Professional Development
Professional development for health care providers plays an essential
role in successful efforts to increase access and quality of care
for underserved populations. Professional development serves as
the bridge between where prospective and experienced clinicians
are now and where they will need to be to meet the new challenges
of achieving higher standards of healthcare.
MCN’s professional development services are designed to meet
the needs of clinicians at various points in their careers in migrant
health. Our menu of services is designed to support and promote
excellence in practice among clinicians who serve farmworkers. We
offer a range of opportunities to accommodate a diversity of needs.
MCN services provide support to clinicians from recruitment through
all stages of their career in migrant health.
Please contact Jillian Hopewell at jhopewell@migrantclinician.org if you have any questions about MCN's professional development offerings or other programs offered by MCN.
Professional Development
MCN Supports your Career Path in Migrant Health
The examples below show how MCN’s current technical assistance fosters clinical career paths in migrant health and increases both recruitment and retention of high quality clinicians.
During your first 2 years you may find the following MCN services extremely useful:
- Orientation to migrant health
- Mentoring
- Cultural competency
- Language training
- Continuing education
- Clinical tools relevant to migrant health
As you gain 2 or more years of experience, you will find essential development opportunities in the following areas:
- Cultural competency
- Language training
- Continuing education
- Clinical tools relevant to migrant health
Experienced clinicians with more than 5 years of experience look to MCN to provide opportunities in the following area:
- Leadership development
- Mentoring new clinicians
- Participation in research
- Professional Development (i.e. lending expertise to conferences or other venues
- Continuing education