Fall 2021 Emergency Preparedness Learning Collaborative (LC)
Our Emergency Preparedness Learning Collaborative (EPLC) will be exploring ways to address population specific emerging issues in regard to emergency preparedness, particularly developing strategies around vaccine confidence and delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations to MSAW populations.
Learning sessions will focus on assisting health centers in building workforce capacity and creating the infrastructure necessary to develop policies and procedures to streamline their organizational response to emergency situations and customize their communications to the public in efforts of minimizing interruptions to service delivery.
Contact Katelyn Scheetz (scheetz@ncfh.org) for more information.
Benefits of participating in this learning collaborative include:
Increased knowledge of what it means to be prepared for an emergency as a health center and how to effectively adapt service delivery as an organization.
Address the impact of the current COVID-19 national pandemic and vaccine implementation on vulnerable patient populations, including agricultural workers.
Understand the challenges and barriers of both the patient and the health care system in accessing medical care and obtaining vaccinations during a national state of emergency. Learn about the CERC curriculum for Emergency
Preparedness and receive guidance on assessing current policies and procedures in terms of emergency preparedness. Receive resources and develop an action plan to address any gaps and/or revise current policies and procedures to better respond to national emergency situations.
Engage in peer-to-peer learning and receive ongoing technical assistance.
Health center staff recommended to participate in this EPLC include clinical supervisors and coordinators, nurses, medical assistants, patient navigators, outreach workers given their role in delivering information and direct services to patients, and supervisors and/or other staff directly involved in policies and procedures for emergency preparedness.