NEW Webinars on Treating Long COVID, Gratitude for POP Volunteers & Members

Washington State Department of Health sent this bulletin at 11/22/2022 09:42 AM PST

Hello POP Providers,

Registration is now open for two new Long COVID webinars, happening soon!

Long COVID: The Landscape of Post-COVID-19 Conditions – Where We Are Now with Eric J. Chow, MD

December 2 from noon to 1 p.m. PST

This webinar will cover the known epidemiology and clinical considerations of post-COVID-19 conditions, case definitions, the clinical spectrum, and possible underlying causes and risk factors.

The Work Starts Here: Supporting Employees with Long COVID with Kyla Haggith BSN, RN, PCCN-K

January 13 from noon to 1 p.m. PST

This webinar will provide information about ways employers can help identify, accommodate, and support employees with Long COVID, including ways to support people with dynamic disabilities to adapt their roles to their changing needs.

There are still two webinars left in our Behavioral Health Support Refresher for Health Care Workers Webinar Series with Kira Mauseth, Ph.D.:

December 16: Moral Injury and Personal Coping for Health Care Providers

January 27: Active Coping in the Long-Term: Health Care Provider Resilience

A Big Thank You to POP Volunteers and Members

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the Power of Providers members who volunteered to support Care-a-Van vaccine outreach events at college and university campuses this fall. Due in part to their efforts, nearly 4,500 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered at 30 campus events to date!

Collage of POP Members Volunteering at Care-a-Van Campus Vaccine Clinics

POP Care-a-Van campus volunteers included:

~Frank Bell, MD

~Margaret Thagichu, Home Health Worker

~Linda Fluke, ARNP

~Seema Abbasi, MD

In addition to members who supported Care-a-Van campus events, we would like to thank POP member Professor Ajay Mendoza, ARNP, for providing a news release quote on the importance of students getting COVID-19 boosters. Please visit the WAServ web page if you are interested in joining the Department of Health’s (DOH) emergency registry of volunteers for future public health response efforts!

Thank you also to the members of our POP Advisory Group, who give their valuable time to provide guidance and feedback on DOH programs and initiatives. We greatly value the wisdom and expertise you so generously share with us each month.

Finally, we are grateful to ALL the providers who have joined the POP initiative in this collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts, for all that you do to keep your patients and communities healthy. We are proud to have you as partners.

We wish each of you a wonderful holiday and restful week!

Power of Providers Team 

Prevention and Community Health Division 

Washington State Department of Health 

powerofproviders@doh.wa.gov 

360-236-2662 | www.doh.wa.gov/pop