HASC’s education programs provide a cost and time-effective way for health professionals and staff to enhance skills. Dates have been set for several programs, and space is available:

• Administrative Professionals Development Series: The next sequence, Pillars of Leadership, begins Thursday, Aug. 9. It is designed to help administration professionals navigate an evolving executive landscape that now may include responsibilities formerly reserved for executives. Classes continue on Wednesday, Sept. 5 and Wednesday, Oct. 3. Learn more and register here.   
   
• Employee Population Health: Cottage Health’s Connect Pilot is a webinar scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 4. Participants will hear about Cottage Health’s journey to improve population health by looking internally at its employee population and “starting at home.” Cottage Health’s Population Health team moved forward with two social-needs programs, one for employees and the other for emergency department patients. Learn more and register here.  
   
• Board of Registered Nursing and Health Care Professionals Intervention Program: Health care professionals, including registered nurses, may be particularly susceptible to substance abuse problems due to the stresses of working in health care as well as opportunities to obtain controlled substances. The Wednesday, Sept. 26 seminar is designed to provide hospitals with critical information on the BRN Intervention Program. Learn more and register here.   
   
• Charge Nurse: Critical Thinking is offered on Wednesday, Sept. 5 in Chino and on Wednesday, Sept. 12 in Los Angeles. The course explores how information analysis can improve quality of thought, and discuss key principles and barriers to thinking critically. Coursework will also focus on how the application of critical thinking through the nursing process can help staff arrive at appropriate decisions. The HASC member rate is $100 per attendee. Learn more and register here.  
   
• The IAHSS Security & Safety Certification Preparation Program runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays: Sept. 8, 15 and 22. Designed for health care safety and security officers, the three-day, eight-hour course is based on International Association of Healthcare Security and Safety, or IAHSS, curriculum. Students can apply tools and techniques to pass the IAHSS Basic Healthcare Security Officer Certification exam. Learn more and register here.  

Contact:
Jamila Mayers
(213) 538-0739
jmayers@hasc.org