As stated by the World Health Organization (WHO), “health systems can only function with health workers; improving health service coverage and realizing the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is dependent on their availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality.” (Source: World Health Organization) The importance...
Webinar – 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,...
Pay Equity Checklist
One of the core components of a robust health center workforce is equitable and effective compensation. Pay equity means equal pay for equal work of equal value. This checklist will help health centers to look holistically at their compensation practices and ensure that they are recognizing the quality of...
Finding a Way Forward: Retaining & Recruiting MAs & DAs in the Changing Workforce Landscape – Pt. 2
This session took place on February 3, 2022, as the second session in the two-part series, Finding a Way Forward: Retaining & Recruiting Medical Assistants and Dental Assistants in the Changing Workforce Landscape. This session focuses on Dental Assistants and features guest speakers from the National Network for Oral...
Finding a Way Forward: Retaining & Recruiting MAs & DAs in the Changing Workforce Landscape – Pt. 1
This session took place on February 1, 2022, as the first session in the two-part series, Finding a Way Forward: Retaining & Recruiting Medical Assistants and Dental Assistants in the Changing Workforce Landscape. This session focuses on Medical Assistants and features guest speakers from the National Institute for Medical...
STAR² Center – Definition of a Comprehensive Workforce Plan
This document provides a definition of a comprehensive workforce plan that has been reviewed and approved by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. The robust definition is followed by the essential components that health centers can use as part of their ongoing workforce planning issues. This dynamic document should...
Self-Care is Quality Care: Resiliency for Mental Health Providers
Knowledge is the best defense against burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue. This webinar, brought to you by the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center, is led by expert trainer on trauma-informed care, Matt Bennett, and goes further than other self-care trainings by addressing the critical...
Topics in Retention & Recruitment Planning and Implementation Two-Day Workshop
**This workshop was previously planned as an in-person event. The workshop will now be held virtually to ensure the greater accessibility to health center teams while adhering to public health precautions.** Having an engaged and thriving workforce requires careful planning and the execution of effective retention and recruitment efforts....
Building Back Better: Utilizing Lessons Learned During COVID-19 for Inclusivity and Retention
Join the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR2 Center and experts from Ainey Volion Consulting for a webinar series on inclusivity in the workplace for people with physical disabilities, people that are d/Deaf, blind, and visually impaired, and neurodiverse people. According to Fortune, this autumn, 65 percent...
Special Considerations for the Retention and Recruitment of Mental Health Providers Series
This three-part series produced by the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center and Community Health Center Inc./Weitzman Institute focuses on the Special Considerations for the Retention and Recruitment of Mental Health Providers. In this webinar series, presenters will speak to the importance of building a mental...