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MCN Sponsored Webinar
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care for Latino Migrants
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
10:00am PST (Noon CST, 1:00pm EST)
Presenters: Tina Castañares, MD and George Davis, MD
Migrant Clinicians Network is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
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Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference
Researchers, health professionals, community organizations, and advocates throughout Texas and the nation are invited to attend CPRIT's 3rd annual Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference. The conference will provide up-to-date information on issues related to cancer research, commercialization, prevention, and control.
October 24-26, 2012
Renaissance Hotel Austin, Texas
For questions, call (512) 236-1001 or email rsvp@cpritfoundation.org.
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CLINICIAN SPOTLIGHT
Honoring an Emerging Leader in Healthcare
Those of us who work for MCN are fortunate to encounter many inspiring individuals in the course of our work across the country. It is always particularly exciting to encounter emerging leaders committed to working with vulnerable populations. One of these outstanding individuals is Stephanie Davenport who crossed paths with MCN at the 2010 National Summit of Clinicians for Healthcare Justice. Stephanie is in the process of applying to medical school and committed to a career working with the underserved. She currently is a lab assistant/phlebotomist in the diagnostic lab at Schneck Medical Center in Indiana. We are excited to announce that Stephanie was recognized as the Schneck Medical Center's 2012 employee of the year.
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Stephanie Davenport
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Stephanie was nominated by her co-workers who stated: "Stephanie is a customer service resource and leader for the entire organization. Her patients remember her for the compassionate care she gives, and they often ask for her by name."
We feel fortunate to know Stephanie and look forward to working along side her as she continues her career advancing healthcare for some of the most vulnerable.
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Tools to Help Health Centers Recruit and Retain Quality Clinicians
Finding and keeping good clinicians rate high on the priority lists of most Migrant and Community Health Centers. Where the "business" of an organization is providing excellent patient care, quality clinicians are obviously crucial to the success of the health center. MCN has just updated the Health Center Recruitment and Retention Review Tool which is designed to support on-going recruitment and retention of qualified clinical staff at health centers.
 The primary purpose of the Recruitment and Retention Review Tool is to assess health center readiness to recruit and retain high quality clinical staff and to identify areas requiring improvement.
Download a copy of the R&R Review Tool
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Farmworker Clinical Care Resource for Occupational Health
The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health recently launched a new website to connect healthcare providers and others with tools and resources to more effectively serve the needs of farmworker patients. The website provides clinicians with a primer on farmworker health conditions and occupational risks and connects users to clinical diagnostic tools, patient education materials and research among other resources. The website features many of MCN's EOH clinical tools and patient education materials, including our pesticide comic books. Visit the site here: http://www.farmworkercliniciansmanual.com
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Effective Partnership in the Pacific Northwest Benefits Farmworkers
The Skagit Valley Herald recently highlighted a new partnership between Sea Mar Community Health Center, Skagit Valley Hospital and the Safe Harbor Free Clinic. Sea Mar has provided medical and dental services on site at a number of migrant camps during the summer for over 20 years. Now, thanks to the new partnership, the outreach team is able to provide urgent care on site. More information about this effort can be found here:
HELPING MIGRANT HEALTH on Page A1 of Wednesday, July 25, 2012 issue of Skagit Valley Herald
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Join Us in Welcoming 2 New Members to the MCN Staff
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Charlotte McCann is a Development and Grant Writing Specialist for MCN, in a shared position with Migrant Health Promotion, spending 1/3 of her time on MCN projects, 1/3 on Migrant Health Promotion projects, and 1/3 on joint projects. Prior to joining MCN, Charlotte led a capital campaign for the Friends of Libraries & Archives of Texas; worked for The Texas Observer as publisher and development director; and before that for the Human Rights Documentation Exchange/Central America Resource Center as director and research coordinator, documenting country conditions, persecution, and violence against women to support refugee claims for asylum or temporary protection. Charlotte is from New Hampshire and is an almost-naturalized Texan, having gone to grad school at the University of Texas and worked in Austin since then. You can reach Charlotte at
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 Janeth Perez was born in Monterrey, NL, Mexico, but has lived in Texas most of her life. Just before joining as a Health Network Associate, she graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Psychology, and a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film. While in college, she volunteered with the 'modSquad' at Austin State Hospital and Austin Integral Care's ASPIRE program. These programs really helped her to understand the value and impact of social services. When Janeth is not at Health Network, she enjoys reading, watching movies and making short animations. Her big project outside of work right now is trying to create a Chicana e-zine with some fellow RTF grads. You can reach Janeth at jperez@migrantclinician.org.
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Health Network
Health Network is a program to establish continuity of care for mobile patients. We are scheduling Health Network enrollment trainings. If you are interested in this free program please contact Ricardo Garay at (512) 579-4508 or rgaray@migrantclinician.org.
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A special thank you:
Spanish translation by
Ricardo Garay.
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