Please visit www.charlotteahec.orgContact: Sophia Moore-Dennis, 704.512.6537 or [email protected]
March 22 – 24, 2017Grandover Hotel and Conference Center
Greensboro, NC
2017 NC Health Professions Diversity Conferenceand Community College Student
Recruitment Seminar
Conference Description:The North Carolina Alliance for Health Professions Diversity in collaboration with the North Carolina AHEC Program and Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences will co-host the North Carolina Health Professions Diversity Conference, March 22 – 24, 2017 at the Grandover Hotel and Conference Center in Greensboro, NC. The theme of this year’s conference is “Closing the Gaps: Exploring Evidence-Based Practices to Enhance Health Professions Diversity.” This three-day conference will focus on showcasing best practice models and strategies that have proven successful in recruiting and retaining students in health professional programs as well as maintaining a diverse workforce setting.
The �rst day is a half day recruitment seminar for community college health professions students and advisors who are interested in pursuing a baccalaureate degree and/or higher degree. The full conference begins on the following day and will provide opportunities for professionals to network and collaborate with others who share the same interests in creating diversity in the health workforce.
All conference participants will receive a copy of the Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy valued at $99.
Target Audience:This conference will be of interest to and bene�t: leaders of institutions of higher education; faculty and departments of human resources. We invite: healthcare professionals, government o�cials and policy makers, healthcare administrators, nonpro�t organizations and funders with a healthcare focus and professional associations and human resources recruiters and administrators to attend.
Objectives:By the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to: • Describe the status of diversity in the health professions in the state of North Carolina • Identify best practices in North Carolina and the nation’s health professions diversity • Establish collaborations in order to develop strategies with key leaders, administrators, educators, practitioners and students to increase diversity in the health professions workforce.
Credit:1.1 CEU - Continuing Education Unit11.0 Contact Hours - Certi�cate of completion based on a 60 minute teaching hour
Hotel Information:Grandover Hotel and Conference CenterOne Thousand Club RoadGreensboro, North Carolina 27407www.grandover.com
For reservations:Toll Free: (800) 472-6301Telephone: (336) 294-1800Hotel Rate: $189
Must make reservation by February 27, 2017.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 – Community College Students and Advisors OnlyCommunity College Health Professions Recruitment Fair 12:00 PM Registration/Vendors1:00 PM Introduction, Purpose, Overview1:15 PM Panelists and Q&A Leah Donaie, Clinical Laboratory Science Richard Johnson, Neurodiagnostic Sleep Science Jevonnie Barrett, Respiratory Therapy 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM C STEP Presentation Is there a title for the presentation? Shane P. Hale, C-STEP Program Coordinator O�ce of Undergraduate Admissions The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3:15 PM – 4:00 PM Speed Dating 4:00 PM Closing Remarks/Adjourn
Thursday, March 23, 2017The State of Health Professions Diversity: A State and National Perspective8:30 AM Sign-in / Registration 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Greetings Jacqueline Wynn & Dean Peggy Valentine Co-Founders, NC Alliance for Health Professions Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson Winston-Salem State University Danny Staley – NC Division of Public Health, Division Director9:30 AM – 10:30 AM The State of Health Professions Diversity ~ National Perspective James Nelson, PhD, Chief Diversity O�cer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Health Professions Workforce Diversity in NC Warren Newton, MD, MPH Director, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program & Vice Dean, UNC School of Medicine11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Break11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Admissions Panel - Breakout Session Robert F. Orliko�, PhD – Panel Moderator Dean, College of Allied Health Sciences Brenda Everett Mitchell Associate Chair for Student Services and AHEC Operations Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences Joel Lee Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management Winston-Salem State University Students - Breakout Session I “Casual Conversation: Preparing to be a Health Care Leader” Dr. Brenda Latham-Sadler Associate Dean, Medical Education Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine Dr. Warren Newton Calvin Hung, FACHE, MPT Administrator Carolinas Healthcare System- Pineville Inpatient Rehabilitation Carolinas HealthCare System Joann L. Spaleta, FACHE, MBA, MHA Assistant Vice President Charlotte AHEC, Carolinas HealthCare System President, Charlotte Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch Keynote: Black Man in a White Coat New York Times Best Selling Author, Damon Tweedy, MD2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Students - Breakout Session II Navigating Social Media and Tips for Seeking Employment Ashley Kirkwood, Human Resources Professional NC DHHS, Human Resources Practitioners - Breakout Session I I.A: Institutional Capacity to Accelerate Diversity and Inclusion Carla White, BS Pharm, RPh, Assistant Dean Innovative Leadership and Diversity Antonio Bush, PhD, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, O�ce of Strategic Planning and Assessment I.B: COMMUNICATION WELLNESS: A PATHWAY TO REDUCING HEALTH DISPARTIES IN PEOPLE OF COLOR Robert Mayo, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Carolyn Mayo, PhD, Communications Research Evaluation and Wellness Specialists, LLC3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Practitioners - Breakout Session I Repeat Students may choose breakout session A or B4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Break/Hotel Check-in5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Networking / Poster Presentations Reception Health Science Students Compete to Win Awards
Friday, March 24, 2017Leadership Perspectives in Diversity and a Call to Action8:00 AM – 9:00 AM NC Alliance for Health Professions Breakfast Meeting9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Break9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Practitioners & Students - Breakout Session II Health Careers Pipeline and Leadership Programs IIA: Dr. Paula Borden, CHEOP Thomas Luten, Health Career Connection IIB: Melissa Green, Clinical Scholars Program Lauren West-Livingston – Past President, Student National Medical Association – Region IV 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM BREAK10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Panel Discussion: “Perspectives of Leadership in Diversity” Panel Moderator: Dan Erb Cheryl Locke Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion O�cer Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Kinneil Coltman Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Carolinas HealthCare System Kent Guion Chief Diversity O�cer UNC Wilmington12:00 PM – 12:15 PM BREAK12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
Call to Action Cedric Bright, MD Assistant Dean, Admissions and Special Programs, Associate Professor UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine Closing Remarks Jacqueline Wynn & Dean Valentine Co-Founders, NC Alliance for Health Professions Diversity
Keynote Presenters:James Nelson, PhD
Chief Diversity O�cerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Warren P. Newton, MD, MPH
Warren P. Newton, MD, MPH is Chair and William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the North Carolina AHEC and Vice Dean for Medical Education in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Newton is an expert in organization and e�ectiveness of healthcare, hospitalist work, prevention, geriatrics and population health.
Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA
Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA, was appointed by President Barack Obama as the 18th United States Surgeon General in July, 2009 and served a four-year term. Dr. Benjamin also oversaw the operational command of 6,700 uniformed public health o�cers who serve in locations around the world to promote, and protect the health of the American People. Dr. Benjamin served simultaneously as Surgeon General and as the �rst chair of the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council (National Prevention Council) – 17 cabinet-level Federal agencies that developed the road map for the Nation’s health – The National Prevention Strategy.
Damon Tweedy, MD
Damon Tweedy, MD is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and sta� physician at the Durham Veteran A�airs Medical Center. He has published articles about race and medicine in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Raleigh News & Observer, as well as in various medical journals. He lives outside Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, with his family.
Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson
Elwood L. Robinson was elected Chancellor of Winston-Salem State University in, September of 2014, by the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina, and assumed his duties on January 1, 2015. Prior to election as Chancellor at WSSU, he had served as Provost and Vice-President of Cambridge College. As Cambridge College’s chief academic o�cer, Robinson has advised the president on matters of educational policy and the development of teaching and academic programs.
Cheryl E. H. Locke (Panelist)
Locke has been vice president and chief diversity and inclusion o�cer at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center since January 2016. She initially joined the Medical Center in October 2008 as the �rst vice president and chief human resources o�cer to oversee both the Hospital and the Wake Forest University Health Sciences Human Resources division. Locke has 35 years of HR experience in various industries, including at American Express and academic medical centers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Kinneil Coltman, DHA, CDM (Panelist)
Kinneil Coltman is Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Carolinas HealthCare System. She holds a Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, a Masters in Cross Cultural Studies at The University of Houston – Clear Lake, and a doctorate in health administration from the Medical University of South Carolina. Ms. Coltman is a 2006-2007 Research Fellow in the Health Research and Educational Trust’s Cross Cultural Leadership Fellowship, a program sponsored by the American Hospital Association and the Institute for Diversity in Health Management (IFD).
Keynote Presenters:Cedric M. Bright, MD, FACP (Call to Action)
Dr. Cedric Bright, physician and patient advocate, is Assistant Dean for Admissions, Director of Special Programs and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medical Education at the UNC School of Medicine, and served as the 112th President of the National Medical Association from 2011 to 2012. He was previously Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at Duke University and a sta� physician at the VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Bright also served on the North Carolina Medical Society Patient Safety Taskforce; chaired the board of directors at the Lincoln Community Health Center; has spoken about health disparities before the Congressional Black Caucus; was a medical ambassador to Ghana; and has served as a mentor for the Student National Medical Association. He is a dedicated leader in delivering patient equity through broader access, and is a staunch proponent of healthcare reform.
Conference Sponsors:Diamond Level SponsorsNC AHECNC Schools of Medicine
- Campbell School of Osteopathic Medicine- Duke University School of Medicine- The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine- Wake Forest School of Medicine
Platinum Level SponsorsNC O�ce of Minority Health and Health DisparitiesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Health A�airs Pipeline Partnership Initiative (HAPPI)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Allied Health Sciences- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Public Health- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Higher Education Opportunity Programs
Gold Level SponsorsUniversity of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Silver Level SponsorsCampbell University, School of Pharmacy & Health SciencesHigh Point UniversityNorth Carolina Community CollegesUniversity of North Carolina at WilmingtonAppalachian State University
Bronze Level SponsorsElon UniversityWinston-Salem State University, School of Health SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, School of NursingWake Forest School of Medicine, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
CollaboratorsUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Health and Human ServicesUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Nursing
2017 NC Health Professions Diversity Conferenceand Community College Student Recruitment Seminar
March 22 – 24, 2017Event #: 50479
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Credit:11.0 CEU - Continuing Education Unit11.0 Contact Hours - Certi�cate of completion basedon a 60 minute teaching hour
