Health centers play a vital role in offering holistic care to patients, including and beyond medical treatment, to encompass a diverse range of services. This first session in a two-part webinar series, hosted by the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center, features a presentation from fellow...
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Leadership Training for Clinical Staff – Leading a Diverse Staff
The clinical environment presents specific challenges to effective leadership and teamwork—and it is critical that clinical personnel have the skills and tools to lead effectively. Good leadership and a cohesive, supportive team environment fosters mental health, resiliency to challenges, reduces burnout, and improves patient care. In this webinar, the...
View moreTrauma-Informed Leadership Webinar
Join the ACU STAR² Center on for a webinar focused on trauma-informed leadership in health centers. Expert presenter, Cindy Manginelli of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, guides the audience through an introduction to trauma-informed leadership and provides strategies for staff interested in building their own leadership...
View moreWebinar – Introducing the Organizational Leadership and Resiliency Toolkit
Join the ACU STAR² Center and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council for a webinar introducing our upcoming Organizational Leadership and Resiliency Toolkit. Expert speakers and co-authors of the toolkit, Matt Bennett, MBA, MA, Optimal Innovation Group and April Lewis, CEO, A. Lewis Academy, Inc, provide an...
View moreAdvancing Health Center Retention & Recruitment through HP-ET – Salud Family Health
Interested in creating or expanding a Health Professions Education & Training (HP-ET) program at your health center? Are you looking for a way to ramp up your recruiting of clinical care providers by partnering with teaching and training programs? Then join ACU’s STAR² Center for “Advancing Health Center Retention...
View moreAdvancing Health Center Retention & Recruitment through HP-ET – NEW Health
Interested in creating or expanding a Health Professions Education & Training (HPET) program at your health center? Are you looking for a way to ramp up your recruiting of clinical care providers by partnering with teaching and training programs? Then join ACU’s STAR² Center on for “Advancing Health Center...
View moreHealth Center Partnerships for HP-ET Development
Interested in creating or expanding a Health Professions Education & Training (HP-ET) program at your health center? Are you looking for a way to ramp up your recruiting of clinical care providers by partnering with teaching and training programs? Then join ACU’s STAR² Center for “Health Center Partnerships for...
View moreWebinar – Strategies to Provide Productive Feedback to Your Employees
Part of being a manager is developing and coaching your team members. To be effective in your role proper communication is critical. Providing feedback is the process of communicating a reaction to your employees performance or behavior. During this webinar, presented on May 26, 2022, people expert, April Lewis,...
View moreSTAR² Center 2021-2022 PCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Series – Session 3
This webinar was conducted on April 13, 2022, as the third session in the STAR² Center 2021-2022 PCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Series and featured a discussion of Health Professions Education & Training Plans with Nathalia Drew, HRSA PCA Team Lead. Please click here to access the session...
View moreCreating an Organizational Culture of Resilience to Manage Stress and Burnout in Health Center Teams
Studies show that in an integrated, team-based environment, just one burned-out staff member can disrupt team dynamics. But even in times of high stress, health center staff are more likely to be engaged and satisfied with their jobs if given the tools they need to succeed, in an organization...
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