Concussion Management in Massachusetts Schools

Format: Self-paced
Estimated Time to Complete: 1.5 hours
Price: Free

Audience: School coaches, school physicians, athletic trainers, nurses, athletic directors, marching band directors, students and their parents who participate in an extracurricular athletic activity, and other trainers and volunteers involved in extracurricular sports

Course Description: This course contains four lessons with information about concussions, related Massachusetts laws and regulations, and guidelines for students to return to learn and play. After completion of a pre-test, post-test, and evaluation, a certificate of completion will be issued that satisfies the annual training requirement in Massachusetts regulation 105 CMR 201.007.

For Clinicians: Note this course is eligible for participation credit only. For CME credit, see courses offered by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) and CDC.

What are the frameworks used to define the health of a population?

Format: Self-paced
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour
Price: Free

Course Description: In this module you will learn that improving the health of populations is complex work and demands that we define health broadly, that we measure all aspects of health – thinking about cause and effect – and that we recognize the fact that the health system is only one part of the solution for improving health.

What are the best practices you should know to write a winning grant proposal and maintain long-term support?

Format: Self-paced
Estimated Time to Complete: 1.5 hours
Price: Free

Course Description: Learners will uncover the essential components of grant writing, including where to find the right funding, the implications of different application processes, and the structural components of a grant proposal. Learners will also have the opportunity to assist a program manager with writing a grant for a hypothetical scenario.

How can you make the best use of employee time in meetings? Learn about the key components to running a successful meeting.

Format: Self-paced
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour
Price: Free

Course Description: Have you ever attended a meeting that was disorganized, took much longer than it should have, and ended with nothing to show for it? We've all sat through meetings like that at some point in our careers. Not only are they frustrating to the attendees, but they also deplete one of our most valuable resources, time. In this training, you'll learn about the key components of successful meetings so you can plan, set up, and run a meeting that makes the best use of everyone's time.

How can you effectively convey your public health message using storytelling?

Format: Self-paced
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour
Price: Free

Course Description: This course introduces storytelling as an effective communication tool in public health practice. After reviewing story structures, learners will review public health stories in multiple formats and outline their own story using a storyboard.

Learn more about the course here: CDC Highlights Training Center’s Storytelling Course | BUSPH News.

Training for Licensed Professionals to Meet Chapter 260 Requirements

Price: Free

Course Description: As part of the Acts of 2014, Chapter 260, An Act Relative to Domestic Violence, Section 9, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health was tasked with creating domestic and sexual violence training for professionals receiving licensure from the:

• Board of Registration in Medicine
• Board of Registration in Nursing
• Board of Registration of Physician Assistants
• Board of Nursing Home Administrators
• Board of Registration of Social Workers
• Board of Registration of Psychologists
• Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health and Human Services Professions