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Presentation video and slides will be available after on our website: nimaa.org
Answers to all questions will be posted to the NIMAA website
MARK SPLAINE

3. Introductions
Napualani Spock Outreach & CHW Director Hawai‘i Primary Care Association

4. 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
MARK SPLAINE

5. 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

6. 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 experience on the floor
Students learn the tips and tricks of your clinic
National experts join as guest lecturers
TILLMAN FARLEY

7. Steps to Implementation
Path to Participating
Steps to Implementation
January - February
Team-to-Team meeting(s) with NIMAA
February-March
Clinic Leadership Commitment
March-April
Signed Externship Clinic Agreements with NIMAA
March-July
Student Recruitment with NIMAA
September 2018
School Begins
TILLMAN FARLEY

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
46 candidates
Applying for accreditation
TERI BROGDON
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
MARY BLANKSON

19. The Externship Clinic Experience
Michael Epp
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services

20. What Externship Clinics Need to Do
FQHCs spend a lot of time training MAs; NIMAA does it efficiently
Identify a NIMAA Program Coordinator
Identify Preceptors & Skills Practice Coach (NIMAA trains them)
Outreach to recruit local students (with NIMAA materials, support)
Ensure an environment of practice and observation; help students through the program
Work with NIMAA to ensure student success
Help students find jobs
MICHAEL EPP

21. Key Takeaways of the KKV Externship Clinic Experience
Excellent; we will do it again. Five 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 KKV (or other clinic) methods, and fits our operations model
Requires time commitment, but students are contributing members of the team by second semester
MICHAEL EPP

22. Paying Tuition $6000 tuition; $660 books, equip, exam fees
Students can pay
Clinics can pay, and/or assume debt for those hired
NIMAA lending partner: 9-11% loans
Find other community sources for tuition, or to lower interest rates
MARK SPLAINE

23. Next Steps
January/February/March: detailed team to team meeting(s) between your clinic and NIMAA
February/March: your clinic leadership commitment
March/April: sign Externship Agreement with NIMAA
March-June: student recruitment with NIMAA
September: school starts
MARK SPLAINE

24. Would you like to schedule a Team to Team Meeting with NIMAA?
Questions?
Would you like to schedule a Team to Team Meeting with NIMAA?
MARK SPLAINE

25. Contact us: nimaa@chc1.com nspock@hawaiipca.net
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