Health Professions Education and Training (HP-ET) programs provide the opportunity for health centers to recruit, develop, and retain their workforce by exposing health and allied health professions students, trainees, and residents to education and training programs at health centers. This toolkit is designed as a resource to help C-Suite...
Working with Minority-Serving Institutions to Enhance and Diversify Recruitment Pathways
Health centers strive to be—and are—leaders in providing person-centered care that honors cultural beliefs and values. Person-centered care recognizes that health and wellness are influenced by the many factors that contribute to each person’s unique experience in society. Building a representative workforce that mirrors the patient population can build...
2023 Biennial Workforce Summit
The 2023 Biennial Workforce Summit convened virtually on Tuesday & Wednesday, May 23–24, 2023. The Summit was a joint effort of workforce-focused HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partners: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s STAR² Center, Community Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute, and the National Association of Community Health...
Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value: Establishing Pay Equity Principles to Advance Workforce Financial Wellness
This white paper examines existing literature to detail organizational processes and practices that champion compensation equity. It also provides a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a pay equity audit. Pay equity ensures that employees receive equal pay for work of equal value, and the modern workforce expects a...
STAR² Center Health Professions Education and Training Financial Impact Assessment Tool
The STAR2 Center Health Professions Education and Training Financial Impact Assessment Tool is designed to help you understand how a health professions training and education (HP-ET) program can financially affect your health center, including estimating impact to staff development and satisfaction, which can be harder to calculate using discreet figures....
Adaptavist – The Definitive Guide to Upskilling & Reskilling Teams for Hybrid & Remote Collaboration
Adaptavist produced this guide to remote work to give organizations and their employees given how important the setup is in today’s business environment. The guide covers: The benefits of remote work for businesses. The most common blockers to remote work and how to solve them. How to train employees, team leaders, and managers in hybrid/work-from-home.
BALANCE – Financial Wellbeing Resources are Vital to Healthcare Worker Retention and Recruitment
“With the high rate of healthcare workers (HCWs) switching employers or leaving the field entirely since the start of the COVID-19, hospitals and health systems are scrambling to consistently attract and keep quality staff. While there is a persistent call among healthcare employees for higher pay, employers throwing money...
BALANCE – Effectively Treating Financial Stress is a Foundational Healthcare Issue for Our Time
“Personal finance has typically been thought of as a compartmentalized issue; it’s typically not fun to think about, but you close the budget spreadsheet, online banking dashboard, or investment snapshot and you move on. But studies conducted over the past few years show that we don’t escape our money...
Health Center Onboarding Checklist
The Health Center Onboarding Checklist (HCOC) has been designed by the STAR² Center to provide a structure and a process for welcoming and integrating new hires at your organization. The tool begins with a background on onboarding and its components including: why it is important, how it bridges recruitment...
STAR² Center Recruitment Boot Camp – Spring 2023
Description: Having a documented, comprehensive recruitment plan is vital to recruitment success at a health center. During this learning collaborative, participants will spend seventy-five minutes every other week in a mix of webinars, discussion, and assignments to complete an overhaul of their recruitment processes. Starting with a self-assessment and...