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Annotation: This self-paced online learning page aims to increase personal awareness of time management practice and present tools and techniques to enhance the ability to minimize stress. The page includes managing external and internal “time thieves” as well as examples of how to address necessary tasks and concerns. Tools to help alleviate challenges in task prioritization conclude the presentation.

Learning Objectives: • Identify their current time management strengths and opportunities for development. • Recognize tasks over which they do and don't have control. • Set priorities for managing their schedules and time. • Apply time management principles, tips and tools in their daily roles. • Commit to actions that will improve time management practices and minimize time-related stressors.

Annotation: This webinar discusses how to identify risk factors for staff burnout, signs of burnout, and ways to prevent and manage challenges staff can experience when helping others. This webinar is part of the Tribal SOC Learning Community.

Learning Objectives: • Learn the core features of burnout. • Discuss the accompanying factors associated with burnout including: compassion fatigue, secondary trauma stress, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. • Explore challenges encountered by tribal Systems of Care related to burnout and how those challenges are addressed.

Annotation: This tribal systems of care learning community webinar focuses on management and supervision. It explores the differences between leadership, management and supervision; provides tips on effective communication with employees; demonstrates how to use behavioral competencies as building blocks in supervision; and defines the keys to successful management.

Annotation: The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grants to States Program has established 15 National Performance Measures (NPMs) for the 2015-2017 grant cycle. In order to effectively address the NPMs, MCH professionals need to think about not only the evidence and strategies to make change, but also the capacity of the workforce to carry out these activities. Six skill sets have been identified by the National MCH Workforce Development Center to support overall implementation of the Title V NPMs: (1) analytical and assessment skills; (2) building and sustaining partnerships; (3) financial and management skills; (4) implementation; and (6) leadership and systems thinking skills. The MCH Navigator in collaboration with the Center has developed this crosswalk to guide MCH professionals to online learning opportunities and implementation resources to support these skill sets.

Learning Objectives: Review of each NPM across the six skills sets: •Well-Woman Visit (NPM 1) •Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries (NPM 2) •Perinatal Regionalization (NPM 3) •Breastfeeding (NPM 4) •Safe Sleep (NPM 5) • Developmental Screening (NPM 6) •Child Safety/Injury (NPM 7) •Physical Activity (NPM 8) •Bullying (NPM 9) •Adolescent Wll-Visit (NPM 10) •Medical Home (NPM 11) •Transition (NPM 12) •Oral Health (NPM 13) •Smoking (NPM 14) •Adequate Insurance Coverage (NPM 15)

Annotation: ASPPH hosts a series of online study sessions in January to help Certified in Public Health (CPH) candidates prepare for the CPH exam. Each study session is led by expert faculty from ASPPH member schools and programs and focuses on one of the core areas of public health: behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics, cross-cutting areas, environmental health, epidemiology, and health policy and management. Each session is two to three hours long and include lectures and interactive segments.

Annotation: This training spotlight, developed by the MCH Navigator, provides links to selected trainings and related tools on key topics identified by the National MCH Workforce Development Center, including: (1) understanding transformation and change; (2) collaborating; (3) thinking critically and innovating across systems; (4) sustaining effort; and (5) learning as an organization and developing new leaders for new roles in a transformed system.

Annotation: This video combines an interview format with a presentation. A handout of the presentation slides is available for download. The presenter describes the ways in which workplaces are changing in general, in health care, and in public health. He emphasizes the need for employees to anticipate and prepare for the effects of these changes on career trajectories. He recommends ways that employees can position themselves to remain valuable to their organizations and effective in new contexts, by identifying aspects they can control, taking action, and leveraging their unique gifts and talents. He discusses the need to develop a “career insurance plan,” being strategic about acquiring new skills and creating opportunities for career security and advancement. Dr. Martin puts all of these issues in the context of the public health workplace, describing new career opportunities related to the Affordable Care Act and regionalization, other scenarios that could affect the careers of public health professionals in the near future, and use of the core public health functions to frame career plans. Finally, he talks about maintaining commitment and energy by cultivating a positive perspective and creating happiness.

Learning Objectives: • Identify the trends in the changing world of work. • Leverage your unique gifts and talents to seize the opportunities of the changing world of work and mitigate the risks. • Position your career to make a difference in the lives of your organization and others.

Special Instructions: To access the video, scroll down on the landing page to the “View Program” gray box and choose a player to open the presentation. [Note: Need Real Player or Windows Media Player to watch].

Annotation: In this presentation, the instructor introduces methods and strategies used in facilitating meetings, workshops, tabletop exercises, and other events. The roles of a facilitator are discussed and the four principles of adult learning are identified. The three stages of facilitation are also presented.

Learning Objectives: • Identify the roles of a facilitator. • Identify the four principles of adult learning. • Understand the three stages of facilitation.

Special Instructions: Registration is required.

Continuing Education: 1.00 Participation/CE. Tulane Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) awards 1.00 hour(s) of credit for completing Facilitator Training

Annotation: This course discusses the nature of qualitative decision making and provides a rationale for developing and using a systematic and structured approach to it. The presenter explains the fundamental steps in qualitative decision making and provides a method for structuring each step of the decision making process. He also stresses how decision makers need to adopt a structured decision making process to identifying alternative course of action. The course provides examples of how to use said structured process.

Learning Objectives: •To discuss the nature of qualitative decision making. •To provide rationale for developing and using a systematic and structured approach for qualitative decision making. •To identify and explain the fundamental steps in qualitative decision making •To provide a method for structuring each step of the decision making process. •To demonstrate a structured qualitative decision making approach.

Special Instructions: Registration is required.

Continuing Education: 2.00 Participation/CE. Tulane Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) awards 2.00 hour(s) of credit for completing Decision Making: A Systematic and Organized Approach

Annotation: This 45-minute module will help you understand the basics of business planning and determine if writing a business plan is appropriate for your public health program.

Learning Objectives: • Describe the parts of a business plan. • Explain how business planning can be helpful for a public health agency or non-profit organization. • Describe the function of business planning. Identify when it is appropriate to do a business plan.

Special Instructions: To access this course, you first need to create an account.

Continuing Education: 1 CNE Contact Hour