Chapel Hill-based The University of North Carolina System has awarded more than $6.4 million in state-funded grants to support the growth of its rural hospitals and rural workforce training programs.
According to an April 29 news release, the funding comes from the UNC System Rural Residency Medical Education and Training Fund, established by the state general assembly in 2023.
In addition to the $4.4 million being allocated to various interprofessional student training programs, another $1.3 million will support the development of a rural family medicine residency program at UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton and a rural general surgery program partnership with Southeastern Area Health Education Center and Novant Health in Pender and Brunswick counties.
Additionally, UNC Chapel Hill’s military education immersion center will use $200,000 to create rural training racks for military healthcare professionals to work with surgical residents and physician assistant graduates.
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