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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>March is National Social Work Month</b>: The Social Work profession is an essential piece of the Upstate community that supports
the diverse psychosocial </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">needs of patients across
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">the healthcare continuum. Upstate employees over 75 Licensed Mastered Social Workers at Upstate University Hospital, Upstate Community Campus, Golisano Childrens Hospital and
multiple ambulatory and specialty clinics. The 2024 National Social Work Month theme is “Empowering Social Workers! Inspiring action, leading change.”
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Worker in Marc</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">h!</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Clinical inquiry encouraged!!</b> Do you have an idea for a project or study and do not know where to start? Join us at open
office hours to help develop your idea further. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please contact Emery House
<a href="mailto:houseem@upstate.edu" id="OWA4c249bb2-82c2-40be-cd13-7af46f4cee64" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
houseem@upstate.edu</a> or Megan Stevens <a href="mailto:stevemeg@upstate.edu" id="OWA21f207cb-f58c-516b-860a-52914c671c80" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
stevemeg@upstate.edu</a> for more information, and/or tune into the virtual office hours from 1400-1500 on March 4,5,11,12,18,19. We hope to see you there!</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>With 3 quick actions you can be trained to save a life.</b> The number 1 cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. That's
why we want you to learn how to stop the bleed! This hybrid course is offered to clinical and non-clinical staff. Following the completion of the Brightspace modules, you can select a skills session and receive your course certificate. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Clinical staff are eligible at the completion of this course to become a certified Stop the Bleed Instructor and help support the Trauma Program with course requests across the
CNY region. For questions, please contact <a href="mailto:trauma@upstate.edu" id="OWAdbed5b79-89f7-131b-2619-af6be2a4d6ce" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
trauma@upstate.edu</a>. Thank you!</span></p>
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