Community Events

Training Opportunities 

Climate Health Organizing Fellows Program

This program is open to any U.S. based health professional (physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, physician assistants, psychologists) who provides direct patient care and to community partners working with health professionals (public health professionals, non profit leaders, environmental justice advocates). Applications should be submitted by groups of 3 people who are already working together on climate projects. Each group should include either 3 health professionals or 2 health professionals and 1 community partner (public health professional, non profit leader, environmental justice advocate, etc). Health professionals at any stage of their career (including trainees and retirees) are invited to apply. There will be 1 application per group. Applying as a group enables home organizations to develop a larger cadre of individuals trained in community organizing and will allow greater impact on their projects. Working with a community partner gives the health professionals an opportunity to more deeply connect with community initiatives.If you are requesting to apply as a group larger than three, please contact Chrissie Connors at cconnors@challiance.org

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Implicit Bias in Clinical Practice

Hosted by the Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug and other Addiction Services, this presentation will focus on implicit bias in addiction and mental health treatment. Topics covered include how implicit bias can affect engagement, retention and outcomes in clinical practice; changing demographics and the need to address implicit bias; research on how to turn implicit biases into explicit biases; implicit bias intervention strategies in the clinical relationship; a strength-based approach to addressing implicit biases in the clinical relationship.

Course Goals:

By the end of this presentation you will be able to:

• Define Implicit Bias.

• Turn implicit biases into explicit biases.

• Articulate the need to address implicit biases in the clinical relationship in the mist of demographic shifts.

• Utilize 10 intervention strategies.

• Use a strength based approach to address the impact of implicit bias in the clinical relationship.

• Be led by research on how to deal with implicit bias.

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Reinvesting in the Health and Wellness of America

Note: This is a live webinar on October 12, 2021 from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Participants will use Zoom to join.

In this webinar and based on his experiences in Indiana, William E. Cooke, MD, FAAFP, FASAM, AAHIVS will discuss the need to reinvest in the health and wellness of America and to build an effective public health system that benefits everyone in the community.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Discuss direct links of economic prosperity and other community conditions to the health and wellness of people
• Identify how a lack of investment in public health initiatives affects health, wellness, and prosperity
• Describe ways in which locally invested funding, community involvement, and compassionate care can create an equitable           foundation of health for all

Register here.