National MCH Workforce Development Center May 2023 Internal Newsletter

National MCH Workforce Development Center Newsletter

May 2023

Welcome to our spring edition of the National MCH Workforce Development Center’s newsletter. We hope you find useful information. If you are in New Orleans for the AMCHP annual conference, please stop by our exhibit booth to see us!

The National MCH Workforce Development Center at AMCHP 2023

National MCH Workforce Development Center team members will present at the AMCHP 2023 conference in New Orleans, LA on May 6-9, 2023. The sessions led by the Center team include a skills-builder on three tools used to advance equity, an overview of the Accelerating Equity Learning Community (AELC), a skills builder on engaging people with lived experience, a discussion on centering the community in development and use of evidence, and session on the use of systems mapping to re-imagine the MCH workforce. The team will also have an exhibit booth in the presentation hall.

For a full schedule of Center sessions, visit our website.

MCHwork Provides Micro-Learning Addressing the Needs of MCH Professionals

The National MCH Workforce Development Center and the MCH Navigator have teamed up to share a new microlearning program, MCHwork, to actively engage busy professionals in the field on thematic topics. This ongoing program draws upon the evidence-based theory of spaced microlearning to ensure that learning happens in small bursts at regular intervals to maximize the learning process. MCHwork addresses knowledge and skills related to some of the most pressing issues of our time, starting with health equity in year one and moving onto community partnerships, evaluation and assessment, aligning plans and strategy building, and communication in subsequent years.

New learning modules will appear quarterly. Current topics include three modules in the Focus on Health Equity series and two modules in the Focus on Community Partnership series.

Check out the series on the MCHwork page on the MCH Navigator.

Interns from the Title V MCH Internship Program Begin Work in Twelve States

Each summer, the National MCH Workforce Development Center supports teams of MCH students to participate in internships in state and jurisdictional Title V programs. Each two-person team consists of a graduate MCH student from a Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health and an MCH student from either an MCH Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program or from an MCH graduate Public Health Catalyst program.

The Title V MCH Internship Program has finished recruiting for 2o23 and has placed 24 interns in 12 states for the upcoming summer. This year's state's are:

California
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

The aim of the Title V MCH Internship Program is to provide future MCH professionals with experience working in state and jurisdictional Title V agencies, with mentorship and guidance from Title V agency preceptors. The ‘team’ aspect of the program allows students to engage and contribute together under the guidance of the agency preceptor and also to learn new knowledge and skills from each other.

Following the internship, the students present on the lessons learned from the experience. View the 2022 student internship presentations on Vimeo.

The application period for states wishing to host a summer intern begin in fall. Visit the website or contact Gabriella Masini at titlevmchinternship@uic.edu for more information.

National MCH Workforce Center Advisory Committee Seated for 2023

The Center has seated its Advisory Committee for 2023 and includes students, Title V professionals and members of national workforce development organizations. The Committee provides guidance on learning opportunities and content offered by the Center, ideas about state recruitment and engagement, and members also enhance academic-practice partnerships across the country. The Committee consists of thoughtful leaders who meet three times per year to advise the Center and ensure a vital bridge to the Title V practice community.

The chair of the Advisory Committee is Kate Shedel of the Indiana Department of Health. Members include representatives from the Minnesota Department of Health, the Ohio Department of Health, CSHCN Georgia Department of Health, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Family Voices, National Network of Public Health Institutes, de Beaumont Foundation, CityMatCH, the University of North Carolina, Tulane University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Nebraka, and Georgetown University.