The Changing North Carolina Health Workforce Pipeline

Developing the Health Care Workforce of the Future for North Carolina

“…As part of this program, qualified high school students can take community college courses within a career or university pathway tuition free while they are still enrolled in high school [12]. According to Wynn, there continues to be a great need in North Carolina to begin pipeline work early in order to produce diverse and career-ready individuals for the health care arena [13]. In the Tar Heel Footprints in Health Care column, Wurzelmann and Dancy celebrate an individual champion in North Carolina's health profession pipelining efforts, Dr. Cedric Bright [14].…”