Training & Events

2013 Cancer Disparities Summit: Working Together to Find Solution

June 19-20, Minnetonka

Sponsored by the Minnesota Center for Cancer Collaborations (MC3) and MN Cancer Alliance. Summit participants will learn about disparities that exist in cancer screening, treatment and mortality, how they can improve cancer prevention, management and survivorship, and understand how they can participate in initiatives aimed at reducing the cancer disparities throughout Minnesota. More >

Minnesota Healthcare Quality Professionals (MHQP)

2013 Educational webinars

The following MHQP webinars are held the third Thursday of the month, noon – 1 p.m. For more information contact Mary Larweck.

• June 20: Interpreting data
• September 19: Lean quality tools
• October 17: Quality tools – force field analysis
• November 21: Benchmarking (and MHQP annual meeting)

Rural Health Conference

June 24-25, Duluth

The Minnesota Rural Health Conference showcases creative solutions to challenges and encourages leadership for the future. More >

2013 TeamSTEPPS Trainings

June 26-27, Minneapolis

Registration for 2013 TeamSTEPPS Master Training Courses is now open. Register your team of two to four staff members. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Note the new process for registration explained on the home page and throughout the website. Email for more information. In Minnesota, trainings will take place at the University of Minnesota on the following dates:

• June 26-27, Register

Rural Palliative Care Networking Group: Symptom Management at End-of-Life

September 19, Little Falls

One of the key pillars of palliative care is the ability to manage pain and other symptoms. This two-part educational series will focus on the non-pain symptoms that people experience at end of life. Part I, presented by Laura Scherer, RN, Director, Unity Family Home Care and Hospice, will cover the gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms of anorexia and cachexia, dehydration, nausea and vomiting, bowel obstruction, constipation, and diarrhea. Part II will cover non-GI symptoms (e. g., anxiety, delirium, depression, dyspnea, fatigue, and pressure ulcers) at the January 28, 2014 Rural Palliative Care Networking Group meeting. For questions about the group, contact Janelle Shearer, Stratis Health program manager, 952-853-8553. To register for in-person attendance or conference call, contact Matt Ellis by September 12, at 952-853-8539. More >

National Healthcare Quality Week

October 20-26

The week aims to highlight the work of health care quality and patient safety professionals and their influence on improved patient care outcomes and health care delivery systems. More >

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Chapter 2

October 24

Antimicrobial resistance is a significant health care quality and patient safety issue. We now have infections that are virtually untreatable with currently available therapies. Mark your calendars for the Antimicrobial Stewardship Chapter 2, a CHAIN-sponsored follow-up to last year’s successful kickoff conference which presented a variety of effective strategies for antimicrobial stewardship programs throughout Minnesota. Intended audience: hospital staff and clinicians, including medical directors, ED physicians, infectious disease physicians, infection preventionists, clinical pharmacists, quality directors, and administrators. More information to follow.

Online trainings

See available recorded training sessions.