MCN 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 lists provide examples of some of the key issues covered by MCN’s existing curricula:
Core Clinical Measures:
Providing Culturally Competent Care
Integrating the Core Clinical Measures into Your CQI Program
Creating a Medical Home for Patients on the Move
How to Write a Health Care Plan Using the New BPHC Core Clinical Measures
Outreach and Service Delivery to Vulnerable Populations
Ventanillas de Salud Open a Window to Global Health
Environmental/Occupational Health:
Environmental and Occupational Health for the Primary Care Provider
Migrant Health Topics:
Immunization Strategies for Mobile Populations
Orientation to Migration Health
Epidemiology/Migrant Health Topics:
Management of Diabetes in a Mobile Population
Cancer Support Resources Hispanic/Latino Populations
Epidemiology of TB: Global, National, and Regional
H1N1 and the Federally Funded Health Center
The 100 Day Cough: The Pertussis Epidemic and corresponding Webinar on Pertussis
Women's and Children's Health:
Caring for the Pregnant Migrant Woman
Pediatrics for the Non-Pediatrician
Pesticides and Women of Reproductive Age
Giving Birth to Quality Perinatal Care Services: Midwifery Models for FQHCs
Domestic Violence in a Migrant Population: About Domestic Violence, Prevention,and MCN Prevention Initiatives
Other Challenges:
Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse