Migrant Clinicians Network Training Opportunities

The Migrant Clinicians Network has been delivering quality training services to clinicians for over 25 years.  MCN’s professional development services are designed to meet the needs of clinicians at various points in their careers in migrant health.  We offer a range of opportunities to accommodate a diversity of needs. 

Health Network Training
The Migrant Clinicians Network is available to come to your site free-of-charge to train staff members on how to enroll and follow-up patients in the MCN Health Network Program. 

Other Training for Clinicians and/or Health Centers

While MCN remains responsive to late-breaking issues, the organization has also developed a series of migrant-specific curricula that speak to many of the critical issues facing this population.   In addition, MCN has fostered relationships with many experts throughout the country who are available to speak on a wide variety of topics.  The following list provides an example of some of the key issues covered by MCN’s existing curricula:

1. Orientation to Migration Health
2. Management of Diabetes in a Mobile Population
3. Prevention of Domestic Violence in a Migrant Population
4. Mental Health and Substance Abuse
5. Pediatrics for the Non-Pediatrician
6. Providing Culturally Competent Care
7. Immunization Strategies for Mobile Populations
8. Environmental and Occupational Health for the Primary Care Provider
9. Orientation to Migrant Health
10. Global Issues in the Local Provision of Immunization Care
11. Caring for the Pregnant Migrant Woman
12. Cancer Support Resources Hispanic/Latino Populations
13. Giving Birth to Quality Perinatal Care Services: Midwifery Models for FQHCs
14. The 100 Day Cough: The Pertussis Epidemic
15. Ventanillas de Salud Open a Window to Global Health
16. Outreach and Service Delivery to Vulnerable Populations
17. Pesticides and Women of Reproductive Age
18. Brining Healthcare Justice to the Frontline: Integrating Environmental Health into Nursing Practice and Education
19. Epidemiology of TB: Global, National, and Regional
20. Grasshoppers, Dust and Salsa - An Old Toxin in a New Setting: A Fresh Look at Lead Poisoning in Migrant
21. Populations
22. Creating a Medical Home for Patients on the Move
23. How to Write a Health Care Plan Using the New BPHC Core Clinical Measures
24. Disaster Relief Available to Farmworkers and the Role Migrant Health Centers Can Play in Securing Them
25. Integrating the Core Clinical Measures into Your CQI Program
26. H1N1 and the Federally Funded Health Center
27. Tackling the Tough Topics: Counseling Skills