Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid for Adults teaches people how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in adults ages 18 and older, how to offer and provide initial help and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis and addictions. Contact the Health Equity Training Team at healthequitytraining@phs.org to schedule a session for your team.
Polysubstance Use 101
This training focuses on providing education and awareness about the meaning of polysubstance use, the risks associated with polysubstance use, and how to recognize the signs and symptoms of polysubstance use and overdose. The training also provides a brief overview of harm reduction services and resources available and what Presbyterian is doing to address these issues.
Introduction to Food Insecurity
Participants will learn the definition and terminology associated with food insecurity. During the session, participants will discuss the causes and impact of food insecurity in the United States and in New Mexico and review efforts being made to address food insecurity.
Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias lives in all of us. We can address it to challenge thoughts and behaviors that can impede our ability to connect with others and cause negative health outcomes. In this session, we will summarize unconscious bias and its impact on healthcare, discuss the importance and value of challenging unconscious bias, practice skills and approaches to challenging unconscious bias and introduce tools and resources to help you challenge unconscious bias within yourself, in your teams and in healthcare settings.
Transgender Cultural Fluency
Participants will learn to identify terminology used by the transgender community and differentiate between an individual’s gender, sex and sexual orientation. Participants will learn how to describe appropriate ways to discuss healthcare-related topics with transgender patients, summarize the measurable imperative of providing culturally-informed care to transgender individuals and explain the common barriers to care for transgender patients.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.
Anti-Ableism in Healthcare Settings
There are persistent health disparities and outcomes for individuals with disabilities in New Mexico. In this session, we will discuss the experiences of disabled people in medical settings and how our intrinsic biases impact patient care. As medical providers, we can advocate for change to support people with disabilities in our systems of care.
Polysubstance Use 201
This training focuses on the prevalence and changing patterns of polysubstance use, helping people identify polysubstance use trends in New Mexico while increasing their awareness and knowledge about Illegally manufactured pills, teaching people how to recognize and respond to the signs of an overdose, promoting the understanding and adoption of patient-first language by healthcare professionals and the public and fostering a more empathetic approach to communication for people who use substances.
Recognize and Respond
This training will give you an insight on harm reduction theory and practice. The training discusses the significance of naloxone and the relevant statutes and allows individuals to gain basic knowledge of overdose mortality data. In addition, this training will help individuals understand opioids and their mechanism of action and how you can prevent an overdose by recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose, how to respond to an overdose and accessing 911 emergency medical care, rescue breathing, COVID-19 precautions, administering naloxone and post-resuscitation recommendations.
Cultural Consideration
In New Mexico
Presbyterian Healthcare Services and Serna Solutions are partnering to provide this important training service on health equity. This online training is focused on northern New Mexico – the confluence of cultural exchange since time immemorial. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to explore how multiple waves of colonization have impacted issues that affect clients today. Experiential exercises will provide participants with insights into historical trauma, applied attachment theory and cross-cultural counseling competencies. A working camera and microphone are required for this training, and the training will include a one-hour (MST) noon lunch break (6 CEUs).
Mental Health
First Aid
Mental Health First Aid for Adults teaches people how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in adults ages 18 and older, how to offer and provide initial help and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis and addictions. Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid courses are offered to teams and community-based organizations by request only. Contact the Health Equity Training Team to schedule a session for your team.
Polysubstance
Use 101
This training focuses on providing education and awareness about the meaning of polysubstance use, the risks associated with polysubstance use, and how to recognize the signs and symptoms of polysubstance use and overdose. The training also provides a brief overview of harm reduction services and resources available and what Presbyterian is doing to address these issues.
Food Insecurity
In the Intro to Food Insecurity session During the session, participants will review foundational information related to food insecurity, its causes and impact of food insecurity has on the United States and in New Mexico. In the Food Insecurity and Diabetes session, learners will review food insecurity's impact on diabetes prevalence and health outcomes. Both sessions will offer a review of efforts being made to address food insecurity. Use the link below to find details about upcoming sessions or to schedule a training for your team or community.
Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias lives in all of us. We can address it to challenge thoughts and behaviors that can impede our ability to connect with others and cause negative health outcomes. In this session, we will summarize unconscious bias and its impact on healthcare, discuss the importance and value of challenging unconscious bias, practice skills and approaches to challenging unconscious bias and introduce tools and resources to help you challenge unconscious bias within yourself, in your teams and in healthcare settings.
Transgender Cultural Fluency
The 2026 sessions for Transgender Cultural Fluency 101 and 201 courses offer learners healthcare-related topics that explain the common barriers to care for transgender patients. The TCF 101 sessions cover foundational content while TCF 201 delves more into nuanced topics. While the 201 session does include ample review, we recommend that you attend a 101 session before joining 201.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Youth Mental Health First Aid courses are offered to teams and community-based organizations by request only. Use the link below to request a training for your team.
Harm Reduction 101
This training aims to empower participants with a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction principles, to equip learners with tools to recognize the significance of trauma-informed care and enable them to implement best practices in delivering trauma-informed care.
Harm Reduction 201
This training focuses on helping individuals gain a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction concepts, develop a clear understanding of person-first language, identify best practices for providing trauma-informed care and gain a profound insight into underlying factors driving polysubstance use.
Anti-Ableism in Healthcare Settings
There are persistent health disparities and outcomes for individuals with disabilities in New Mexico. In this session, we will discuss the experiences of disabled people in medical settings and how our intrinsic biases impact patient care. As medical providers, we can advocate for change to support people with disabilities in our systems of care.
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Course Offerigs
Discover a variety of courses designed to equip individuals and communities with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to promote health equity.
Polysubstance Use 201
This training focuses on the prevalence and changing patterns of polysubstance use, helping people identify polysubstance use trends in New Mexico while increasing their awareness and knowledge about Illegally manufactured pills, teaching people how to recognize and respond to the signs of an overdose, promoting the understanding and adoption of patient-first language by healthcare professionals and the public and fostering a more empathetic approach to communication for people who use substances.
Recognize and Respond
This training will provide an insight on harm reduction theory and practice. The training discusses the significance of naloxone and the relevant statutes and allows individuals to gain basic knowledge of overdose mortality data. In addition, this training will help individuals understand opioids and their mechanism of action and how you can prevent an overdose by recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose, how to respond to an overdose and accessing 911 emergency medical care, rescue breathing, COVID-19 precautions, administering naloxone and post-resuscitation recommendations.
Equitable Access to Lactation Care
During these sessions, participants will learn how to recognize barriers to lactation support, care and duration, how to recognize the impact that lactation care has on familial health outcomes and lactation goals and how to identify their role in the lactation system.
Lunch and Learn: Food Insecurity and Diabetes
May 26th and 27th during this two-part session, participants will learn about diabetes and its connection to food insecurity, and review ways to support community members living with diabetes and experiencing food insecurity and reduce stigma associated with diabetes.
Mental Health
First Aid
Mental Health First Aid for Adults teaches people how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in adults ages 18 and older, how to offer and provide initial help and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis and addictions. Contact the Health Equity Training Team at healthequitytraining@phs.org to schedule a session for your team.
Polysubstance
Use 101
This training focuses on providing education and awareness on the meaning of polysubstance use, the risks associated with polysubstance use, and being able to recognize the signs and symptoms of polysubstance use and overdose. The training provides a brief overview of harm reduction services and resources available, and what Presbyterian is doing to address these issues.
Introduction to
Food Insecurity
Participants will learn the definition and terminology associated with food insecurity. During the session, participants will discuss the causes and impact of food insecurity in the United States and in New Mexico and review efforts being made to address food insecurity.
Unconscious
Bias
Unconscious bias lives in all of us. We can address it to challenge thoughts and behaviors that can impede our ability to connect with others and cause negative health outcomes. In this session, we will summarize unconscious bias and its impact on healthcare, discuss the importance and value of challenging unconscious bias, practice skills and approaches to challenging unconscious bias and introduce tools and resources to help you challenge unconscious bias within yourself, in your teams and in healthcare settings.
Transgender Cultural Fluency
Participants will learn to identify terminology used by the transgender community and differentiate between an individual’s gender, sex and sexual orientation. Participants will learn how to describe appropriate ways to discuss healthcare-related topics with transgender patients, summarize the measurable imperative of providing culturally-informed care to transgender individuals and explain the common barriers to care for transgender patients.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.
Harm
Reduction 101
This training aims to empower participants with a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction principles, equip them with tools to recognize the significance of trauma-informed care and enable them to implement best practices in delivering trauma-informed care.
Harm
Reduction 201
This training focuses on helping individuals gain a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction concepts, develop a clear understanding of person-first language, identify best practices for providing trauma-informed care and gain a profound insight into underlying factors driving polysubstance use.
Anti Abelism in Healthcare Settings
There are persistent health disparities and outcomes for individuals with disabilities in New Mexico. In this session, we will discuss the experiences of disabled people in medical settings and how our intrinsic biases impact patient care. As medical providers, we can advocate for change to support people with disabilities in our closest systems of care.
Polysubstance
Use 201
This training focuses on the prevalence and changing patterns of polysubstance use, helping people identify polysubstance use trends in New Mexico while increasing their awareness and knowledge about Illegally manufactured pills, teaching people how to recognize and respond to the signs of an overdose, promoting the understanding and adoption of patient-first language by healthcare professionals and the public and fostering a more empathetic approach to communication for people who use substances.
Recognize and
Respond
This training will give you an insight on harm reduction theory and practice. The training discusses the significance of naloxone and the relevant statutes and allows individuals to gain basic knowledge of overdose mortality data. In addition, this training will help individuals understand opioids and their mechanism of action and how you can prevent an overdose by recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose, how to respond to an overdose and accessing 911 emergency medical care, rescue breathing, COVID-19 precautions, administering naloxone and post-resuscitation recommendations.
Cultural Consideration in New Mexico
Presbyterian Healthcare Services and Serna Solutions are partnering to provide this important training service on health equity. This online training is focused on northern New Mexico – the confluence of cultural exchange since time immemorial. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to explore how multiple waves of colonization have impacted issues that affect clients today. Experiential exercises will provide participants with insights into historical trauma, applied attachment theory and cross-cultural counseling competencies. A working camera and microphone are required for this training, and the training will include a one-hour (MST) noon lunch break. (6 CEUs).
Equitable Access
to Lactation Care
During these sessions, participants will learn how to recognize barriers to lactation support, care and duration, how to recognize the impact that lactation care has on familial health outcomes and lactation goals and how to identify their role in the lactation system.
Food Insecurity and Diabetes
Participants will learn about diabetes and its connection to food insecurity. and review ways to support community members living with diabetes and experiencing food insecurity and reduce stigma associated with diabetes.
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