and is a prevalent health challenge. With limited time and resources, integrating IPV into primary care can be challenging for many healthcare providers. A crucial step in IPV management in outpatient care should increase knowledge and awareness and provide effective resources for addressing the health and safety impacts of IPV. Better identification, screening and management of IPV allows healthcare clinicians to provide optimal care and improve health outcomes for the survivor. Join us for three comprehensive webinars that will provide overall IPV education, screening tools, reporting requirements, resources and more. (Expiration date with potential for renewal: June 30, 2023.) None of the planners or speakers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
	Self-Study: Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness
	** Self-Study ** The guide will provide an overview of current approaches and challenges to supporting older adults with severe mental illness in recovery. Current effectiveness of various evidence-based practices and a guide to implementing coordinated care will be reviewed. Providers will learn explore considerations and strategies when working with interdisciplinary teams that can best support older adults with serious mental illness.
	Self-Study: Substance Abuse Treatment and Domestic Violence
	** Self-Study ** The articles provided in this program will review types of domestic violence, signs and symptoms, screening and referrals and important considerations for treatment planning when domestic violence and substance use are involved. Crisis and safety planning best practices will also be explored.
	Self-Study: Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living with Substance Use and/or Mental Health Disorders
	** Self-Study ** This guide goes through prevention strategies, updates on the latest research and statistics when it comes to HIV among people with substance use and mental health disorders, and go into evidence-based treatments for this population. Resources for evaluating the effectiveness of treatment will also be discussed.
	Self-Study: Treating Concurrent Substance Use in Adults
	** Self-Study ** This program will review the Evidence Based Resource Guide for Treating Concurrent Substance Use in Adults. This guide will look at the statistics and treads, potential outcomes and specific needs of individuals using more than one substance. Considerations and strategies for adding concurrent substance use (CDU) and concurrent substance use disorders (CSUD) will be explored.
	DEA* Addiction In Primary Care - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This course will review the current state of substance use disorder in North Carolina, review the guidelines for screening for substance use disorder and discuss tools for screening and diagnosing opioid use disorder. Discussion on UNC’s clinic's journey to embed OUD treatment in primary care while highlighting QI principles as a tool to effect practice change. Finally, case discussions will be presented to teach the application of harm reduction in primary care opioid use disorder treatment along with providing practical resource tools to provide MOUD in primary care. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Treating Chronic Pain and Addiction - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This lecture reviews the strategies available for treatment of patients with both chronic pain as well as opioid use disorder and explores best practices in non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment, including the use of opioid analgesics. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Responding to Pediatric Substance Use - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This session will review national and NC youth substance use trends, provide an overview of pediatric screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment algorithm with specific focus on approaches to brief interventions. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* The End of a Bygone Era: Removal of the X-wavier. Next Steps in Buprenorphine Prescribing - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This presentation will discuss the opioid epidemic and it’s impact in North Carolina, plus focus on how the changes in the illicit drug supply has impacted treatment for opioid use disorder. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Understanding the Impacts of Stigma: Substance Use Disorder - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** This presentation will discuss the impacts of stigma relating to Substance Use Disorder (SUD). *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Addiction and Mental Illness - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** The presentation addresses epidemiology and causal relationships involved in co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Recommendations are provided regarding clinical management and communicating effectively with patients experiencing these co-morbidities. *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* The Impact of Stigma and Bias on Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** This presentation will educate providers on common stigmas patients experience when seeking treatment for substance abuse. Providers will also learn about how systemic biases lead to disparate treatment outcomes and begin to discuss different ways providers can intervene to promote equitable treatment. *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	DEA* Current State of MOUD Access - Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits (TM)
	** Webcast ** This presentation will provide information on the recent federal changes to prescribing buprenorphine, access issues at the community pharmacy level and strategies for prescribing. *This session will fulfill one hour of the 8-hour DEA requirement. *This learning activity will fulfill one hour of the controlled substances CME requirement for the NCMB. This webinar is specifically designed for North Carolina licensed physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners currently prescribing controlled substances. If you are licensed in a state other than North Carolina, please contact your Medical Board for assistance. None of the planners, speakers or joint providers have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
	Identifying Dangerous Personality Disorders in Clinical Settings & Understanding the Risks
	** Webcast ** Each mental illness carries unique characteristics and risk factors, and understanding these signs and symptoms is necessary in order to accurately diagnose, triage, and treat clients with these disorders. Personality disorders are among the most severe, chronic, and impairing kinds of mental illness and can be among the most difficult to accurately diagnose and treat. Included on this list are borderline personality disorder (BPD), narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), and antisocial personality disorder (APSD). Understanding these specific Cluster B personality disorders is important because they’re the most commonly encountered, and also because of the disorder-specific personal and professional risks associated with treating these populations. In this 3 hour recorded training, participants will learn the signs and symptoms of these ‘dangerous personalities’, as well as the specific risks associated with each. Clinical best practices for treating each will be reviewed, as well as practical safeguards clinicians can implement to reduce their personal and professional risk when working with these populations.
	Self-Study: Adapting Evidence-Based Practices for Under-Resourced Populations
	** Self-Study ** It is important for providers to understand how to tailor care, programs and services to best meet the needs of their patient’s cultural, social, gender, and other demographic contexts. Communities and individuals benefit when they receive behavioral health services that are clinically proven effective, equitable, and culturally appropriate. This program reviews SAMHSA’s approved evidence-based practices, identifies models to determine when and how to adapt an evidence-based practice, and provides examples on how adaptation of these models has worked with under-resourced populations.
	Self-Study: Overview of the Impacts of Long COVID on Behavioral Health
	** Self-Study ** This reading will explore the impacts of Long COVID on Behavioral Health. An explanation of how Long COVID impacts behavioral health as well social influences that affect outcomes and treatment will be discussed. Recommendations for treatment are also reviewed.
	Adolescent Health and NC Law
	** Webcast ** The purpose of this webinar is to provide current information about NC Public Health Law as it pertains to issues such as consent and confidentiality for adolescent health care. Topics will include the types of health services for which a minor can consent, the confidentiality of a minor’s health information, mandatory reporting requirements for healthcare professionals to include legal responsibilities for reporting suspected adolescent abuse and more. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Introduction to NC Public Health Law
	** Webcast ** This webinar will provide an introduction to North Carolina Public Health Law. Key topics will include public health legal authority and explain “police power”, public health laws and resources, enforcement of public health laws, identify and explain the NC laws that give legal authority to public health officials. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Perinatal Substance Use and Maternal Health
	** Webcast ** This training will provide an overview of perinatal substance use, potential fetal and maternal impacts of substance use during pregnancy, and evidence-based tools for engagement in substance use treatment in the perinatal period. Participants will leave the session with a better understanding of how to approach and engage perinatal clients that are using substances.
	Recorded: Navigating the Road to Relief: Empowering Providers to Guide Chronic Pain Patients
	** Webcast ** This interactive program provides professionals with hands-on tools and insights to support chronic pain management for their patients. Over a focused, one-hour session, participants will dive into the latest research and the biopsychosocial approach to pain through engaging activities, real-world case studies, and visual diagrams to reinforce learning. Providers will leave equipped with evidence-based strategies, practical interventions, and enhanced understanding, ready to apply these tools in a collaborative, multidisciplinary care setting. Attendees will leave with knowledge and tools to effectively support patients with chronic pain through a multidisciplinary, mind-body approach.
	Nursing as a Profession: Nurse Coach
	** Webcast ** featuring Abby Kent, BSN, RN, NC-BC Nurse Coaching is a skilled, purposeful, results-oriented, and structured relationship-centered, interaction-based role with clients based in the precepts of Holistic Nursing wherein clients are facilitated in achieving health-focused goals. Are you wondering if becoming a Nurse Coach is where you want to take your nursing practice? If so, join me in this conversation with Abby Kent to learn all about Nurse Coaching! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Abby Kent, BSN, RN, NC-BC - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: School Nurse
	** Webcast ** featuring Christy Ruff, BSN, RN, NCSN School Nursing! A school nurse is a nursing specialty that supports health and wellness of students and supports their learning. Are you considering school nursing as your next step in your nursing practice? If so, join me in this conversation with Christy Ruff to learn all about being a school nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Christy Ruff, BSN, RN, NCSN - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: Quality Nurse Specialist
	** Webcast ** featuring Amy Campbell, PhD, RN, CPHQ, LSBB Quality Nursing! A quality nurse, also known as a quality nurse specialist or quality improvement nurse, is a registered nurse who focuses on analyzing and improving the quality of patient care within a healthcare facility by monitoring clinical practices, identifying areas for improvement, implementing changes, and evaluating their effectiveness. Are you thinking about quality nursing as your next step? If so, join me in this conversation with Dr. Amy Campbell to learn all about being a quality nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Amy Campbell, PhD, RN, CPHQ, LSBB - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: Public Health Nurse
	** Webcast ** featuring Krystle Vinson, DNP, RN, CPHN Public Health Nursing! A public health nurse is a nursing specialty that supports the 3 P’s - Protecting the health of populations, Promoting health, & Preventing disease. Are you considering public health nursing in North Carolina as your next step in your nursing practice? If so, join me in this conversation with Dr. Krystle Vinson to learn all about being a public health nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Krystle Vinson, DNP, RN, CPHN - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Nursing as a Profession: Inpatient Obstetric Nurse
	** Webcast ** featuring Jamie Wilson, BSN, RNC-OB Inpatient Obstetric Nursing is a specialty that provides direct nursing care to hospitalized pregnant women during the antepartum, intrapartum (labor), immediate postpartum and newborn stages. Did you enjoy your maternity rotation in nursing school? Are you thinking about obstetric nursing as your next step? If so, join me in this conversation with Jamie Wilson to learn all about being an Inpatient Obstetrics Nurse! Contemporary nursing is evolving to meet the demands of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This session is intended to provide registered nurses with information about new and evolving roles within the nursing profession. In this recorded program, Nurses will learn more about this nursing specialty including what a typical day looks like in this nursing role, how to enter this specialty and find job postings using these skills, learn what additional skills, education, or certifications are needed to take on this new role. Lastly, the nurse will hear tips that this experienced nurse wish they had known about this specialty. Course Agenda: Course Recording featuring Jamie Wilson, BSN, RNC-OB - 30 mins Course Resources – 10 mins Scholarly Article – 10 mins Reflective Activity – 10 mins Disclosures: Wake AHEC requires all speakers, planners, and joint providers to disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. 1.0 Nursing Contact Hour: Wake Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (June 30th - annual review date)
	Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
	** Self-Study ** This program will review the SAMHSA Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Evidence Based Resource Guide Series. The goal of this guide is to review the literature on the effectiveness of telehealth modalities for the treatment of serious mental illness and substance use disorders and explore the research and recommendations for practices. Examples of how practitioners can implement into their practice will also be reviewed.

Wake AHEC Health Careers Program Listing
07/07/2025	Monday
	2025 Mini Medical School in Franklin County (Louisburg)
	What would it be like to train for a career in the medical field? Wake AHEC’s Mini-Medical School Summer Camp, in conjunction with Vance-Granville Community College, is an intensive, week-long day camp that uses computational science (computer simulation) and hands-on activities (dissection) to study key aspects of medicine. Topics include anatomy & physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, neurology, cardiology, mental health, epidemiology, medical genetics, and genomics. In addition, students will become CPR certified and participate in basic first-aid scenarios. Participants must have strong motivation to learn and an interest in health careers. Audience - Grades rising 10-12 (and recently-graduated class of 2024)
07/14/2025	Monday
	2025 Mini Medical School in Granville County (Creedmoor)
	What would it be like to train for a career in the medical field? Wake AHEC’s Mini-Medical School Summer Camp, in conjunction with Vance-Granville Community College, is an intensive, week-long day camp that uses computational science (computer simulation) and hands-on activities (dissection) to study key aspects of medicine. Topics include anatomy & physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, neurology, cardiology, mental health, epidemiology, medical genetics, and genomics. In addition, students will become CPR certified and participate in basic first-aid scenarios. Participants must have strong motivation to learn and an interest in health careers. Audience - Grades rising 10-12 (and recently-graduated class of 2024)