South Dakota Community Health Worker Planning and Sustainability Toolkit

Instructions to Receive Credit

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 8:00 AM - Monday, August 31, 2026, 5:00 PM

To assist organizations in implementing a sustainable CHW program, the CHWSD has partnered with Avera to develop the SD CHW Planning and Sustainability Toolkit. This toolkit was developed to be South Dakota-specific and assist medical and clinical based organizations in developing a sustainable CHW program and assisting in integrating the CHW into their own teams.

1. Describe the background information, roles and responsibilities, and potential locations where CHWs work
2. List at least two states that have established CHW workforces and describe how CHW programs have grown across the country and specifically in South Dakota
3. List the planning steps necessary for implementing a successful CHW program
4. 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
5. Identify options for funding your CHW program, including Medicaid Reimbursement of CHW services
6. List the steps involved with implementing a CHW program in which a CHW is hired to work at an organization
7. Prepare an organization structurally and internally for a CHW hire, using their knowledge of best practices for onboarding of CHWs, supervision, and ongoing training
8. Compare CHW training options in line with Medicaid Reimbursement regulations
9. Write and post a CHW job description and conduct a CHW interview
10. Describe implementation considerations for six CHW models
11. Describe the basic steps of evaluating your CHW program, including designing an evaluation, collecting information, and disseminating results
12. Describe five different data collection measures for evaluating a CHW program
13. Use the six domains of program sustainability to facilitate program sustainability planning
14. Discuss how collaboration with CHW can lead to improved patient care and outcomes.

Department Sponsors:
This activity has been planned and implemented by Avera and Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota, Sage Project Consultants, LLC. Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

ADA Statement:
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.

Disclaimer:
All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Avera and Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota, Sage Project Consultants, LLC. Avera is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designations:

	This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.0 IPCE credits for learning and change.
	Medicine CME:  Avera designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
	Nurse: Avera designates this activity for a maximum of 2.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Avera is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 2.00 General continuing education credit(s).
	ACPE:  Avera designates this activity for 2.0 ACPE contact hour.  Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Credit will be uploaded to the NABP CPE Monitor within 30 days after the activity completion.  Per ACPE rules, Avera does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes.  It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information (NABP ID and DOB (MMDD) in order to receive credit.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.