Hello EDs/Admin leads, board chairs, and lead clinicians,
AFHTO/Charity Village Partnership
This is a reminder of our current partnership with Charity Village, offering our teams a range of free governance courses. Over 100 members across 25 teams took advantage of these sessions last year with overwhelmingly positive feedback.
Each course is chock full of solid information and practical resources that you can download and keep on hand for future reference. Courses are offered virtually in a self paced format. You have 3 months to complete the course once started. Below is a list of courses teams may choose from. If you would like to sign up, please email info@afhto.ca. Deadline to sign up is February 16th.
1. Better Board Kit
This is a three-part series which includes a 1.5 hr online, on-demand Boards that Work course + a Board Self Evaluation Survey + a Facilitation Guide that will walk your board through a planning session based on the survey results. The Boards that Work kit is available for up to 10 board members.
For more information, please visit this page. This is a great refresher for all board members and a good way to complete the board evaluation that’s required as part of your governance attestation!
2. Governing your Organization: A Deeper Dive
Building on the foundations established in the Boards That Work course, this is a 2 hour on-demand course. For more information, please visit this page.
3. Diversity, Sensitivity, and Inclusion Training: Promoting Anti-Discrimination and Equity in the Workplace
This is an on-demand course that will take approximately 1-2 hours to complete. For more information, please visit this page.
4. IDEA
This module introduces core concepts and principles to help you establish foundational knowledge of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA). For more information, please visit this page.
5. OHSA and AODA Compliance Training Package (Available for Managers and/or Employees)
Compliance training regarding Harassment, Health & Safety and Accessibility are mandatory for all non-profit organizations. Ensure your organization is protected from risk and non-compliance by signing up. For more information, please visit this page (managers) or this page (employees).
AFHTO/David Hartley Partnership
Many of you are familiar with David Hartley’s particular expertise in primary care governance. Some of you may recall this from last year, so we wanted to remind everyone about AFHTO’s partnership with him! David is offering his ‘Best Practice FHT Board Governance Training’ to teams on a 50/50 cost shared arrangement with AFHTO. This is $1350 in savings for teams!
There still are 4 remaining spots from last year to be completed before the end of March, in which teams will receive training in the form of either: 1) Virtual Option: 2 X 90 minute virtual training sessions (the sessions can be spread out 2 months). Cost per team = $1350; 2) In-Person Option: 3 hours at a location of your choosing. Cost per team = $1850
More details on the resources and course content are available here.
AFHTO ED Mentorship Program
We are putting out a call to expand our current mentor list! AFHTO’s Executive Director Mentorship Program connects experienced EDs with new EDs who feel they would benefit from the support of a mentor. If you are interested in becoming a Mentor, please fill out this quick survey. More information about the program can be found here.
AFHTO’s Resource Library – Call for Resources
AFHTO’s Resource Library is a collection of resources shared by members and stakeholders. We would like to mitigate any gaps by calling on you; if you have any resources or policies you would like to share, or if there are materials/sections you would like to see in the resource library. If you have any of the following, please consider sharing it:
- Operational Policy Manuals
- Rostered Patients vs Non-Rostered policies
- HR Policy Manuals
- Financial Policy Manuals
- Risk Management Templates
If there is anything not listed that you would like to see, please let us know.
Any questions, feel free to reach out! We hope you find these offerings helpful as we continue to elevate our governance practices across teams.
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