Free Course

"Caring for Newly Arrived Afghans"

Free online course with CME

This four-hour course, composed of recorded lectures and interactive lessons, helps prepare providers to serve newly arrived Afghans. It covers topics ranging from Operation: Allies Welcome to Afghan cultural background, general and skin medical exams, and mental health care, to clinical observations from practitioners at welcome centers and in receiving states.

This free course is provided by Global Medicine at the University of Minnesota, in partnership with HealthPartners, and Emily Jentes, MPH, PhD; Ann Settgast, MD; Samira Melatyr, LGSW; Miguel Ruiz, MD; Cristina Plaza-Ruiz, PhD; Tai Mendenhall, PhD; Patricia Shannon; Patricia Walker, MD; Alexia Knapp, MD; Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD; and Gabriela Contino, MD.