Now’s your chance! Register a group of physicians from your organization for the 2021 Physician Leadership Program to qualify for a 10%–15% discount off program fees. The Physician Leadership Program was developed in 2016 by physician leaders in collaboration with faculty from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and Haas School of Business. Participants can earn up to 24 hours of CME credit and will learn from nationally recognized faculty to enhance their leadership effectiveness and gain practical skills and insights directly applicable to their practice. Click here to learn more about member/group discounts and to register.

 

The fourth funding cycle of the graduate medical education (GME) grant program, CalMedForce, is open through September 17, 2021. GME programs in primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN) and emergency medicine are eligible to apply. New this year is that combined residency programs with at least one eligible discipline are also eligible to apply. CalMedForce administers annual grants to fund new residency positions at GME programs throughout California from dedicated Proposition 56 revenues. Click here to learn more.

Free statewide training on Advancing Trauma-Informed Communities is open for primary care, acute care and behavioral health providers on Wednesday, August 25 from 10 am to 2 pm. The training is part of the ACEs Aware initiative, a first-in-the-nation statewide effort to screen patients for trauma and the increased likelihood of adverse childhood experience-associated (ACEs) health conditions due to toxic stress. The training will raise the capacity of health care providers to advance trauma-informed communities in support of ACE screening and coordinated prevention and treatment to mitigate the toxic stress response. CEUs available. Click here to learn more and to register.

Using Two CRISPR Enzymes, a COVID Diagnostic in Only 20 Minutes, Berkeley News, 8/5/21

World’s Coronavirus Infection Total Passes Staggering Figure: 200 Million, The New York Times, 8/4/21

Watch the U.K. to Understand Delta, The Atlantic, 8/3/21

How the Delta Variant is Changing the Public-Health Playbook, The New Yorker, 8/3/21

A Giant Trial of COVID-19 Treatments Is Restarting. Here Are the Drugs It’s Betting On, Science, 8/5/21

Take a Gratitude Photo, The New York Times, 5/26/21

New Staff Onboarding Series

Now available! Current and new staff can receive on-demand training on HIPAA, OSHA, and customer service. Intended for all staff encountering patients in person or by telephone, this course covers customer service techniques, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). For questions, contact Jenn Mullins, Education and Event Associate, at jmullins@accma.org.

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The California Medical Association's (CMA) wellness program (CMA Wellness) is pleased to launch free, online wellness engagement groups for health care providers who conduct patient screenings for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Treating patients with multiple ACEs or toxic stress can potentially impact your personal wellness and increase feelings of burnout. CMA Wellness's engagement groups will support providers by offering subject matter experts, best practices, and an open forum to share experiences, facilitated by trained, volunteer physicians. Each monthly webinar is organized around a prevailing theme with a stakeholder co-host to provide a variety of perspectives with a general discussion and breakout rooms. Registration is required, and providers will be joining the Tuesday series for a 6‑month duration.

For more information and to register, click here.

Revised Reporting Requirements for the Provider Relief Fund

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Mental Health First Aid 101

Mental Health First Aid certification is an evidence-based curriculum with certification conferred by the National Council of Wellbeing. During this overview, participants will be provided a high-level perspective of Mental Health First Aid, what it is, and how it is applied to provide support to adults who may be experiencing the signs and symptoms of mental illness. The workshop will look at current trends in its usage and what MHFA certification can do to support organizations and communities during COVID‑19. Please note: this workshop does not count towards MHFA Certification.

Speaker: Brooke Briggance, Program Director, Cypress Resilience Project

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Advancing Trauma-Informed Communities

This training for primary care, acute care and behavioral health providers will raise your capacity to advance trauma-informed communities in support of ACE screening and coordinated prevention and treatment to mitigate the toxic stress response.

Click here to learn more and to register.

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State of Reform, one of the most important statewide events in California health care, pulls together practitioners, thought leaders and policymakers — each working to improve our health care system in their own way — into a unified conversation in a single place. Choose to attend in person or virtually; registration fee varies. CMA members receive a 20% discount on registration with promo code CMA20.

For more information and to register, click here.