10 Questions That Can Transform Your CHW Training Program
Build a program that works by asking these 10 questions from the beginning.
An online platform for community health worker training can not only save your organization money over live training costs, but it can also increase worker engagement. Make sure before you move forward with a plan that you’re choosing the right format.
When you’re considering online training, the two chief delivery systems are a computer-based e-learning program on a learning management system (LMS) or a virtual meeting or seminar (aka webinar). The Community Health Worker Online Training Program is a hybrid program. It’s a mix of an e-learning program on an LMS and in-person training.
If you’re considering offering CHW training that includes an online element, this matrix might help you find the best tool for the job.
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Webinar 10 Questions That Can Transform Your CHW Training Program Read More » New Online Course from CHWTraining.org Gives Community Health Workers Another Convenient, Affordable Option To Gain Core SkillsWOBURN, MA, August 7, 2013 – Community Health Workers (CHWs) now have another option to add to their training arsenal. CHWTraining.org, a leader in online training, is now offering a new course, Community Health Worker Core Skills, which begins Sept. 16 and is now open for registration. Cost is $699 for the 6-week course. “We are very excited about this new course,” says Monique Cuvelier, president of CHWTraining.org. “Based on a curriculum developed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and facilitated by Master Trainer Marilyn Gardner, the course covers organizational skills, documentation skills, health disparities, social determinants of health, assessment skills and service coordination skills.” The course is designed to prepare individuals in community-oriented health and social service fields. It is an interactive, facilitated course that covers the essential knowledge CHWs need to offer community members healthcare options, build patient-physician relationships, provide patients with health education and counseling, and monitor the health and adherence to care of community members. Good to Great: 3 Reasons Why Training Helps CHWsInsurance decisions, health literacy, patient education, access to care: there are so many reasons why community health workers (CHWs) are desperately needed in the healthcare system. Their role is likely to continue growing, given budget cuts in health services and rising healthcare costs. The key to building a staff of CHW that is as skilled and useful as possible is training. As a leading online learning organization, CHWTraining.org is committed to making convenient and flexible online training available for community health workers. But how will your organization really benefit? 1. Better Client Outcomes A community health worker who has been trained to navigate the healthcare system and has basic organization and assessment skills will be better able to handle the needs of the patients in your community. Those patients’ needs can addressed more quickly and feel confident that they have an expert looking over them. 2. More Efficient Office Good to Great: 3 Reasons Why Training Helps CHWs Read More » |