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3/25/2020

The Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity has developed a pre-recorded mini webinar series to examine Emergency Workforce Policies to Address COVID-19.

One of the greatest risks of COVID-19 is that inadequate PPE and understaffing of frontline health workers will lead to severe fatigue and low morale, which, in turn, will further exacerbate attrition. This webinar series will focus on actions that we can take now to avoid entering a vicious cycle of staffing shortages.

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Rachel Reichlin link

3/26/2020 01:20:30 pm

I anticipate that this will be very helpful. Is there any information that the Institute has compiled about what municipalities are doing across the country? How are hospitals working with FQHCs? How are health institutions working with local training providers?
Where can we post questions? Thank you.

Patricia Pittman

3/27/2020 09:44:29 am

Rachel , thanks for your three questions - all important topics to be investigating, although there are no quick answers yet. We will push these questions out to colleagues via social media. In the meantime a few thoughts on resources:

1) A couple important organizations that you should keep your eye on to see what they are producing: Council of US Mayors: https://www.usmayors.org/ and the National Association of County Health Officials https://www.naccho.org/

2) ON FQHCs, there are a number of webinars coming out: See The Weitzman Institute ://www.weitzmaninstitute.org/news-events, and HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care https://bphc.hrsa.gov/emergency-response

3) On training partnerships, among others, you might see AAMC https://www.aamc.org/coronavirus-covid-19-resource-hub#services ; AANC https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/COVID-19 and NLN announcements on partnerships: http://www.nln.org/newsroom/news-releases/news-release/2020/03/26/u.s.-nursing-supports-practice-academic-partnerships-during-covid-19-crisis

Hope this helps.

Nikka Hao

3/26/2020 09:35:12 pm

When will the health workforce institute Webinar Series on Emergency Health Workforce Policies to Address COVID-19 be taking place? THere are no mention of schedule details

Mullan Institute

3/28/2020 12:22:07 pm

The webinars are prerecorded and are posted to our website and social media as soon as they are completed. Please join our email list to receive notice of posting.

Ruben Ionnisian

3/26/2020 10:21:01 pm

When and how can we access this webinar?

Mullan Institute

3/28/2020 12:23:00 pm

Please join our email list to receive notice of posting. The webinars are prerecorded and are posted to our website and social media as soon as they are completed.

Kinal

3/27/2020 04:22:33 pm

Hello,

There are hundreds, probably thousands of ECFMG certified US citizen physicians (FMGs); are they being considered for this work force? Many of us have expressed our interest and ready to serve.

Mullan Institute

3/30/2020 10:45:48 am

Kinal, thank you for your comment. We have an upcoming webinar that will discuss mobilizing other professionals to aid in the COVID-19 response. Please join our email list to receive notice of this and other webinars as they are posted.

JOSE FRANCISCO GARCIA GUTIERREZ link

4/2/2020 12:21:45 pm

Dear Polly & team, many thanks for this initiative. Great selection of topics and excellent videos with most interesting experiences. It is really useful and helping us as a model to expand your initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean (in addition to disseminating it through our networks). Best wishes & solidarity /JF

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