Programs
American Indian Alaska Native Curriculum
We’re excited to launch a new curriculum designed specifically for healthcare professionals serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. This offers culturally grounded, evidence-informed training to enhance provider knowledge, cultural awareness, and effectiveness in serving AIAN populations. Whether you’re new to this work or wish to deepen your practice, this curriculum provides essential tools and insights to offer respectful, responsive care.
Curriculum Overview
| Historical Trauma: The Impact on Indigenous Culture |
| Cultural Aspects of Health Care for Older Adults |
| Social Determinants of Health from an Indigenous Perspective |
| Health Disparities and Chronic Disease |
| Models of Health Service Delivery – Limited Access to Healthcare |
| Clinical Presentations of Disease |
| Communication Skills |
| Working With Indigenous Peoples— Ethics, Protocols and Research |
| Holistic Healthcare Approach |
| Trauma-Informed Care |
| Epidemiology |
| Indigenous Food Practices |
| Age Friendly Healthcare for Native Americans |
| Infectious Diseases |
| Health Promotion and Resilience |
Long Term Care Curriculum
We’re proud to announce the introduction of our new Long-Term Care curriculum, designed to support healthcare professionals in delivering high-quality, person-centered care across long-term care settings. This curriculum offers practical guidance, culturally responsive strategies, and evidence-based practices to enhance care for aging populations and individuals with chronic needs. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to long-term care, this training equips you with the tools to make a meaningful impact.
Curriculum Overview
| Atypical Presentation |
| Introduction to QAPI |
| Quality Care |
| Rehabilitation |
| Resiliency 1 |
| Resiliency 2 |
| Palliative Care |
| Nursing Home Care |
| Preventing Re-Hospitalization |
| Nursing Home Transitions Of Care |
| Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Homes |
| Addressing Pressure Ulcer Development in Nursing Home Residents |
| Addressing Urinary Tract Infection(UTI) Development in Nursing Home Residents |
| Agitation Management in Nursing Homes |
| Symptom Assessment for General Geriatric Patients |
Geriatrics through Telemonitoring
Geriatrics and Age-Friendly TeleECHO
The goal of this teleECHO™ is to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities throughout North Dakota. These sessions will address knowledge gaps and expand understanding of effective, high quality medical and behavioral treatments for conditions common among the senior patient population.
Primary care providers will be provided with easy-access learning, and a platform to share and disseminate best practices in the rapidly-evolving field of geriatric medicine. Participants will be able to:
- Meet individual goals for taking care of older adult patients
- Increase access to evidence-based geriatric care
- Improve geriatric care for older adults in their regions
- Present your de-identified cases for collaborative discussion and guidance
- Learn best practices and newest advances in treatment
- Learn about best practices and evidence-based care for your patients through didactic and case presentations.
Geriatric and Age-Friendly TeleECHO are hosted on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Central.
Registration closes one hour prior to the start of each TeleECHO clinic.
Previous Geriatric and Age-Friendly TeleECHOs
View all past Geriatric and Age-Friendly TeleECHOs.
On-Demand Geriatrics Curriculum
- Older Adult Care for CNA/QSP
- Age Friendly Basics
- Gerochamp series (Geriatric Curriculum) – Levels 1 – 6
- Level 1-4: Core Geriatrics Training
- Level 5: AIAN Curriculum
- Level 6: LTC Nurses/Providers
Other Adult Health Promotion
- Health Ambassador Teams for Seniors (HATS)
This interprofessional community service-learning program will introduce students to the full spectrum of elderly heath status and older adult wellness promotion. - Health Promotion Program
The mission of this program is to advance the health and wellness of the greater Grand Forks area with a focus on increasing health equity within the community. - Interprofessional Education (IPE) Academy
The objective of the academy is to advance interprofessional education in geriatrics.
Interprofessional Education
- Interprofessional Education (IPE) Academy
The objective of the academy is to advance interprofessional education in geriatrics.
Past Symposia and Online Training
- Direct Care Workers Webinars
Webinars on Geriatrics syndromes offered the third Monday of the month.
- Building Resilience: Maintaining Quality Care in Nursing Homes During COVID
Find archive of all the building resilience sessions on quality care in nursing homes. This Project ECHO series is brought to you by the Great Plains – Mountain GWEP Consortium. - Past Symposia
Find more information on past events, including slides and videos.
Building Resilience: Maintaining Quality Care in Nursing Homes During COVID and Beyond
2023 Archives
4-month Project ECHO series (March 29 – June 28, 2023)
Microburst 1: Promoting Well-Being
March 29, 2023
Individual Resiliency
April 26, 2023
Team Resiliency
May 24, 2023
Community Resilience
June 28, 2023
2022 Archives
12-week Project ECHO series (March 2 – May 18, 2022)
Step 1 – Leadership Responsibility and Accountability
March 2, 2022
- Introduction/Emotional Intelligence
Presented by Jeremy Holloway, PhD - Action Steps to QAPI
Natasha Green MBA, RN - Slides
- Video
- Additional Resources
- ProQOL Measure – Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL 5.0)
- Improving Retention Among Certified Nursing Assistants Through Compassion Fatigue Awareness and Self-Care Skills Education
Step 2 – Develop a Deliberate Approach to Teamwork
March 9, 2022
- Resiliency in Long Term Care
Presented Jeremy Holloway, PhD - Action Steps to QAPI
Jean L. Roland, BSN, CPHQ - Slides
- Video
Step 3 – Take your QAPI “Pulse” with Self-Assessment
March 16, 2022
Step 4 – Identify Your Organization’s Guiding Principles
March 23, 2022
Step 5 – Develop Your QAPI Plan
March 30, 2022
Step 6 – Conduct a QAPI Awareness Campaign
April 6, 2022
Step 7 – Develop a Strategy for Collecting and Using QAPI Data
April 13, 2022
Step 8 – Identify Your Gaps and Opportunities
April 20, 2022
Step 9 – Prioritize Quality Opportunities and Charter PIP
April 27, 2022
Step 10 – Plan, Conduct, and Document PIPS
May 4, 2022
Step 11 – Getting to the “Root” of the Problem
May 11, 2022
Step 12 – Take Systemic Action
May 18, 2022
AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
Supported by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Project ECHO is launching a National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network.
Our team at Dakota Geriatrics in collaboration with Center for Rural Health is participating in the Network as an official training center for nursing homes.
COVID-19 Resources