Explore, Employ, Empower: The Robert A. Ingram Institute for Healthcare Access

North Carolina’s rural health care shortage demands innovative workforce solutions. The Robert A. Ingram Institute for Healthcare Access created a collaborative model emphasizing exploration, employment, and empowerment through pre-health exposure, rural clinical training, and return-to-practice pathways, strengthening workforce development, retention, and access via academic-practice partnerships in rural communities statewide.