Results: Learning Collaboratives

Meeting the Needs of Puerto Rico Health Centers Learning Collaborative in Spanish

Organization: Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN).
Level: Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Emerging Issues.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: MCN will provide a 4 hour intensive in-person Learning Collaborative for at least 10 health centers located in Puerto Rico to address key resources, strategies, and tools to address emerging issues health centers face. The goal of the learning collaborative is to increase an understanding of how to effectively respond to emerging issues and maintain the services that are critical to clinical practice. This LC will be conducted in Spanish and will be targeted to address the unique needs of Puerto Rico. This LC will build upon the in-depth work that MCN has been engaged with in Puerto Rico and will include MCN’s Puerto Rican staff members as faculty. Session topics will be determined through an analysis of needs expressed during previous Puerto Rican LCs. Content will also be informed by identified gaps in care on the island in the wake of recent natural and public health disasters, with an eye towards building increased resiliency to address essential clinical and social issues when future natural disasters strike.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: TBA
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Theressa Lyons-Clampitt: tlyons@migrantclinician.org

Navigating Neighborhood Context and Transportation Social Drivers of Health Learning Collaborative

Organization: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) .
Level: Introductory, Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Social Risk Factors .
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff C-Suite Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs
Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) will facilitate this Learning Collaborative (LC) for health centers to explore effective strategies to screen and address SDOH including transportation, environmental health, and neighborhood safety and sense of community. Participants will also have the opportunity to review and evaluate a closed-loop SDOH referral protocol that can be implemented at their health centers. Dates: Session 1: April 17, 2024 Session 2: April 24, 2024 Session 3: May 8, 2024 Session 4: May 22, 2024 Time: 9:30 - 11:00am HT | 12:30 - 2:00pm PT | 3:30 - 5:00pm ET
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: https://bit.ly/SDOH-LC-2024
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Gabrielle Penaranda : gpenaranda@aapcho.org

Partnering with Older Adults for Chronic Disease Management

Organization: National Center for Equitable Care for Elders (NCECE).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Chronic Disease Management.
Primary Target Audience: Outreach Staff
Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders learning collaborative will focus on supportive counseling techniques for providers and staff to encourage the development and maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors in older adults. Participants will discuss special considerations for chronic disease self-management in this population, including physiological changes and social risk factors.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DWVX62K
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: ece@hsdm.harvard.edu: Juliette Provost

Patient Experience Assessment Tool

Organization: National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: With the Advancing Health Center Excellence Framework in mind, this activity will address population health with a focus on the domain of patient experience. NNCC will develop and conduct a Learning Collaborative focused on addressing the patient experience as a key to advancing health equity. A minimum of 10 Health centers and participants will be able to assess their HC's maturity in providing a high-quality patient primary care setting. Participants will explore an HC assessment tool developed by NNCC to align with the AHCE framework's domain of patient experience and subdomain areas. HC will self-assess and then develop a small test of change to create improvements over the 3-6 month period.

Postgraduate Nurse Practitioner (NP) Residency and NP/Physician Assistant (PA) Training Programs

Organization: Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC, Inc.).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Clinical Career Pathway development.
Primary Target Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Description: The Postgraduate Nurse Practitioner (NP) Residency and NP/Physician Assistant (PA) Training Programs Learning Collaborative is a 6-month participatory learning experience designed to provide transformational strategies and coaching support to help health centers and look-alikes implement postgraduate NP and NP/PA residency programs. The Collaborative will provide a series of videoconference learning sessions with 10-12 health centers and look-alikes from across the country, as well as quality improvement training, ongoing mentoring for the coach in the organization, technical assistance, and access to web-based tools. The action periods between sessions will include assignments and deliverables, and coaching calls between health center coaches and CHCI mentor coaches to facilitate the uptake of the intervention.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://education.weitzmaninstitute.org/content/community-health-center-inc-national-training-and-technical-assistance-partnership-nttap
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Meaghan Angers: angersm@mwhs1.com

Psychosocial Behavioral Health Peer Support Learning Collaborative

Organization: Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN).
Level: Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Preventive Services Outcomes (Applicant Choice).
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: Clinicians, therapists, and social workers are just a few examples of providers exposed to traumatic stories in their daily work. In the course of doing their jobs, these helpers are often in the position of witness. Witnesses experience distress similar to what victim’s experience. Sometimes the distress comes from the stories clients tell them or directly observing their clients in interactions. Sometimes the distress comes from the people who administer the policies and procedures that affect clients. Often the distress derives from both sources. “Helpers” or providers may also have their own challenging histories. Current situations may trigger difficult historical moments, making it harder for providers to cope with contemporary stress. It is critical that health centers develop a workplace environment that provides support, tools, and empathy for providers working in their systems. To begin to address this issue, MCN and expert faculty, will develop a four-part Learning Collaborative (LC) for clinical supervisors and other health center team members at a minimum of 10 health centers. In this LC we dive deep into methods of strengthening peer support in the workplace, the single most important factor associated with well-being under challenging circumstances. We look at the nuts and bolts of bolstering “reasonable hope” and amplifying existing resilience styles and discuss strategies and frameworks to build connections and support among staff. Faculty members will engage participants in brainstorming solutions together. The LC will be highly interactive with a well-developed curriculum, homework between sessions, and a series of resources for additional information and skill building.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: TBA
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Theressa Lyons-Clampitt: tlyons@migrantclinician.org

Recruitment and Retention of Dental Assistants Learning Collaborative

Organization: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)’s Star Center.
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff
Description: Dental Assistants are in great demand at health centers, with a limited pool of qualified candidates health centers are struggling to keep those dental assistants that are currently employed. This learning collaborative will edify health centers on creative and best practices to employ in their recruitment and retention of dental assistants at their health centers. ACU will serve as subject matter experts as a part of a learning collaborative focusing on the recruitment and retention of dental assistants hosted by the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA).
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: TBD
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Mariah Blake: mblake@clinicians.org

Recruitment Boot Camp: Mental Health Staff Edition

Organization: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)’s Star Center.
Level: Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Emerging Issues.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff
Description: Building on the success of the previous boot camps, ACU’s STAR² Center team will provide a focused look at the most pertinent topics affecting the successful recruitment and retention of mental health providers. This learning experience will provide attendees with a general overview of the different components that make up a strong recruitment and retention strategy; an understanding of the different types of mental health providers and their roles; and focus on compensation equity and benefits, marketing and job announcements, onboarding, pathway and career development, and the importance of building a strong organizational culture centered on mission, equity, and empathy.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: Registration has closed
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Mariah Blake: mblake@clinicians.org

School-Based Health Center Start-Up

Organization: School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff
Description: The School-Based Health Alliance is excited to announce a new learning collaborative focused on school-based health center (SBHC) start-up. This initiative aims to support partnerships between healthcare organizations and schools to provide or expand access to primary care and behavioral health services in schools. Throughout the learning collaborative, participating teams will: Learn about the core competencies for SBHCs and practices to support SBHC sustainability. Identify areas of strength and areas for growth. Identify action steps for strengthening partnerships, improving sustainability, and maintaining high-quality care. This learning collaborative is free and open to school-based health center planning teams, with a focus on Health Center Program and Look-Alike health sponsors. Other health sponsor types are welcome to apply as well. “Health sponsor” refers to the healthcare organization whose staff will provide health services (primary care, behavioral health, etc.) in the SBHC. Teams with existing SBHCs who feel they would benefit from revisiting SBHC basics are also welcome to participate. The learning collaborative will meet on select Tuesdays between January and March 2024. Continuing education credits will be offered. Applications are due November 16, 2023.
Timeframe: Winter 2023
Register: https://www.sbh4all.org/2023/09/28/school-based-health-center-start-up-learning-collaborative/
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Emily Baldi and Shameka Davis: ebaldi@sbh4all.org and Shameka Davis

Sealants Learning Communities Collaborative

Organization: National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Childhood Primary Caries Prevention.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: The learning collaboraitve will focus on best practices in two areas, data collection/reporting and clinical strategies, to improve on the measure informed by NNOHA’s expertise and observations in providing T/TA on this measure over the last seven years.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: https://www.nnoha.org/pages-1/programs-%7C-learning-collaboratives
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: candace@nnoha.org: Candace Owen

Social Risk Factors: Food Insecurity Learning Collaborative

Organization: National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Social Risk Factors.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: This year’s Social Risk Factor’s Learning Collaborative (LC) will focus on produce prescription programs, also known as Food Rx programs, to address food insecurity. The LC will offer an interactive and collaborative space for health centers and community-based organizations across the country to explore creating their very own produce prescription interventions to better serve and reach vulnerable populations, including migratory and seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs).
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DDXBZN7
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Maria Bustamante: bustamante@ncfh.org

Successful Steps for Holistic Integration of Mental and Behavioral Health into Primary Care

Organization: National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: Enabling Staff
Description: With the Advancing Health Center Excellence Framework in mind, this activity will improve quality patient care and safety, build health center workforce competence, and address population health through continuity of care and comprehensive and timely services. NNCC will develop and conduct a Learning Collaborative in partnership with the Primary Care Development Corporation on how health centers can successfully integrate mental and behavioral health into primary care to improve access to quality care. We will explore promising practices and strategies that can be adapted into practice guided by our SMEs and faculty—adapting operational integration of behavioral health into the primary care of those who access community health centers, including the unhoused and residents of public housing, while increasing service and ROI. During the LC, participants will have the opportunity to create a small PDSA activity to enhance services to support mental and behavioral health.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOugqzsrG90vnqAYDugMjxmcOLvExBNy
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Matt Beierschmitt: mbeierschmitt@phmc.org

Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment Strategies: A Learning Collaborative

Organization: Renaye James Healthcare Advisors, LLC (RJHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Emerging Issues.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: This is a series of four live, interactive learning collaborative activities focusing on suicide prevention and risk assessment. Participants will be guided through a series of care strategies and be given tools and time to engage with experts
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://hcea_rjha.swoogo.com/Taking_Action_With_988_Session_1
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Alicia Berkowitz: aberkowitz@renayejames.com

Teledentistry for Health Equity Learning Collaborative

Organization: National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: The learning collaborative will focus on best practices to improve existing teledentistry models through more efficient practices, patient engagement, provider recruitment/retention, and clinical improvements. This project will also help health centers strategize to develop an effective business plan and model to implement teledentistry in their health center. NNOHA will partner with PCAs that have legislation that allows for teledentistry in order to recruit health centers and garner active participation. This learning collaborative will also discuss how teledentistry can be used to improve health equity by creating a care model that provide equitable access to all populations. The learning collaborative will have 4 sessions with the possibility of one being in-person.
Timeframe: Spring 2024
Register: https://www.nnoha.org/pages-1/programs-%7C-learning-collaboratives
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: candace@nnoha.org: Candace Owen

The Role of Identifying the Social Drivers of Health In Advancing Health Equity

Organization: Renaye James Healthcare Advisors, LLC (RJHA).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Advancing Health Equity.
Primary Target Audience: Clinicians
Description: Sessions will cover how to assess health outcome disparities and barriers experienced with pregnant and post-partum women, individuals living with substance abuse, returning citizens, and children and youth in forster care. Trainings will cover evidence-based health-risk assessment tools and how to use a team-based approach to incorporate them into patient care. Information about using these tools to identify social drivers of health will be covered.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: https://hcea_rjha.swoogo.com/AdvancingHealthEquity
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Alicia Berkowitz: aberkowitz@renayejames.com

Transportation & Access to Care: Implementing a Quality Improvement Toolkit for Health Centers

Organization: Health Outreach Partners.
Level: Intermediate.
BPHC Objective: Objective 7 .
Primary Target Audience: Administrative Staff, C-Suite, Enabling Staff
Description: Health Outreach Partners (HOP) is inviting health centers to join a learning collaborative on implementing a continuous quality improvement process to reduce missed medical appointments caused by transportation barriers. Participants will learn how to determine the impact of patient transportation barriers on the productivity and finances of their health center, and how to utilize a quality improvement toolkit to improve on their current transportation solutions. To join, please register here.

Voucher Model Service Delivery in Migrant Health Centers Learning Collaborative

Organization: National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH).
Level: Introductory.
BPHC Objective: Access to Comprehensive Care.
Primary Target Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc.)
Description: This learning collaborative will provide training to health centers that operate a voucher model service delivery system to increase access to care for MSAWs.
Timeframe: Fall 2023
Register: Closed
For more information about this Learning Collaborative, contact: Alicia Gonzales: gonzales@ncfh.org