The Lunch & Learn Series bring clinical education on-site to provider offices. Programs are targeted to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, social workers, and other staff of medical offices, hospitals, or community organizations. Days and times for in-services are based on site and provider schedules as well as the availability of faculty. Continuing education credits are offered for each course. Lunch & Learn is provided as a benefit to participating Southern NH AHEC sites.
Cardiac Risk Management
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify key risk factors for cardiac patients.
2. Discuss new and emerging strategies for the aggressive management of patients at increased CV risk.
Faculty: Bruce Brokaw, PA and Elizabeth Evans, MS, RN
Cost: This lunch and learn program is provided at no charge, as a service to medical offices by the co-sponsoring organizations.
Continuing education credits are available for physicians and nurses. For more information or to schedule this program in your practice please contact Tracie Holmes at (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org
Chronic Pain and Opioids: Structuring Care to Reduce Risk Part I
Join us for a program about chronic pain management. This is a two hour program. We will come to your practice at a time convenient for you.
Learning Objectives:
Current data on opioid use and misuse Reward and addiction Algorithm for reducing opioid risks
Faculty: Seddon Savage, MD Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
Dates: You may schedule this two-hour continuing education sessions to best fit your needs.
Cost: Please contact Malone Cloitre at (603)895-1514 ext. 3 or msteele@snhahec.org for specifics on the cost of the program.
Continuing education credits are available for physicians, and nurses. For more information or to schedule a Lunch and Learn call Tracie Holmes at (603)895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org
Chronic Pain and Opioids: Structure Systems to Reduce Opioid Therapy Risks Part II
Join us for a program about chronic pain management. This is a two hour program.
Learning Objectives:
Describe how the facility can create or enhance a structure that supports prescribing opioids. Identify strategies for weeding out diverters. Discuss protocols and procedures that can enhance the management of patients on opioids.
Faculty: Seddon Savage, MD, MS, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.
Cost: To be determined
This program is scheduled at your convenience. Continuing education credits are available for physicians adn nurses. For more information or to schedule this program at your practice please contact Tracie Holmes at (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org
Improving Asthma Management:
The Asthma Training Series is a 8 part training series for health professionals to provide better to care for their patients with asthma. Each program is one hour. To view the brochure click here
This 8 part series offers:
- Asthma Guidelines for the Way You Practice
- Asthma Management Tools: Gizmos and Gadgets
- Asthma Medications
- Spirometry
- Control of Environmental Factors that Affect Asthma
- Asthma Education: Using the Toolkit
- Asthma Management Should Not Be Complicated!
- Documentation: Implementation New or Revised Encounter Forms (only for sites with Centricity)
Dates/Times: Practices may schedule these one-hour continuing education credit programs to best fit their needs. We suggest starting with the Asthma Guidelines and then choosing other sessions that fit the needs of the practice. Lunch will be provided.
Cost: These Lunch & Learn programs are provided at no charge, as a service to medical offices by the co-sponsoring
Continuing education credits are available for physicians, and nurses. For more information or to schedule a Lunch and Learn call Tracie Holmes at (603)895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org .
Pattern Management: Interpreting Blood Glucose Logs
Join us to learn about interpreting blood glucose patterns and identifying teachable moments.
Learning Objectives:
Interpreting blood glucose logs Describe the benefits of monitoring Strategizing next steps for patient self-management.
Cost: This lunch and learn program is provided at no charge, as a service to medical offices by the co-sponsoring organizations.
You may schedule this one hour continuing education session to best fit your practice's needs. Continuing education credits are available for nurses and medical assistants. For more information or to schedule this lunch and learn please contact Tracie Holmes at (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org
Case Studies in Diabetes:
This one hour program will encourage a dialogue about diabetes through the use of case studies. Several case studies have been planned for you, but feel free to bring your own.
Objectives:
Describe the impact of behavior modification in helping patients manage their diabetes. Identify the benefits of diabetes education and the diabetes guidelines in managing the care of patients with diabetes. Discuss how to assist individuals with mental health and/or emotional issues in managing their diabetes.
Dates/Times: Practices may schedule this one hour continuing education at a time that is convenient for your practice.
Cost: There is no cost.
Continuing education credits are available for nurses. For more information please contact Tracie Holmes at (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org .
Grow Your Own Diabetes Educator: A Training Opportunity to Advance Diabetes Education for Nurses:
Program Description: This program is a combination of workshops and one to one mentoring from a Certified Diabetes Educator in your office for six months. Nurse(s) from your office will attend the workshops and a CDE will be assigned to mentor in your office at no cost to your practice. The mentoring program is designed to bring a CDE into your office to mentor and observe your nurse(s) with diabetic patients. the mentoring can start before the nurse in your office attends the workshop or afterward. For twice a month for the first 3 months a CDE will spend approximately 4 hours/day working with patients while your nurse(s) observe. For the second 3 months the CDE will observe and provide guidance while the nurse(s) perform diabetes education with patients. The CDE will remain an available resource to your office and your nurses via email and telephone for any questions or as a consultant. The workshops are offered on 2 days with different focus each day.
The cost is $75.00 which includes materials and meals during the 2 day workshops.
Continuing education credits are available for nurses. For more information or to schedule a Lunch and Learn call Tracie Holmes at (603)895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org .
Diabetes Medication Update
This lunch and learn is available to your practice. We will come during your lunch hour to present the program and we will bring lunch.
Learning Objectives:
Identify new diabetes medications and describe how to use them appropriately. Discuss appropriate use of the existing DM medications. Identify indicators for moving to insulin. Apply knowledge of diabetes medications through case study, discussion and a question and answer period.
Cost: This lunch and learn program is provided at no charge, as a service to medical offices by the co-sponsoring organizations.
You may schedule either this one hour continuing education sessions to best fit your needs. Continuing education credits are available for physicians and nurses. For more information or to schedule this program please contact Tracie Holmes at (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org
Diabetes in the School:
This program is design for school nurses and can be schedule at your convenience.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss basic pathophysiology of diabetes. Review treatment modalities for controlling diabetes. Explain timing of insulin to meals and its action. State the role of the school nurse for children with diabetes.
Cost: This program is provide at no charge, as a service to school nurses by the co-sponsoring organizations.
You may schedule this one hour program to best fits your needs. Continuing education credits are available for nurses. For more information or to schedule this program please contact Tracie Holmes at (603) 895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org
Integrating Oral Health into Primary Care
These three sessions are geared towards Primary Care practices:
- Pregnant Women
- Early Childhood (0 - 5 years old)
- Middle Childhood - Adolescent (6 - 18 years old)
Learning Objectives:
Each one hour session will cover the following objectives for the appropriate age group. Upon completion of these educational sessions, participants will be able to:
- Describe the importance of risk assessments and strategies for implementation in a busy practice.
Identify options for providing fluoride. Demonstrate proper screening techniques. Discuss anticipatory guidance in relation to the periodicity chart.
Continuing education credits are available for physicians, and nurses. For more information or to schedule a Lunch and Learn call Tracie Holmes at (603)895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org .
Cultural Competency Training Opportunities
Becoming culturally competent is a process of understanding one’s own belief system and being respectful of others. Culture encompasses religion, class, gender, race, ethnicity, language, educational level, and many other elements. Let us help you engage your staff to build cultural desire!
The New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition and the Southern NH Area Health Education Center join together to offer cultural competency training opportunities. These trainings can be scheduled on-site at times convenient for your staff. The cost of trainings can be negotiated based on the number of hours of training and availability of grant funding.
Read the descriptions of each training session to determine what program would be most effective in your organization. The times can be negotiated as well, for example, training can go for only one hour, or it may be expanded to two hours.
The following programs are available:
- Working with Interpreters
- Simulated Patients from Diverse Cultures
- Class: A Hidden Culture
- Cross Cultural Skills in Health Care
- Cross Cultural Skills in Behavioral Health
- Culture and Cultural Competency
- Clinical Case Studies Across Cultures
- Culture Forums
- Spanish for Health Care Professionals
- Spanish for Front Desk Staff
- Introduction to Health Literacy
- NEW!! Building Cultural Effectiveness
Continuing education credits are available for physicians, and nurses. For more information or to schedule one of these programs call Tracie Holmes at (603)895-1514 ext. 4 or tholmes@snhahec.org Florentina Dinu at (603)895-1514 ext. 5 or fgdinu@snhahec.org. For cost information please contact Malone Steele.
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