YouthCHAT Educator

The Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Health (DoGPAH) in the Department of
Pediatrics is hiring YouthCHAT Educators - the YouthCHAT Educator role has two components:

• To serve as youth educators for healthcare professionals and serve as youth advisors to
  staff and faculty on programs and projects related to adolescent and young adult health.

YouthCHAT (Youth Council on Health and Teaching) is an innovative, youth-engaged approach
for training current and future health care professionals who strive to provide developmentally
appropriate, culturally-relevant, youth-friendly, trauma-informed and strengths-based adolescent
health services.

YouthCHAT Educators will be trained as simulated patients for purposes of
interactive clinical education of pediatrics and internal medicine-pediatrics residents, nurse
practitioner students, medical students and other interdisciplinary adolescent health
professionals. Their role is to help healthcare professionals hone their interviewing and
communication skills with adolescents and young adults.

YouthCHAT Educators will work with medical faculty to develop a character that is an adolescent or young adult patient with a health
concern. During educational sessions, adolescent and young adult "patients" role play with the
medical resident or nursing student as though they are in a clinical setting - this clinical
"interview" session is followed by a feedback session.

YouthCHAT Educators will also serve as advisors to staff and faculty on projects and programs
related to adolescent and young adult health. The purpose of the youth advisory board meetings
will be to provide ideas and feedback on activities such as research, community-engaged work,
and dissemination of findings and recommendations.

Examples of the topics that may be discussed include youth experiencing homelessness, LGBTQIA health care, justice involved
youth, sexuality education, gender & sexual health and general adolescent health and wellness.
A feedback loop will be created to ensure the YouthCHAT Educator team is informed of how
their feedback was received and impacted a project/program.

YouthCHAT Educators will also have the opportunity to participate in leadership development activities such as facilitation skills,
research development processes and learn about the work and research profiles of Division staff and faculty.

More information about the program is available here on our website:

https://med.umn.edu/pediatrics/divisions/general-pediatrics-and-adolescent-health/programs-and-centers/YouthCHAT-program

Primary Responsibilities:

• Attend a series of orientation / training sessions to develop skills necessary to support
  healthcare professionals in clinical interview skills and communication. (10%)
• Work with YouthCHAT faculty to develop adolescent/young adult patient "character" that
  will serve as the basis for practice clinical interview with clinical trainee. (5%)
• Meet regularly with YouthCHAT staff to discuss program, address concerns, make
  adjustments to "character", etc (3%)
• Respond promptly to requests from DOGPAH staff for scheduling session trainees (5%)
  Conduct virtual or in-person training sessions, including 1-2 practice clinical interview
  sessions per month (up to 2 hours each) with medical, nursing, or other clinical trainees
  (40% of time).
• Provide thoughtful and specific feedback to clinical trainee during session about how
  they might improve their clinical interview skills (5%)
• Attend monthly 2 hour Youth Advisory Board meetings which include presentations of
  adolescent and young adult health related projects in progress within the division and
  provide input and guidance on those projects to DoGPAH staff & faculty (20%)
• Provide constructive feedback to staff regarding program development and other topics
  as requested. (10%)
• Keep track of hours, complete required paperwork, and maintain other tasks required by
  University of Minnesota for employment & payment (2%)
  
  

Centering Justice, Equity and Inclusion:
The team is committed to centering equity in our work.
The team will aim to reflect the rich diversity of the youth and communities with whom
we work in our Division and clinical care. This team will work to ensure
representation on the team from people who identify as BIPOC and LGBTQ.
All team members will be asked to reflect on their intersecting identities and
personal and professional intentions, and consider how those identities and
intentions influence their positionality in the context of this work.
Priority will be given to applicants who represent & reflect the identities and lived
experience of the diversity of young people the program aims to reach.

Location: Hybrid: University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus & virtual
Travel Required: None
Hours: up to 10 hours per month

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to represent voice & perspectives of young people ages 16-25
• Ability to work virtually and synchronously during typical work days
• Ability to attend in-person meetings on Twin Cities campus on a periodic basis
• Comfort with discussing sensitive health topics, such as sexual health, mental health
  & substance use
• Interest in improving health care for adolescents and young adults
• Interest in working with healthcare professionals
• Organized, responsible, and detail-oriented
• Commitment to centering equity in their professional work and to creating an inclusive,
  anti-oppressive, and safe work environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to connect with people and establish effective working relationships with team
  members, youth and diverse community partners
• Willingness to take initiative, ask questions, clarify directions and tasks as needed
• Ability to work independently with support from supervisors and plan, organize, and
  prioritize workload in an efficient and timely manner
• Comfort and familiarity with computer programs such as: google drive, Microsoft
  Word, zoom
  

Preferred:

• Prior experience in acting, teaching, or group facilitation, with a willingness to
  strategically draw on personal experiences to enhance training effectiveness through
  storytelling and strategic role play
• Experience working on efforts related to adolescent health or youth development
• Demonstrated skill in presenting to internal and external audiences via in-person,
  virtual platforms, and recorded media
• Interest and/or experience contributing to adolescent health research
  

The Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health is committed to achieving health,
justice, and positive development for all children, youth, and families through community-
centered health care, research, education, and advocacy.

YouthCHAT (Youth Council on Health and Teaching) is an innovative, youth-engaged approach
for training current and future health care professionals who strive to provide developmentally
appropriate, culturally-relevant, youth-friendly, trauma-informed and strengths-based adolescent
health services.

Pay Range: $20.00 per hour, depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications. Learn more about retirement plans.

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