The STAR2 Center team invites health center, PCA, and HCCN workforce teams to participate in the upcoming Workforce Professional Development Series. Faculty and guest speakers will bring their expertise in all things workforce to share insight from the national, regional, and state levels. This four-part monthly series running from...
View moreSTAR² Center C-Suite Learning Network: A Financial Planning Learning Collaborative for Leadership Creating HP-ET Programs
Calling all health center C-Suite Leadership! As health centers face unprecedented workforce challenges, it is critical that they step into the role of fostering tomorrow’s health care professionals. Health Professions Education and Training (HP-ET) is an integral part of preparing health centers to face the changing workforce landscape. Join...
View moreOrganizational Leadership and Resiliency Toolkit
The last several years have challenged everyone’s capacity for resiliency, or the capacity to recover from difficulty quickly. This toolkit will connect organization leaders with the understanding and strategies they need to support the health and wellbeing of their workforce and address some of the structural problems plaguing the...
View morePerspectives from the Field: Retaining Medical Assistants and Dental Assistants
This publication was prepared by Ann Loeffler, MSPH, PMP, for the ACU STAR² Center following a series of focus groups exploring Medical Assistant and Dental Assistant attrition in health centers. The findings from these focus groups have been compiled to highlight factors contributing to this attrition and strategies shared...
View moreImplementing & Responding to Staff Satisfaction Surveys Learning Collaborative 2.0
Staff satisfaction surveys can be a powerful tool for workforce retention, engagement, and trust. However, the way they are conducted and the accompanying follow-up can have an impact on their success and usefulness. In this five-part learning collaborative, participants will gain an understanding of how best to conduct staff...
View moreBuilding HP-ET Programs – Webinar Series
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 our webinar series on...
View moreSTAR² Center Recruitment Boot Camp – Spring 2022
Having a documented, comprehensive recruitment plan is vital to recruitment success at a health center. During this learning collaborative, participants will spend one hour 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 planning...
View moreFinding a Way Forward: Retaining & Recruiting Medical Assistants and Dental Assistants in the Changing Workforce Landscape
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center invites you to review this two-part webinar series on the retention and recruitment of medical assistants (MAs) and dental assistants (DAs). In response to the challenges health centers are currently facing when it comes to retaining and recruiting MAs...
View moreImplementing & Responding to Staff Satisfaction Surveys Learning Collaborative
While some organizations are conducting staff satisfaction surveys, many could use support to get started or improve their process. Health center teams are invited to apply to join the cohort for this five-part learning collaborative to gain an understanding of and action steps for how best to conduct and...
View moreSTAR² Center 2021-2022 PCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Series
The STAR² Center team invites workforce staff from PCA and HCCN teams to participate in the upcoming workforce professional development series. Faculty and guest speakers will bring their expertise in all things workforce to share insight from the national, regional, and state levels with the learning cohort. This semi-monthly...
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