Creating COVID‐19 alternate care site trainings for interprofessional teams

• Published in: Public Health Nursing Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 941 - 945
• Main Author: Harpin, Scott
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2020; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Brief Reports; Colorado - epidemiology; Community Health Services; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - therapy; emergency preparedness; Emergency procedures; Health care delivery; Humans; Inservice Training - organization & administration; Interprofessional education; Interprofessional Education - organization & administration; Organizational Case Studies; Pandemics; Public access; Public health; Teams; Training; workforce education; Colorado; United States > US; COVID-19; workforce education; emergency preparedness
• ISSN: 0737-1209; 1525-1446
• DOI: 10.1111/phn.12787

Purpose To describe the planning and development of alternate care site (ACS) trainings for community COVID care delivery. Methods A timeline of activities by the core training team is presented from the lens of the State of Colorado Emergency Operations, leading to the pilot test of a templated training that was completed during the first week of June 2020. Lessons learned and training topics are described. Conclusion This case study of the Colorado experience developing training for community‐based COVID care delivery sites can inform other public health planners creating the same in their locales. And, public access materials from this project may supplement training for both public health and community health nurse educators.