Public Ed Works

UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Pembroke and UNC Wilmington partner on a program that trains health care students to work in rural communities. Since 2021, 72 scholars have helped address provider shortages through team-based care and community projects.

Rural Interprofessional Longitudinal Scholars serve rural communities | UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina, UNC Pembroke and UNC Wilmington collaborate on this program to address the state’s health workforce shortage.

Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care. And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it.

Largest state without a children’s hospital - Public Ed Works CHAPEL HILL (June 11, 2026) – Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care. And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it. So new funds for NC Children’s – a $2-3 billion, 500-bed children’s hospital to be built in Apex in a joint venture between UNC Health...