4a. Using results of 2004 statewide continuing education (CE) survey, develop, implement and facilitate access to continuing professional education programs for physicians, nurses and other health professionals working in medically underserved areas.
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NYS AHEC System Statewide Office
The Director of Nursing developed a concept paper for a preceptor/internship training program provided to all the AHECs as a basis for CE development of grant proposals.
Erie Niagara AHEC (ENAHEC)
The health communications campaign continued to target the underserved and underinsured residents in Erie and Niagara counties. This campaign which is divided into two phases is called a ‘New LifeBeat’ concept, comes from the idea that every person has a rhythm to his or her daily living. The core of the message encourages gradual positive lifestyle changes by offering culturally relevant information on health-related and cultural community events, health care resources, exercise and nutrition. The objective is to challenge to enhance the quality of life by motivating them to take charge of their own health and health care in the year ahead. The campaign is being used to help recruit young adults, directly and through their parents, grandparents and guardian to enter the health are field as medical professionals, researchers and providers. Phase One is a grassroots media campaign targeted to adult males, working mothers, families, seniors, adolescent males and females. Core messages are: Challenge Yourself, and Do Something New and Honor Traditions. Key objectives are to 1) spark a grassroots movement to improve self-management and prevention of key chronic diseases through incremental lifestyles changes and to empower health care consumers, and 2) raise awareness of the need for increased cultural competency in the delivery of health care as it related to disparate chronic disease statistics that affect under-served and underinsured communities. Phase Two will include a “LifeBeat” week-long workshop series that will include: 1) Role Model Call - presentations from local medical and health care professionals and providers who represent the targeted communities, 2) a panel discussion on Race, Stress, Chronic Disease and Cultural Competency; 3) Cooking Demonstrations, Recipe Swap and Shopping Tips, 3) HIV/AIDS” Cultural Myths and Realities which will be a community roundtable discussion and the premier of a new Alafia Theatre Project, “The Waiting Room’ which is being presented at the Lifetime Health Centers in Buffalo and Rochester. A mini advertising campaign introduced this concept to the public; media outlets that primarily reach he underserved populations, include print, and radio, in addition to the EN AHEC website.
Central New York AHEC (CNYAHEC)
CNYAHEC contracted with Ithaca College Gerontology Institute to offer a series of workshops for health professionals on topics related to the special needs of the elderly. Three workshops are being offered:
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April 5, Staying Healthy Overtime: A Workshop for Improving Physical Performance and Preventing Injury, 36 attendees.
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April 26, Understanding Comfort Care, 28 attendees.
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May 3, Nutrition for Older Adults, 35 attendees.
CNYAHEC Program Coordinator met with Barbara Black, SUNY Upstate’s College of Nursing, who has coordinated the past Nurse CE offerings to address areas of concern, more specifically strategies to increase enrollment at each facility. It was decided to forgo the spring series and instead survey hospitals to better understand their needs. A brief survey was developed to assess the level of interest in Nurse CE offerings and topics of interest. Twenty-two facilities were sent the survey and 15 returned them. Twelve responded that they would be very interested in regional continuing education offers. Meetings will be held during the summer months to plan for fall.
Emergency Department Nurses Certification Review and Update Course, an intensive one-day seminar which serves as both a refresher course for emergency department nurses and a review to prepare for the CEN Examination was held on April 27 in conjunction with SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Nursing, The Institute for Continuing Education and University Hospital Emergency Department. Eight-nine professionals attended the program.
The Western New York Rural AHEC (R-AHEC) continues to contract with CNYAHEC to mentor students from the central New York area whose education is being financed by the R-AHEC Workforce Retraining Initiative. Currently CNYAHEC is working with four LPN students and three RN students. Staff also generated 31 applicants from the region at the request of R-AHEC.
CNYAHEAC completed the pilot project for its Online In-service Training Program in April and began marketing the new product in June. The name is Inservice Solutions. Four of the six pilot sites have signed contracts to use Inservice Solutions. A regional marketing strategy and pricing structure was developed to begin promotion to other provider organizations in the CNYAHEC’s 14 county region.
Hudson Mohawk (HM AHEC)
Niskayuna Fire Department held an Advanced Medical Life Support Course on April 19 and April 20 with a total of 27 participants completing the course.
The nyemtinfo.com website has over 500 registered users since its launch nearly one year ago. This site provides a resource directory of local continuing education sessions for emergency medical service providers.
Arrangements between Hudson Mohawk AHEC and the Resource Center, Marjorie Doyle Rockwell Center in Cohoes, New York and Adirondack Community College in Queensbury New York will offer a course for caretakers of people with Alzheimer’s disease in August. There will be two locations: Adirondack Community College and Marjorie Doyle Rockwell Center. The title of the program is Alzheimer’s Disease: Tools to Care for Your Patients.
The first profession catalog for emergency service providers has been completed via the nyemtinfo.com website. Discussions are underway through the Adirondack Rural Health Network’s EMT Workgroup on expansion activities for the website. The second profession catalog will be determined by December 31 based on primary qualitative data collection from onsite visits with health care institution staff.
The Executive Director met with the Indian Lake video conferencing site regarding their long range plans for membership with their current vendor.
The Indian Lake site reported: seven different video conferencing sessions from April 5 – May 10, with most sessions attended by one participant. The Elizabethtown Hospital site reported six different video conferencing sessions on various topics between April 29 and June 30. National Kidney Foundation reported a Medical Advisory Board meeting with 25 participants and a videoconference from the Department of Health with ten participants. Albany College of Pharmacy used the equipment for a Bioterrorism Preparedness Update on April 29. The HM AHEC site reported 1 video conferencing session on April 27 on Recruitment Strategy for HIV Counseling for 2 hours with 1 participant. The HM AHEC conference room is small and alternate locations in the Glens Falls area will be investigated for the video conferencing equipment.
Catskill Hudson AHEC (CHAHEC)
Continuing education programs included:
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May 7, Bassett Healthcare Dialysis Nurse Teaching Day, 107 participants, 8.1 CE hours
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Various dates between February 2 to July 11, The Kingston Hospital Critical Care Conference, 44 participants, 40 CE hours
In collaboration with Ulster BOCES and The Kingston Hospital, CHAHEC arranged for the video taping of The Kingston Hospital Critical Care Conference, which produced 23 DVD’s. These DVDs are maintained in the CHAHEC video library and are being promoted for rental by health care organizations.
New York Metropolitan Region Office
The New York Metropolitan Region Office offers continuing education programs in faculty development, diversity, leadership, and general management/staff training, as detailed below.
Faculty Development Programs (April, May and June)
Leadership Academy
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April 6, Situational Leadership, Institute for Urban Family Health, 10 participants
Student Trainings
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June 2, ECHO Orientation, 24 participants
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June 30, Racial Disparities, 16 participants
Grand Rounds (Beth Israel Department of Family Medicine)
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April 7, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care, 14 participants
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April 14, OB Board Review, 14 participants
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April 21, Evidence-Based Approaches to Osteoporosis, 16 participants
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April 28, Legal Health, Bringing Advocacy to Your Practice, 13 participants
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May 3, Overview of Stroke Management, 18 participants
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May 10, Practical Consideration for Antipsychotic Medication, 23 participants
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May 19, Risk Management, 16 participants
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May 26, In-Patient Management of Asthma and COPD, 11 participants
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June 2, Addiction Psychiatry for the Non-Psychiatrist, 21 participants
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June 9, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, 21 participants
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June 23, Insider’s Guide to Vertigo, 13 participants
Electronic Health Record Trainings (Note: January—April trainings not reported previously are also listed.)
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January 10, PSR Training, 5 participants
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February 10, PSR Training, 4 participants
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March 10, PSR Training, 3 participants
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March 24, LMRP Training, all sites participated
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April 3, School Based Training, 4 participants
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April 5, Phillips LPMR Training, 20 participants
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May 10, PSR Training, 4 participants
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June 10, PSR Training, 3 participants
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June 20, Phillips PGY1 Training, 12 participants
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June 20, St. Christopher Training, 2 participants
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June 21, St. Christopher Training, 1 participant
Diversity Trainings
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May 25, Diversity Phase II: As Simple as Respect, 19 participants
Cultural Competency Trainings
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May 4, Cultural Competency, 22 participants
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May 5, Cultural Competency, 10 participants
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May 18, Cultural Competency, 19 participants
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May 28, Cultural Competency, 22 participants
The participants from the above trainings were from the following institutions: Institute for Urban Family Health, Walton Family Health Center, Parkchester Family Practice, Manhattan-Staten Island AHEC, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Jacobi Hospital, Lutheran-Brooklyn Hospital, New Jersey-Clifton Family Practice, Lutheran Family Physician Center, Lehman College, Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center and Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital.
The New York Metropolitan Region Office Medical Director, Neil Calman, MD, presented in a webcast for the National Association for Public Health Information Technology (NAPHIT) on April 19. Dr. Calman discussed the integration of the Institute for Urban Family Health electronic health record system (HER) with the New York City Department of Health and strategies for health centers to contribute to protecting the health of the public. There were 60 participants, including Public Health Department CIOs, directors of IT and members of NAPHIT.
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4b. Enhance the local workforce through the promotion of medicine and health professions as viable careers for re-entry workers through re-training programs, career development ladder strategies, support mechanisms for re-training; and work place policies and best-practices
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Central New York AHEC (CNYAHEC)
The CNYAHEC Executive Director presented at a meeting on June 19 facilitated by the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Oswego County. The meeting was designed to provide an overview of the work CNYAHEC and the WorkKeys Center of Syracuse University developing health career ladders focusing specifically on high demand jobs and corresponding educational programs in Oswego County. The meeting was attended by 15 health care leaders in the community. The ladders are being refined and a full report will be presented to a larger community group on August 23.
CNYAHEC Executive Director met with the executive directors of Chenango Delaware Otsego WIB and the Broome Tioga WIB on to discuss how the AHEC and WIBs can work together to increase the supply of health professionals in the Southern Tier region of New York. Both WIBs have agreed to support CNYAHEC’s Partners in Pathways: Building Tomorrow’s Health Care Workforce Together proposal and as such drafted letters of support, of their Appalachian Regional Commission grant proposal.
Erie Niagara AHEC (ENAHEC)
The EN AHEC has acquired myhealthcareer web program to be introduced directly into the schools, to provide the students with more access to health careers information and the Erie Niagara AHEC with greater access to the students.
The EN AHEC is developing a collaboration with Buffalo State College to explore the possibility of a pre med program at Buffalo State College. A Robert Woods Johnson Grant submission is being prepared to develop a Bridge Services Training Program, a workforce development training program for existing employees. Bridge Service are patient services, like Medical Interpreter, Health Educators, etc, that are designed to bridge the gap between the hospitals, clinics and patients; Buffalo State is the site for the training. Other partners include Buffalo Perinatal and the Community Health Center.
Northern AHEC (NAHEC)
A member item resubmission to support Northern New York Healthcare Education Consortium (NNYHEC) pathways is in progress. An occupational profile report for Certified Nurse Aides was created and submitted to both Alice Hyde Nursing Home in Malone and Franklin County Nursing Home in Malone. Currently NAHEC is pursuing a partnership with Jefferson-Lewis BOCES in Watertown to start an ACT center.
NAHEC submitted requests for proposals to both the North Country Workforce Investment Board and the Jefferson-Lewis Workforce Investment Board to create a workforce development software system in each region. NAHEC was granted both contracts for a total of $62,000.
Catskill Hudson AHEC (CHAHEC)
CHAHEC has promoted the My Health Career program to all Workforce Investment Board (WIB)/New York State Department of Labor One Stops throughout its 11-county region though direct mailing of promotional materials and follow-up phone calls. Posters, mouse pads and brochures are displayed at the various WIB career centers and computer banks.
CHAHEC continues its collaboration with the SUNY New Patlz/New York College of Osteopathic Medicine BS/DO Accelerated Degree Program. At the end of June, 45 students matriculated in the program.
Bronx-Westchester AHEC (BWAHEC)
BB AHEC met with Bronx Psychiatric Hospital Center (BPHC) administrative and clinical care staff and discussed BPHC interest in advancing workforce development collaborations such as re-training, career development, and advanced studies for job progression and retention of selected hospital center staff.
The BW AHEC newly elected Board chair serves as departmental chair of the School of Nursing of Lehman College of the City University of New York, and is a national leader in promoting nursing professions careers, advocating for quality health care, and addressing health care disparities issues. She also serves as departmental chair of the School of Nursing of Lehman College of the City University of New York.
The relocation of the BW AHEC offices to the campus of Lehman College of the City University of New York will advance its goal to strengthen collaborative efforts with partnering academic institutions. The BW AHEC will also collaborate and look to cross-fertilize activities of the Summer internship program and the Serrano Leadership Development Institute operating under the direction of the new Executive Director of the BW AHEC.
Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island AHEC (BQLIAHEC)
BQLI AHEC continued to work with Long Island University’s (LIU) initiative to increase the number of minority students who pass the nursing licensure program.
BQLI AHEC began a collaboration with Queens Village Junior High 109, a middle school in Queens that has a pre-nursing program for seventh and eighth graders. BQLI AHEC conducted a MASH Camp with Junior High 109 on May 24 and June 16.
The BQLI AHEC Executive Director is an active member of the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership, an organization initiated by the Brooklyn Borough President to look at nursing workforce issues in the borough with a focus on: 1) increasing capacity of nursing schools, 2) faculty leadership, 3) developing programs to encourage young people interested in the nursing professions. BQLI AHEC attended two meetings with the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership and assisted in planning borough-wide initiatives to increase the number of young people interested in nursing. Several members of the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership have joined the BQLI AHEC Speaker’s Bureau. One of the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership members will participate on a Nursing Panel for the Summer Health Internship Program (SHIP) on July 24. BQLI is also collaborating with the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership on a new program called “Lunch and Learn,” which will afford students an opportunity to eat lunch with nursing professionals and learn about their career.
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The Executive Director also made a presentation at the Brooklyn Nursing Partnership Symposium entitled “Robo Nurse” which highlighted the need for diversity within the nursing profession.
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The BQLI AHEC Executive Director was the keynote speaker at LaGuardia Community College practical nursing graduation ceremony on April 6.
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The Advisory Committee meeting for LaGuardia Practical Nursing Program met on June 4. The Executive Director is an Advisory Board member.
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The Executive Director spoke at Intermediate School 109 pre-nursing Graduation Ceremony on June 15.
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