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Annotation: Learners participating in this web-based course will focus on leadership effectiveness particularly in terms of facilitating innovation and change within an organization and achieving an organizational context that is conducive to continuous improvement and a never-ending commitment to excellence. As effective leaders, we strive to create a shared vision of the future and then mobilize people, processes, and resources to achieve that vision. Effective leaders treat innovation and change as a continuous process, not as a single event or series of staccato or stop-and-go actions. By establishing and maintaining a continuous forward momentum, leaders can engage others in working together to be adaptable and flexible in their ongoing pursuit of their shared vision. xxx

Learning Objectives: • Examine various factors that influence successful adoption and implementation of innovation and change • Use at least one theoretical model for examining change processes and the role of leadership • Describe characteristics of effective leaders for facilitating innovation, change, and continuous improvement • Identify individual and organizational characteristics that facilitate successful change • Use specific leadership strategies to create and sustain effective change

Continuing Education: 4.00 Participation/CE

Annotation: There is mounting recognition among health professionals that truly improving health outcomes in the U.S.—addressing acute conditions and the upstream social determinants that contribute to poor health—must be an interdisciplinary, cross-sector, and collaborative endeavor. To this end, the Public Health Leadership Forum (PHLF) at RESOLVE teamed with the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF) to develop a framework that supports enhanced collaboration between health care and public health entities. This framework, Partnering to Catalyze Comprehensive Community Wellness: An Actionable Framework for Health Care and Public Health Collaboration, outlines essential elements and key strategies for shaping effective, health-based collaboratives among public health, health care, and community-based organizations. In this web forum, members of the PHLF and HCTTF describe the essential elements of collaboration outlined in the framework, and speak to their experiences working to develop and sustain cross-sector collaborations in their organizations and communities. A video and transcript are available.

Annotation: Does your work involve activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation, or community health assessment and improvement planning? Are you actively engaged in supporting your organization’s performance improvement (PI) efforts? This archived webinar introduces the Competencies for Performance Improvement Professionals in Public Health (PI Competencies), a set of skills desirable for PI professionals working in public health. Released in June 2018, the PI Competencies build on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and the Core Competencies for Performance Improvement Managers to offer additional guidance in PI for public health professionals with responsibilities related to developing or implementing plans and activities in the areas of quality improvement, performance management, workforce development, accreditation readiness, or community health assessment and improvement planning. This archived webinar offers an opportunity to learn more about the PI Competencies, how these competencies were developed, and how they support workforce development efforts. A video, presentation slides, and the PI Competencies are available.

Annotation: The Quality Improvement Quick Guide (QI Quick Guide), with a contribution from the National Library of Medicine, was updated in 2017 with the latest QI resources and tools. The improved QI Quick Guide will help you determine which resources to use when pursuing improvement projects within your organization. It consists of a Plan-Do-Check-Act tutorial and suggested resources based on your familiarity with QI. Visit the Quality Improvement Quick Guide today to get started.

Learning Objectives: •Assess your familiarity with QI •Identify your QI needs •Discover QI resources tailored to your knowledge and experience level •Find QI resources geared towards improving public health practice

Special Instructions: Getting Started Tips •It will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete the PDCA Tutorial and 15 minutes to review the Quick Quiz and tailored resources •You may begin at any page to access QI resources geared toward improving public health practice •You can find additional related resources from PHF and dozens of other organizations and agencies in the Public Health Improvement Resource Center

Continuing Education: TRAIN Certificate of Attendance

Annotation: This is Webinar #1 in a six-part series entitled “Improving your Injury and Violence Prevention Practice with the Core Competencies”. The series is presented by the Southeastern and Southwestern Injury Prevention Network and the Safe States Alliance. In this webinar series, experienced professionals in the field discuss how they use the Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) to develop and advance their own skills, as well as those of staff they manage. The Core Competencies can provide a roadmap for gaining or strengthening the essential knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to grow professionally; develop, implement and evaluate IVP programs and policies; and strengthen the field and practice of IVP. Webinar #1 provides the rational for this series, highlighting the ways the competencies can help participants in their work. Webinars #2-6 address Core Competencies for IVP #1-7, and core competencies #8-9 are addressed throughout each presentation. This webinar series is relevant to those with a variety of experiences and/or years of service, including: – Professionals working in IVP and/or other areas of public health – Individuals anywhere along the spectrum of professional development –those new to public health and/or IVP, and those who have been working for several years and want to further develop their competencies.

Learning Objectives: • Gain an understanding of how the core competencies can help you to develop professionally and improve your IVP work. • Learn about and be able to explain the common competencies used in unintentional and intentional injury prevention. • Understand how the competencies cross-link injury and violence prevention to the broader practice of public health and the delivery of essential public health services in any program area or setting. • Understand the relevance of core competencies within the context of the history of injury and violence prevention through the stories of experienced professionals. • Understand the organization, purpose and key content of each session in this webinar series.

Annotation: This is a series of 23 webinars on the New York State Direct Support Professional Core Competencies. Each webinar reviews one of the 23 core competencies through story-telling and vivid descriptions of a competent Direct Service Provider supporting someone with an intellectual and/or developmental disability. Goal areas include putting people first, building and maintaining positive relationships, demonstrating professionalism, supporting good health, supporting safety, having a home, and being active and productive in society. This series was designed in response to requests and needs shared by frontline supervisors in 2017. Training manuals, handouts, and other materials accompany the videos.

Annotation: Customer service is an inherent element of public health practice across settings. “Customers” not only include patients or clients receiving direct services, but also our partners in other organizations and co-workers within our own agency. This three-part webcast training series demonstrates how public health managers and other professionals can contribute to the development of a culture of customer service within their organization, including a focus on mission, effective communication, and quality improvement processes. This third and final segment features Dr. Geneva Williams, CEO and Founder of New Season Consultants & Collaborators, LLC, who shares insights into quality improvement and measurement of customer service.

Learning Objectives: • Discuss the role of assessment and quality improvement in public health customer service (5.3.2, 5.3.9)

Continuing Education: 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours, 1.0 CHES Category I CECH, Certificate of Completion

Annotation: This is the final training in a six-part series designed for public health and/or mental health professionals who oversee health programs and services for adolescent girls and women of reproductive age. It brings together the content of the earlier modules in the series to show the complete model of the integrated approach with all of its component parts. It also has suggested exercises for learners who would like to think about how some of the concepts learned in the training series might be relevant to their own professional settings. It is strongly recommended that users complete the modules in the series in sequence. To see a complete listing for the series please go to the Training Series section of this site. The Women's Integrated Systems for Health (WISH) Online Training Series focuses on key components of an integrated approach to promoting the health of women during late adolescence and throughout the child-bearing years. This training series arose from the need for practice-based tools that advance multi-disciplinary partnership, community engagement and using evidence-based approaches grounded in proven theoretical models. Women's Integrated Systems for Health (WISH) was a training grant funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Bureau of Health Professions in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in 2010-13 with a partnership between the NC Institute for Public Health and the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health at the UNC School of Medicine. The project focused on promoting integrative community approaches to optimize mental and physical health among adolescents and women of reproductive age.

Learning Objectives: • Describe how various components such as evidence-based practice, a public health approach and partnership come together to form an integrated approach to women’s health issues. • Cite 3 examples of how an integrated approach made an impact in real life situations. • Identify 3 specific actions which can be taken to apply some of what has been learned in this training series.

Annotation: In this short course, Marty Galutia describes quality improvement concepts and how to apply them to improve processes and systems. The presentation reviews the reasons why quality improvement is sought, the process considered broadly, and provides information specific to the Kano Model of Quality. The roles of customers and consumers in QI also are considered. Interactive exercises are built into the presentation throughout.

Special Instructions: Registration to TRAIN is required. After logging in, the course can be accessed by entering the course id (1025091) into the “Search By Course ID” box on the right side of the landing page. On the next page, click on the "Registration" tab and then click on "Launch."

Annotation: This course is designed for leaders and professionals who work in public health. The goal is to provide them with an awareness of quality improvement and how it can be used in public health to "work smarter, not harder". There are four sections in this course: Section 1: CQI Myths Section 2: Brief Overview of CQI Section 3: Incorporating CQI into Organizational Culture Section 4: Demonstrating How CQI works in Governmental Public Health – A Case Study

Learning Objectives: • Describe three common myths of CQI and the corresponding reality. • Define continuous quality improvement and how it can be used to enhance organizational performance. • Describe common characteristics of CQI. • Describe the elements needed for an organization to successfully implement and sustain CQI activities. • Discuss how to successfully incorporate CQI into an organization's culture. • Identify examples of how CQI has been implemented in a local public health agency.

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