Welcome to the SF Emergency Medical Services Agency Stroke Training Module 2 Course. There are two modules in this course. Please plan to have 1 hour set aside to take this course.
Course Overview: Provides the learner with an opportunity to apply the knowledge learned from Stroke Training part one to real life case scenarios. This is part two of a two part course. You must complete both parts (Modules 1 and 2) to earn 1 hour of CE credit.
Method of Evaluation: Online 10 question test (completed in Module 1); must receive a passing score of 80% or higher to pass this course and receive your CE credits. You are permitted to retake the quiz twice (3 attempts total). If you do not pass the quiz on the third attempt, please email erin.bachus@sfgov.org AND ronald.pikejr@sfgov.org to retake the course. You also need to complete the simple Knowledge Check quiz below after completing Module 2 to receive your continuing education credits.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
Apply knowledge to stroke case studies that simulate real scenarios for EMS
After you complete the course, click here to take the Course Evaluation Survey. This survey is required in order for you to receive CEUs.
Click the Launch button below to begin the course.
IMPORTANT NOTE: After completing the training, you must return to this course page to take the Knowledge Check quiz below. You will not be able to take the quiz until after you have participated in the entire training.
Knowledge Check Quiz:
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Stroke Training Case Studies (Module 2) Quiz Updated July 2024
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Welcome to the SF Emergency Medical Services Agency Stroke Training Course. There are two modules in this course. Please plan to have 1 hour set aside to take this course.
Course Overview: Provides an in-depth overview of the various types of strokes. Discusses epidemiology, risk factors, and signs and symptoms of stroke. Reviews various stroke assessment tools. Describes the stroke chain of survival and the vital role EMS plays in stroke assessment and treatment. Reviews the importance of determining the time of last known well. This is part one of a two part course. You must complete both parts (Modules 1 and 2) to earn 1 hour of CE credit.
Method of Evaluation: Online 10 question test; must receive a passing score of 80% or higher to pass this course and receive your CEU credits. You are permitted to retake the quiz twice (3 attempts total). If you do not pass the quiz on the third attempt, please email erin.bachus@sfgov.org AND ronald.pikejr@sfgov.org to retake the course.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
Describe and understand the anatomy and pathophysiology of stroke
Describe and understand different types of strokes and stroke risk factors
Be able to recognize signs and symptoms of stroke and discuss treatments for stroke
Apply knowledge to case studies that simulate real scenarios for EMS
After you complete the course, click here to take the Course Evaluation Survey. This survey is required in order for you to receive your CEUs.
Click the Launch button below to begin the course.
IMPORTANT NOTE: After completing the training, you must return to this course page to take the Knowledge Check quiz below. You will not be able to take the quiz until after you have participated in the entire training.
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Welcome to the Academy’s HCV worker onboarding series. This series will provide you with a baseline knowledge of essential information you need for your role as a new worker. You can use this series as an onboarding tool or refresher training. This training includes 8.5 hours of training materials.
Learning Objectives:
Acquire baseline knowledge of essential information needed to work with clients.
Understand client needs and how to support clients compassionately.
Increase knowledge of stigma and harm reduction principles.
Develop self-care practices.
Learn best practices to prevent HCV.
Instructions:
Complete the self-paced training series by clicking on the “enter” button for each course. After you complete each course, you will see the updated status on your learner dashboard. Make sure you have your cookies enabled on your computer in order to track your completion status.
Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, go to your learner dashboard. In the completed courses section, enter a date range and click on “print transcript.”
Save your transcript as a pdf and upload it to the Training Record Upload tab found at the bottom of this page. If you have already completed any of the following courses, you do not have to retake the training. Your completion should already be recorded on your transcript. Just make sure that the date range you choose include the dates when you have completed the course.
On completion of the series and submission of transcript record, a course administrator will review your record. Once approved by the administrator, you will receive a certificate of knowledge in the role.
This online course provides the information that forms the foundation for the HCV/HIV/STI Overdose Prevention Test Counselor Trainingyou will be attending soon. The live trainings and the Pre-training course are built on almost 30 years of experience talking with people about stopping the transmission of HIV.
This online course is separated into reading modules, followed by a 32-question quiz. There is no time limit to complete the reading or quiz. You need at least 80 percent of correct responses in order to be eligible to participate in the in-person training. If you do not pass on the first try, you can retake the quiz one more time after reading the material again.
Learners are not able to self-enroll in the pre-training course at this time. Instead, your site coordinator should have registered you for this program and you should have received an email notification from the SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation saying you have been enrolled in this course. If you have not yet received this email notification, please reach out to your site coordinator first to ensure they have submitted an application for your registration in this program.
If you are a learner seeking to register yourself in this program and are unsure of who your site coordinator is, or you believe you are at a site without a coordinator, please contact Todd Watkins at todd.watkins@sfdph.org or Saadhana Deshpande at saadhana.deshpande@sfdph.org.
Join us for an upcoming panel discussion on Effective Outreach and Engagement with People Who Use Drugs and People Experiencing Homelessness. This panel will feature experts in the field who will provide insights, strategies, and best practices for engaging and supporting these vulnerable communities.
Our panelists will discuss the unique challenges and barriers facing people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness and will explore effective outreach methods, communication strategies, and engagement techniques. Whether you are a service provider, a community partner, or new to the field, this panel discussion will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from experts in the field and engage in a crucial conversation about how we can better support and partner with people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness. Register now to secure your spot at this important event.
Registration is open to all.
Moderators:
Emily Valadao, MPH & Andrew Reynolds(SFDPH)
Panelists:
TBD
Location:
25 Van Ness, Room 610
Equity Statement
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing intersectionality, aiming to become an anti-racist institution. Participants in SFDPH activities must adhere to professional conduct standards and respect diverse identities. Discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated, and offenders may be removed and barred from future events.
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Welcome to the Academy’s HIV services onboarding series. This series will provide you with a baseline knowledge of essential information you need for your role in HIV services. You can use this series as an onboarding tool or refresher training. This training includes 8 hours of training material.
Learning Objectives:
Acquire baseline knowledge of essential information needed by someone working in HIV services.
Develop baseline knowledge around understanding client needs and how to support clients compassionately.
Increase knowledge of serving clients with HIV.
Learn best practices to prevent HIV.
Instructions:
Complete the self-paced training series by clicking on the “enter” button for each course. After you complete each course, you will see the updated status on your learner dashboard. Make sure you have your cookies enabled on your computer in order to track your completion status.
Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, go to your learner dashboard. In the completed courses section, enter a date range and click on “print transcript.”
Save your transcript as a pdf and upload it to the Training Record Upload tab found at the bottom of this page. If you have already completed any of the following courses, you do not have to retake the training. Your completion should already be recorded on your transcript. Just make sure that the date range you choose include the dates when you have completed the course.
On completion of the series and submission of transcript record, a course administrator will review your record. Once approved by the administrator, you will receive a certificate of knowledge in the role.
People experiencing homelessness suffer illness and premature death at rates much higher than the general population. Black / African American people are severely over-represented among people experiencing homelessness nationally and particularly in San Francisco. This webinar will address the causes of these disparities and strategies for mitigating their adverse effects.
At the conclusion of this training, participants should be able to:
identify at least 3 barriers to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness relevant to their work setting.
address the health effects of intersecting disability, disadvantage and discrimination on people experiencing homelessness.
identify 3 strategies relevant to their work setting for improving healthcare access and reducing healthcare disparities for people experiencing homelessness.
About the Trainer:
Barry Zevin, MD is Medical Director of Whole Person Integrated Care: Street Medicine, Shelter Health and Maria X Martinez Health Resource Center for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He has 32 years of experience as a physician delivering healthcare to people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Zevin has provided leadership for many innovative SFDPH projects including the current low barrier buprenorphine project to improve access to treatment for addiction disorders for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Instructions:
Watch all four video segments. You will not be able to progress through the course until you’ve completed each segment. For closed captions, go to the lower right hand corner of the video screen and click on the three vertical dots. Click on closed captions to turn English captions on. Enable cookies on your computer to save your progress.
Complete the evaluation.
Pass the quiz.
You will find a certificate of completion on your learning dashboard.
If you are requesting CEs, CE certificates will be sent separately.
A copy of the powerpoint slides and a list of references can be downloaded from the Resources section, under Course Tools, on the menu on the right.
As of June 19, 2024, we are no longer providing CEs for taking this course. Everyone who has requested CEs for this course prior to June 19th should’ve received their CE certificates by email.
Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.
Equity Statement
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.
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Welcome to the Academy’s Sexual & Drug User Health onboarding series. This series will provide you with a baseline knowledge of essential information that will support you in your role as a new worker. You can use this series as an onboarding tool or refresher training. This training includes 8.5 hours of training material.
An HCV and HIV onboarding worker series will be coming soon.
Learning Objectives:
Provide a baseline knowledge of essential information that will support you in your role working with clients.
Develop baseline knowledge around understanding client needs and how to support clients compassionately.
Increase knowledge of stigma and harm reduction principles
Develop workers’ self-care practices
Instructions:
Complete the self-paced training series by clicking on the “enter” button for each course. After you complete each course, you will see the updated status on your learner dashboard. Make sure you have your cookies enabled on your computer in order to track your completion status.
Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, go to your learner dashboard. In the completed courses section, enter a date range and click on “print transcript.”
Save your transcript as a pdf and upload it to the Training Record Upload tab found at the bottom of this page. If you have already completed any of the following courses, you do not have to retake the training. Your completion should already be recorded on your transcript. Just make sure that the date range you choose include the dates when you have completed the course.
On completion of the series and submission of transcript record, a course administrator will review your record. Once approved by the administrator, you will receive a certificate of knowledge in the role.
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This training will explore how safety planning can be an effective tool for harm reduction service providers when preventing violence or the escalation of violence through developing rapport with program participants and understanding the nature of violence. Drawing from motivational interviewing techniques and tools as well as the risk-set-setting model, session attendees will have the opportunity to develop a safety plan outline.
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Define violence.
Identify three strategies to build rapport with program participants.
If you encounter any issues with the Zoom meeting link, please email HRTI@sfdph.org
Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:
Certified Addiction Professionals (CCAPP)
Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
Registered Nurses (RN)
In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:
Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
Complete the evaluation after the training AND complete the 3 post-question quiz
You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.
Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.
Equity Statement
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing intersectionality, aiming to become an anti-racist institution. Participants in SFDPH activities must adhere to professional conduct standards and respect diverse identities. Discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated, and offenders may be removed and barred from future events.
This two hours training is designed to help non-clinical service providers engage with their clients who use drugs around issues related to health care. It will explore the systemic and individual context in which people who use drugs (PWUDs) seek health care and the unique challenges they face in accessing quality health care. The training will provide tools and strategies to offer clients when navigating the health care system, highlighting ways to strengthen and build a more positive relationship between clients who use drugs and their health care providers.
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Identify some of the unique health care needs of PWUD
Identify different points of access to Healthcare for PWUD.
Describe the institutional, social and behavioral factors that influence this, including drug related stigma.
Define Patient – EASE in measuring the attributes of effective healthcare provision– Patient centered, Efficient and coordinated, accessible, safe and confidential, and Effective and competent.
Develop strategies to assist PWUD in preparing for healthcare visits including decisions around when and how to disclose their drug use to medical providers.
Identify strategies and tools to help clients who use drugs to build positive, trusting relationships with their health care provider.
If you encounter any issues with the Zoom meeting link, please email HRTI@sfdph.org
Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:
Certified Addiction Professionals (CCAPP)
Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
Registered Nurses (RN)
In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:
Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
Complete the evaluation after the training AND complete the 3 post-question quiz
You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.
Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.
Equity Statement
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing intersectionality, aiming to become an anti-racist institution. Participants in SFDPH activities must adhere to professional conduct standards and respect diverse identities. Discriminatory behavior will not be tolerated, and offenders may be removed and barred from future events.
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Triage to Alternate Destination Course Evaluation Survey
Stroke Training Course Evaluation Survey
Stroke Case Studies Course Evaluation Survey
Stroke Training Course Evaluation Survey (Updated July 2024)
Stroke Case Studies Course Evaluation Survey Updated July 2024
