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North Dakota Health and Human Services' Public Health Division is offering low- and no-cost learning opportunities for health professionals employed by local public health units, federally qualified health centers, tribal public health partners, the HHS team and other partners. 

IMPORTANT - To participate, individuals:

  • MUST have a ND TRAIN account.
  • May need an account with partnering Public Health Training Centers

2024 Training Schedule

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2024 Training Schedule

EXPERT PRESENTER: Tom Stevenson has won more than $17M in grants for local organizations and nonprofit clients.

TRAINING LEVEL: Introductory/Beginning 

WHO:  Anyone involved in the process of searching for and writing grants

LINK TO TRAINING: ND TRAIN (ID #: 1111739)

COST: $0

DURATION: 90 minutes (Learn on your own schedule. Self-paced.)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: None

CERTIFICATE: No

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 

  • Identify potential funding sources to support your agency’s work.
  • Describe how to research a funding source to determine if it aligns with your community’s needs and agency’s goals.
  • List 2 best practices for moving forward with a funding opportunity you are interested in.
  • Identify the sections usually included in a grant proposal.
  • Explain 2 tips for writing a persuasive proposal.
  • Locate tools, templates, and other resources to support your grant-writing efforts.

EXPERT PRESENTER: Sarah Davis, Associate Director, Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center

TRAINING LEVEL: Introductory/Beginning

WHO:  Anyone involved with setting and managing grant budgets

LINK TO TRAINING: ND TRAIN (ID #: 1117367)

COST: $0

DURATION: 80 minutes (Learn on your own schedule. Self-paced.) 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: None

CERTIFICATE: No

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • List common grant budget categories.
  • Identify line items to include in budget categories.
  • Practice calculating budget costs for full-time equivalent staff.
  • Describe the process for writing a budget narrative including how to link a grant budget to a scope of work.

EXPERT PRESENTER: Patrice Davis, founder of Grants Works and Grants Works Academy

TRAINING LEVEL: Intermediate

WHO:  Anyone responsible for managing a federal grant

LINK TO TRAINING: ND TRAIN (ID # 1103045)

COST: $0

DURATION: (3) 120-minute modules / 6 hours total (Learn on your own schedule. Self-paced.)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: None

CERTIFICATE: Yes, ND Health Equity Training Initiative upon completion of requirements

CEUs: Yes. Must create account on UND SMHS CME Attendee Portal and complete requirements to obtain CEUs.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Describe what health equity is and why it matters and explain the history of health disparities.
  • Identify major contributors to health and classify the social determinants of health.
  • Distinguish the differences between culture, cultural competency, cultural humility and cultural awareness, and summarize the concept of intersectionality.
  • Outline the HUMBLE model.
  • Define implicit and explicit bias; and understand why they are important; and define terms associated with bias, such as microaggressions or stereotypes.
     

EXPERT PRESENTER: HHS Community Engagement Unit 

TRAINING LEVEL: Introductory

WHO:  Allied health professionals, mental health professionals, social workers, general public health staff, human services, and community health workers

LINK TO TRAINING - Course 1: ND TRAIN (ID # 1110987) and Course 2: ND TRAIN (ID #1111035)

COST: $0

DURATION:  150-minutes (Learn on your own schedule. Self-paced.)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: None

CERTIFICATE: Yes – ND Health Equity Training Initiative

CEUs: Yes. Must create an account on UND SMHS CME Attendee Portal and complete requirements to obtain CEUs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Describe what health equity is and why it matters and explain the history of health disparities.
  • Identify major contributors to health and classify the social determinants of health.
  • Distinguish the differences between culture, cultural competency, cultural humility and cultural awareness, and summarize the concept of intersectionality.
  • Outline the HUMBLE model.
  • Define implicit and explicit bias; and understand why they are important; and define terms associated with bias, such as microaggressions or stereotypes.

EXPERT PRESENTER: HHS Community Engagement Unit 

TRAINING LEVEL: Introductory

WHO:  Allied health professionals, mental health professionals, social workers, general public health staff, human services, and community health workers

LINK TO TRAINING - Course 1: ND TRAIN (ID # 1111036) and Course 2: ND TRAIN (ID #1111038)

COST: $0

DURATION:  120-minutes (Learn on your own schedule. Self-paced.)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: None

CERTIFICATE: Yes – ND Health Equity Training Initiative

CEUs: Yes. Must create an account on UND SMHS CME Attendee Portal and complete requirements to obtain CEUs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Use the health literacy maps and provide some recommendations on how to communicate with people.
  • Describe some health literacy facts and how health literacy affects everyone.
  • Discuss communication terminology, how to communicate in the workplace, the communication process and effective communication.
  • Discuss the importance of having medical interpreters.
  • Describe concept of inclusive language and principles, inclusive language and nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act of 2010.

DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. CT

EXPERT PRESENTER: Mark Dessauer of Spitfire Strategies LLC

TRAINING LEVEL: Introductory

WHO:  Public health and human service professionals at state and local levels, health care centers, Tribal health departments, community health workers and other interested individuals 

PURPOSE: Identify the best methods to share stories with target audiences for maximum impact. 

LINK TO TRAINING - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84319725969?from=addon 

COST: $0

DURATION:  2 hours

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Not required, but encouraged. Please register at https://ndhealth.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02pMLS7IOfxIOua 

CERTIFICATE: No

CEUs: No

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Learn how to find a story within a set of data points.
  • Explore using data ethically and effectively in a story.
  • Understand how to tell stories of structure change.
  • Familiarize with Edward Tufte's six guidelines for the visual display of information.