IPCA provides opportunities throughout the year for board members and CHC staff to participate in training relevant to their job responsibilities. These training and networking opportunities include face-to-face and webinar activities.

On-site workshops provided by IPCA currently available upon request:

Health Center Governing Board Basics - Roles & Responsibilities
A workshop for new board members (and a refresher for experienced board members) that gives a broad, basic overview of the roles and responsibilities of a health center board member, member vs. board, and board/CEO relationship.

Cultural Competency
A series of two one-hour workshops that can be taken together or at separate times.

The first module provides an overview of the National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and ways to incorporate these standards into the health center's organizational and clinical practice culture.

The second module focuses on identifying the underlying causes of patient-provider conflict, and highlights different strategies to deal with conflict.
Location: Offered on-site or regionally

Improving Your Practice
A three-hour workshop in which participants will learn about the Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care and how this model can improve clinic quality; the Chronic Care Model and how to apply it to clinic quality improvement efforts; and understand the Model for Improvement and be able to apply the PDSA cycle in clinics.
Location:            Offered on-site or regionally
Trainer:              IPCA Director of Clinical Quality, Teri Barker

Advocacy Training for CHC Boards and Staff
Location:            Offered on-site or regionally
Dates:                Prior to or during the 2012 Idaho legislative session
Trainers:             Denise Chuckovich, Executive Director, IPCA 
                         Jesus Blanco, Director of Policy, IPCA

Other Trainings

Trainings offered by outside organizations (please refer to these websites for questions, costs, etc. associated with trainings offered):

Gieger Gibson Capstone Program in Health Policy and Leadership, The George Washington Univeristy Medical Center

For mid-level and senior staff pursuing executive leadership careers in community health centers from the George Washington University Capstone Program in Health Policy and Leadership in April 2012. More information and registration.

2012 Online Coding Seminars, North West Primary Care Association

For information on these web-based courses, visit the site.