| Day 2: Wednesday, June 18 |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Concurrent Session I |
| 1 | Beyond Stipends: What Do AHEC Scholars REALLY Value? Kaylene Page |
| 2 | A Rural Connection: Resources to Support Recruitment & Retention in Rural Communities Mike Shimmens |
| | Healthcare Workforce Planning in North Carolina Hugh Tilson |
| 4 | COAHEC Community Health iScreens (iCHS): Bridging health inequity one person, one community at a time Josina Romero OConnell |
| 5 | Unlocking Opportunities with the National AHEC Organization’s National Training Center Katie Haas, Dwain Harris, & Jason Fulkerson |
| 6 | So, you want to be a leader – A Panel Discussion about Leadership within AHEC and Battling Imposter Syndrome Jennifer Taylor, Juan Garza, Julie Bazan, Mindy Bateman, & Taylor O'Shaughnessy |
| 8 | From Country Roads to Caring Hands: Bridging Paths to Healthcare Plans Lynsey Arthur & Julie Russell |
| 9 | Nursing Pipeline Program (NP²): AHEC Innovation for Workforce Shortage Needs Michael Gayheart & Shayla Pratt |
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11:15 am – 11:45 am | Concurrent Session II |
| 12 | The Current State and Future of the Healthcare Workforce in Michigan: Shortages, Opportunities, and Potential Solutions Kristi Price, Katherine Balint, Aline Saad, & Dionyssios Tsilimingras |
| 14 | Something to Smile About: Shaping the Future of our Oral Health Workforce Gail Kell & Suzanne Letellier |
| 16 | Expanding the AHEC Footprint by Building a Multifaceted AHEC Network Shanetria Pierson & Chelsea Cliatt |
| 18 | Building a Legacy of Bridging Southwest Georgia Primary Care Gaps with Pathway to Med School Graduates Shanta Oliver |
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Concurrent Session III |
| 19 | Healthcare Workforce Initiatives in Western North Carolina Brandy Bowman & Francisco Castelblanco |
| 21 | Creative Strategies for Running an AHEC Scholars Program on a Shoestring Budget Kate Hubbard & Katie Caba |
| 23 | COAHEC Health Occupations Promoting Equity: A Pipeline full of HOPE Josina Romero O’Connell |
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| 25 | Engaging a State Legislature to Expand a Program to Combat Opioid Misuse: Florida’s AHEC Network Opioid Misuse Prevention Training and Education Program Anna Wenders, Asma Aftab, Allison Wiman, Gustavo Saldias, & Susan LaJoie |
| 27 | Bridging the Gap: Developing Rural Healthcare Providers through the ReConnect Fellowship Christin Rutledge & Lacey Ferguson |
| 3:45 pm – 4:15 pm | Concurrent Session IV |
| 29 | Increasing the Illinois Healthcare Workforce Through a Six-Week Interprofessional Preceptorship: An Analysis Zhi Li, Elizabeth Squires, & Kiruthika Balakrishnan |
| 30 | Leveraging Telehealth to Provide AHEC Scholars Inter-professional Clinical Experiences with Diverse Patients Lana Brand, Jenn Dunahoo, Stacey Hoffman, Sarah Shirley Pullani, & Michelle McElhannon |
| 32 | Inclusion of Formerly Incarcerated Persons in Healthcare Walter Arrington |
| 33 | Maternal Health and Doula Work Kalia McCray & Madeline Ackley |
| 36 | ASPIRE Program | Students to Healthcare Careers - A Frontier AHEC K-12 Initiative Alexis Kirby |
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Concurrent Session V |
| 37 | A Six-State Partnership to Advance Education for the Rural Nursing Workforce Danika Comey & Sara Schmidt |
| 38 | Using The Community Circle Model to Develop Innovative Case-based Learning Micaela Maynard & Holly DeYoung |
| 39 | Integration of Social Media into the AHEC Scholar Program: Recruitment, Engagement, and Retention Emma Crall, Sarah Catalanotto, & Nijah Brown |
| 41 | Collecting Great Data: AHEC’s Hidden Potential for Informing Healthcare Workforce Strategies Meredith Lair |
| 45 | Your Career Compass: Defining & Charting the Best Course Mike Shimmens |
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