South Dakota Community Health Worker Planning and Assesment Toolkit


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Instructions to Receive Credit

Date & Location
Monday, January 25, 2021, 12:00 AM - Saturday, December 31, 2022, 11:59 PM

Overview
The South Dakota Department of Health and the Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota are both expanding the utilization of CHWs throughout the state, with the goal to offer many employment opportunities for CHWs to work in and around healthcare. Like several other states, South Dakota is expanding the use of CHWs to increase gaps in service delivery and improve quality of care. This toolkit is intended to provide you with background knowledge, resources, tips, and recommendations for hiring a CHW. This toolkit is ideal for managers or key decision makers advocating for, or implementing, a CHW program at their organization. The focus of this toolkit is on healthcare and social service settings; however, the information found in this toolkit is also applicable to community settings as they relate and interface with healthcare settings. Whether you work in a small clinic or big hospital, non-profit organization or university-based organization, CHW(s) can be a crucial part of your team.

Target Audience
Professions - EMS, Nurse - RN, Physician, Social Worker

Objectives
Outcome:  100% of nurses can self-report a knowledge gain on what the CHW role is.

  1. Describe the background information, roles and responsibilities, and potential locations where CHWs work
  2. List the planning steps necessary for implementing a successful CHW program
  3. Describe how to prepare your organization and community for integrating a CHW, including a needs assessment, building buy-in, and presenting the case for CHWs
  4. Prepare an organization structurally and internally for a CHW hire, using their knowledge of best practices for onboarding of CHWs, supervision, and ongoing training
  5. Describe the basic steps of evaluating your CHW program, including designing an evaluation, collecting information, and disseminating results

Additional Information
ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law. If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration. We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

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Accreditation

CME
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Avera and SD Department of Health. Avera is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Avera designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NCPD
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and through the joint providership of Avera and SD Department of Health.  Avera is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.  Application has been made for continuing nursing education.

Social Work Accreditation: 
Avera Health Provider #1029 is an approved provider of continuing education by the South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners.  Social Workers will receive 2.0 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course.
South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors & Marriage and Family Therapists:

The South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists:
This activity has been approved for 2.0 continuing education credits. Program #BCE-020-144

Pharmacy:
The South Dakota Board of Pharmacy approved credit for pharmacists: 1.0 hours. Continuing Education No: SDCE020-084.

Dentists, Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants – Homestudy:
The South Dakota CHW Planning and Assessment Toolkit” has been approved for 2 hours home study CE.  Submitted by the Community Health Collaborative of South Dakota (CHWSD),  

The South Dakota DOH EMS Program has approved this training, CHW Planning & Assessment Toolkit,  for 2.0 hours of continuing education (1 hour Medical & 1 Hour Operations).