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Resources by Topic: Health workforce education and training

E-learning Program: Improving Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals
Presents a 5-hour on demand e-learning program to help healthcare professionals increase their cultural and linguistic competency. The program is accredited for contact hours for many health professionals.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
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Michigan - Substance Use Disorder Project ECHO
Offers a guided practice model to increase workforce capacity and meet the needs of patients by providing best-practice specialty care training to primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians through videoconferencing to address the challenges facing providers in the provision of substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Saginaw Valley State University
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Addressing the Health Needs of Rural Communities
A collection of Social Determinants of Health Academy trainings recorded in 2018 that explore issues impacting health in rural communities. Topics include collecting data in rural health centers and financing infrastructure development in rural areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
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Substance Use Management Warmline
Free, confidential teleconsultation service for clinicians, providing expert recommendations addressing substance use evaluation and management. Provides peer-to-peer consultation to support primary care providers in managing complex patients with addiction, chronic pain, and behavioral health issues.
Type: Hotline
Sponsoring organization: National Clinician Consultation Center
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Idaho Project ECHO
A series of educational video conference sessions between clinicians in remote and underserved communities in Idaho and expert specialists. Topics covered include mental and behavioral health; opioids, pain, and substance use disorders; autism, COVID-19, and more.
Additional links: Schedule
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organizations: University of Idaho, WWAMI Medical Education Program
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Bureau of Health Workforce Clinician Dashboards
Offers data tools and information on retention and distribution of participants who have completed their training or service in Bureau of Health Workforce programs from 2012-2022. Shows retention rates for National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps alumni and includes filters for various clinician, program, location, and site characteristics. Features statistics with breakdowns by percentages of clinicians currently working in Health Professional Shortage Areas or working in rural communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Health Professions Training Programs
Displays health professions education and training programs data from academic year 2012-2013 to present, with breakdowns by program. Provides an in-depth look at the distribution of providers and participant demographics by state. Allows users to search for statistics on providers with rural backgrounds and key training settings in medically underserved communities and rural areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Rural PREP Grand Rounds
Features online learning presentations and active learning sessions for rural primary care practices. Past presentations are archived so rural providers can engage with them at their own pace.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural PREP
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Rural PREP - Resource Library
List of resources from the Collaborative for Rural Primary care, Research, Education and Practice (Rural PREP) project, whose mission is to improve rural health through community involvement and research in primary care health professions education.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural PREP
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Rural Opioid Educational Resources
A comprehensive list of National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health resources addressing the opioid crisis. Includes reports, webinar recordings, promising practices, training materials, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) resources. Also offers customizable posters, flyers, brochures, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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