Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play an important role in expanding the supply of primary care workforce and access to primary health care. As the NP workforce continues to grow and evolve, focus on burnout prevention and workplace satisfaction is imperative to continue to recruit and retain health center providers. The...
View more2021 Biennial Workforce Summit
The 2021 Biennial Workforce Summit convened virtually on Wednesday & Thursday, May 26–27, 2021. 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...
View moreUVA Mindfulness Center – Audio Recordings
The UVA School of Medicine’s Mindfulness Center strives “to support the integration of mindfulness-based practices into the clinical, educational and research programs” in the UVA Health System and beyond. These free audio recordings are available to supplement the Center’s Mindfulness Meditation Group and are intended for a range of...
View moreSTAR² Center Talks Workforce Success
In today’s rapidly changing workplace environment, health centers need to be at the forefront of developing solutions that meet the ever evolving needs of their workforce. ACU’s STAR² Center audio training series brings you engaging and informative chats with health center leaders and experts about the different core components...
View more2020 Recruitment Boot Camp
Description: From September through December, participants will spend one hour every other week in a mix of webinars, discussion, and projects to complete an overhaul of their recruitment processes. Starting with a self-assessment and planning all the way through contracting, this series will provide guidance, tools, and templates for...
View moreHITEQ Center – Cybersecurity Checklist for health center staff working remotely
This printable PDF checklist provides a guide for health center staff to mitigate cybersecurity risks and threats during times of emergency and incident response that have them working remotely from the health center.
View moreSTAR² Center – Turnover Calculator Tool
As health centers, Primary Care Associations (PCAs), and Health-Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) work to improve clinician retention in the field, questions continue to emerge about the real problem of turnover. There is not currently a publicly available data set available that specifically captures health center turnover, so ACU’s STAR²...
View moreSTAR² Center Turnover Tool Webinar Series
Is your health center experiencing high turnover? Are you trying to make the case for stronger workforce retention efforts within your organization? Are you struggling to figure out what is contributing to turnover at your organization? If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, then you...
View moreThe Power of Stay Interviews Learning Collaborative
Description The Power of Stay Interviews learning collaborative is designed to cut employee turnover, and has done so for healthcare workers, specifically cutting nurse turnover by 35%. The course will direct all participants to implement Finnegan’s Arrow℠, an invention that replaces traditional HR-driven one-sized-fits-all programs with training each leader to...
View morePCA & HCCN Workforce Professional Development Series 2019-2020
The STAR2 Center team invites PCA and HCCN workforce staff to participate in an upcoming professional development series. This series will begin with an assessment of current workforce TTA approaches and end with the development of a strong TTA plan to support health center staff retention. This series will...
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