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SUMMARY:Coping Strategies for Clinical Support Staff at FQHCs: Prepare\, Perform\, and Unwind
DESCRIPTION:Quick Links:\nRegistration (This webinar is for MPCA members only) \nClinical support staff are the backbone of Federally Qualified Health Centers\, fielding constant demands\, managing complex patient needs\, and absorbing stress from every direction. This training shines a light on the unique pressures they face and offers practical\, evidence-informed tools to help them navigate the overwhelm. Participants will learn three focused sets of coping strategies tailored to their realities: how to prepare for unpredictable days\, stay sharp during high-intensity challenges and difficult people encounters\, and unwind after emotionally taxing shifts. \nParticipants will learn to: \n\nPrepare: Get centered before shifts to handle heavy caseloads\, changing demands\, and limited resources.\nPerform: Remain focused and adaptable during crises\, patient escalations\, and workflow disruptions.\nUnwind: Let go of stress\, manage compassion fatigue\, and recharge outside work.\n\nTarget Audience: Clinical support staff. \nFor more information\, contact Leslie Lorentzen: llorentzen@mepca.org or (207) 707-4534.
URL:https://mepca.org/event/coping-strategies-for-clinical-support-staff-at-fqhcs-prepare-perform-and-unwind/
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SUMMARY:Comprehensive Emergency Management Program (CEMP): Requirements and Best Practices
DESCRIPTION:Quick Links:\nRegistration \nThis 2-part training will review federal requirements and discuss best practices for developing and maintaining a health center’s comprehensive emergency management program. The value of using the Integrated Preparedness Cycle (IPC) to guide all-hazards emergency preparedness activities will be highlighted. The complementary relationship between emergency preparedness and continuity planning\, and how to integrate business continuity considerations into a CEMP will be explored. Lastly\, hazard-specific planning and response within the structure of a CEMP\, using cybersecurity and cyber incident response as examples\, will be discussed briefly. \nKey learning objectives: \n\nReview federal emergency management and continuity requirements for health centers.\nDescribe the Integrated Preparedness Cycle (IPC) and how it should guide development of a Comprehensive Emergency Management Program (CEMP).\nDiscuss strategies for effective emergency management and continuity planning.\nDefine key inputs for setting CEMP priorities.\nDiscuss practical ideas to address important preparedness challenges.\nDescribe an approach for hazard-specific planning and response within the structure of a CEMP.\n\nTarget Audience: All heath center staff involved in emergency management and planning. \nFor more information\, contact Megan Cross: mcross@mepca.org or (207) 707-5112.
URL:https://mepca.org/event/13785/
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SUMMARY:The Detection and Management of High Blood Pressure (In-Person)
DESCRIPTION:Quick Links:\nRegistration \nJoin Maine Primary Care Association and MCD Global Health for a day-long no-cost training that takes a comprehensive approach to addressing high blood pressure from measurement\, to diagnosis\, to treatment and control. Jodi Beck\, RN and Senior Program Manager at MCD Global will lead this training and review the types of high blood pressure\, common errors\, equipment\, blood pressure measurement techniques\, self-measured blood pressure monitoring\, and more! \nParticipants will come away knowing they are performing blood pressure measurements accurately and following current guidelines. This training will provide the history of how high blood pressure was identified and how it has evolved to now include a set of standard guidelines and treatment recommendations. There will be review of the cardiovascular system and the impact high blood pressure has on the body. Participants will be taught proper measurement techniques for taking an accurate blood pressure and have hands on practice to assure competency. \nAdvanced registration is required and this event is in-person only. Class size will be limited to 25 participants. CUEs are available for CHWs and nurses through APHA. Snow/rain date: March 20. \nTarget Audience: Health center staff who take blood pressure measurements manually and automatically including community health workers\, nurses\, medical and dental assistants\, doctors and physician assistants. \nFor more information\, contact Carrie Mead: cmead@mepca.org or (207) 707-4537.
URL:https://mepca.org/event/the-detection-and-management-of-high-blood-pressure-in-person/
LOCATION:Maine Medical Association\, 30 Association Drive\, Manchester\, Maine
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