August 2021 Work Force Newsletter

Health Care

Workforce Updates

August 2021

Lifespan offers gerontology certificate program

Lifespan's 80-hour gerontology certificate program begins on September 8. This certificate is designed for anyone interested in furthering a career or gaining knowledge about longevity and aging. Participants can take the whole course or units of interest. Courses are held over Zoom on Wednesdays at 4-6:30 PM. Continuing education credits are available for licensed social workers.

Click here for registration and course information.

Behavioral health integration symposium series scheduled

Registration is open for UR Medicine's 6th annual behavioral health integration symposium webinar series. Sessions will be held at 12-2:30 PM on September 17, 24, October 1 and 8. Covered topics include suicide prevention, stigma, mental health and substance use.

Click here for information on specific session dates and times.

Save the date: Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center's 35th annual conference

Spanning the Continuum of Care: Innovations in Geriatric Health Practice will be held on September 24 via Zoom. Continuing education credits will be available for MD, DO, PA, NP and LMSW/LCSW.

Click here for more information.

Thompson Health CNA training program begins September 21

In partnership with Finger Lakes Community College, Thompson Health is offering a 5-week certified nursing assistant training program. Classes are scheduled Mondays-Fridays 8 AM-4 PM. Thompson Health will cover full tuition and participants receive payment during training. It is required that all successful course participants remain employed by the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center – in a full- or part-time position – for at least one year from certification.

 Click here for more information and to apply for the course. 

MCC Corporate College fall brochure available

MCC's Corporate College offers a variety of professional development opportunities. Based on the results of our Health Care Workforce Survey, potential courses of interest include:

• Developing the Conscious Leader and Conscious Culture Certificate
• Trust and Transparency Leadership Certificate
• Lead to Succeed - Supervisor Basic Training
• Managing Different Personality Styles
• Microsoft Excel trainings - Basics, Intermediate and Advanced

Click here to view the fall 2021 brochure.

HRSA workforce funding opportunities available

Funding is available from HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce to plan, develop, operate or participate in health professions training activities using evidence-based strategies to address burnout and promote resiliency among the health workforce in rural and underserved communities. Applications are due August 30. 

Click here for application and a recording of a recent technical assistance webinar.

Contribute to the Public Health Forward survey

Public Health Forward, a partnership between the de Beaumont Foundation, the Bipartisan Policy Center and national public health partners seeks to develop a five-year roadmap for the field. You can provide your views on how to build a more robust and sustainable public health system.

Click here to access the survey.

Improving nurses' health through Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation

The Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation Grand Challenge is designed to transform the health of the nation by improving the health of the nation's 4 million registered nurses. This initiative connects and engages nurses and employers around improving physical activity, nutrition, rest, quality of life and safety.

Click here to learn more and the join the challenge.

Please share your health care workforce updates

If you have a training opportunity or workforce update you'd like us to share, you can send it to melissa.pennise@commongroundhealth.org, and we will add it to the next newsletter.

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