Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) December 8-9, 2026

This two-day interactive workshop offers you a space to learn suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training to attend the workshop—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.

To receive credit for this workshop participants need to attend both days of the workshop from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The ASIST workshop information sheet can be viewed by clicking here.

Doors will open at 8:00 AM and lunch will be for one hour on your own each day.

For questions please contact Wendi Shackelford, wblackwe@alaska.edu and Carrie Rowland, cmrowland1@anthc.org

Learn ASIST is not recommended for anyone who is actively grieving a death by suicide. For more info about ASIST please visit LivingWorks ASIST.

In support of improving patient care, Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. CPE Credit will be posted to the online CPE Monitor system within 60 days following completion of each activity when applicable. The ANMC Joint Accreditation CE Program Portfolio additionally supports Behavioral Health (APA), Social Work (ASWB-ACE), and Dietitians (CPEU). Contact Hours: ANMC designates this activity for a maximum of 12.5 contact hours.

This training offers 14 Continuing Education (CE) hours from the Alaska Police Standards Council (APSC) and 14 Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Fire and EMS personnel .

This training is being held in partnership by ANTHC, the Alaska Training Cooperative, the University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development, and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.