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3. What We Will Cover NIMAA Vision Why we started NIMAA Where we are now
The instructional program
The externship clinic experience
Paying tuition
Next steps; how you can get involved
Q & A

4. NIMAA Vision Associate Professor Family Medicine, CUSOM
Tillman Farley, MD Chief Medical Officer
Salud Family Health Centers
Associate Professor Family Medicine, CUSOM
NIMAA Board Member

5. The NIMAA Vision and Opportunity
Students trained for PCMH team-based primary care; recruited for safety net mission
Affordable tuition
Employment pipeline to your health center
Learning in didactics in parallel with clinic experience
Students learn the tips and tricks of your clinic
National experts join as guest lecturers

6. NIMAA

7. The NIMAA Vision and Opportunity
Colorado becomes the model state for NIMAA
The TCHF Investment:
Faster ramp up of program; develop statewide
Develop a state model for export across the country
Partners with CCHN
Partners with CU School of Medicine for PCMH Modules
Some competitive tuition grants to FQHCs

8. Why We Started NIMAA; What We Did
Mark Masselli President and CEO Community Health Center, Inc. Connecticut Board Chair, NIMAA

9. Where Are We Now?
Teri Brogdon, MEd Education & Training Design Director Salud Family Health Center
NIMAA Leadership Staff

10. Where Are We Now? Phase I What are the sites saying about NIMAA?
Colorado and Connecticut
10 graduates
8 students hired at FQHCs
Phase II
Colorado, Connecticut, New Mexico, Hawaii, Pennsylvania
6 health centers; 1 hospital system
46 candidates
Applying for accreditation
What are the sites saying about NIMAA?

11. NIMAA provides multiple supports to Externship Clinics
All academics, enrollments, grading, & transcripts
Experienced primary care instructors
Primary care skills guide
Training and on going support for preceptors & skills coaches
Assistance for Clinic’s NIMAA Program Coordinator
TERI BROGDON

12. The Instructional Program
Mark Splaine, MD, MS Education Director Weitzman Institute
NIMAA Education &
Evaluation Director

13. The NIMAA 7 Month Program
7 months
Half-time school
Learning
Online instruction in theory and skills Parallel practice in Externship Clinic with skills coach and preceptor
2 week break
During typical holiday sessions (Dec & July)
12 hours/week
Onsite attendance in Host Clinic as team member
(4 hour shifts, am or pm)
4 hours/biweekly
Monday skills practice and face-to-face learning
1 hour/week
Wednesday national Synchronous Session
Interactive Week
No clinic hours – student case study – optional clinic/preceptor participation
MARK SPLAINE

14. (curriculum, systems, support)
How The Program Works
National Program
(curriculum, systems, support)
NIMAA
Experience
(developing into an outstanding MA)
Externship Sites
(preceptors, skills training, support)
MARK SPLAINE

15. NIMAA-specific Content
Curriculum Content
Traditional Content
NIMAA-specific Content
MARK SPLAINE

16. Student Experience – Courses
MARK SPLAINE

17. Clinical Skill Development
Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP Chief Nursing Officer Community Health Center, Inc.
NIMAA Clinical Director

18. NIMAA Additive Skills Model
NIMAA students begin with limited skills and quickly become effective team members supporting the workflow and productivity.
Graduation
Orientation
Productive
Effective
Limited
MARK SPLAINE

19. The Externship Clinic Experience
Colt Corman
Vice President of Clinical Development & Quality Assurance
Peak Vista Community Health Centers

20. What Externship Clinics Need to Do
Identify a NIMAA Program Coordinator
Recruit local students (with NIMAA materials, support)
Identify Preceptors & Skills Practice Coach (NIMAA trains them)
Ensure an effective learning environment
Work with NIMAA to ensure student success
DAVID AYLWARD

21. Key Takeaways of the Peak Vista Externship Clinic Experience
Excellent; we will do it again. Seven students this year; will do more
Structure gets best of national and local partnership:
Excellent on line, national instruction
Flexible in-clinic experience trains in PV (or other clinic) methods, and fits our operations model
Requires time commitment, but students are contributing members of the team by second semester
COLT CORMAN

22. Paying Tuition
David Aylward, JD NIMAA Executive Director

23. Paying Tuition $6000 tuition (most covered by TCHF grants)
$660 for books, equipment, national exam fees: student “skin in the game”
Clinics pay? Yes, or can assume debt for those hired
Future: find other community sources for tuition support
DAVID AYLWARD

24. Steps to Implementation
Path to Participating
Steps to Implementation
January - February
Team-to-Team meeting(s) with NIMAA
February
Clinic Leadership Commitment
March
Sign Externship Clinic Agreements with NIMAA
March-July
Student Recruitment with NIMAA
September 2018
School Begins
TERI BROGDON

25. Questions?
Would you like to schedule a Team to Team Meeting with NIMAA?

26. Contact us: tbrogdon@saludclinic.org nimaa@chc1.com www.nimaa.org
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