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The California Primary Care Association in partnership with Westward Disaster Consultancy, LLC, are excited to bring you our newest cohort program, EmergencyManagement+! This program, developed by direct feedback from CPCA member organizations will provide a vetted, consistent, foundational community health center-focused training program for health center staff tasked with emergency preparedness and emergency management roles in a fully virtual modality.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  1. Provide health center emergency managers working within California with an initial overview of the skills, knowledge, and abilities they should have to be successful in their position
  2. Ensure health center emergency management personnel understand the requirements for healthcare preparedness outlined within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Emergency Preparedness (EP) Rule and other applicable accreditation standards and regulatory requirements, and are prepared for any potential audits or site visits accordingly
  3. Create a standardized job description and role for health center emergency management personnel, including titles, roles, and recommended qualifications
  4. Walk health center emergency managers through the process of developing a framework for a successful, sustainable emergency management program at their organizations, from generating leadership buy-in, conducting planning activities and plan development, developing and conducting training and exercises, and creating a continuous improvement program through event evaluation
  5. Provide health center emergency managers with a deeper understanding of how to establish and maintain critical partnerships, including who to seek out, how to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and how to engage them effectively before and during a disaster
  6. Identify possible grants and funding strategies for emergency preparedness and hazard mitigation projects in health centers
  7. Develop a cohort-based peer network of emergency management staff at health centers who can collaborate and work together as they build their collective programs at their respective organizations
  8. Build familiarity with the public health and medical mutual aid and resource sharing systems in California and how to navigate them before, during, and after a disaster

CONTENT OUTLINE

  1. Introduction to Emergency Management
  2. Requirements for Emergency Preparedness and Response in Health Centers
  3. The Role of the Emergency Manager in a Health Center
  4. Incident Response at a Health Center
  5. Building a Sustainable Program and Culture
  6. Exercise Design and Delivery
  7. Virtual Tabletop and Next Steps

CONTACT

For additional information, please contact training@cpca.org.