Palm Beach County Medical Society Services (PBCMSS) offers an award-winning, nationally recognized Community Health Worker (CHW) Care Coordination Training program. The PBCMSS model for the CHW Care Coordination Training Program was recognized for its innovative approach to patient care education and honored as the recipient of the 2017 American Association of Medical Society Executives Profile of Excellence.
Greater Job Satisfaction Only One of the Benefits
In fact, many of the graduates have obtained new positions, achieved promotions, increased pay and greater job satisfaction due to this exceptional training. And almost all the graduates gave the program high marks calling it “essential,” “useful,” and very instructive. Many called out the Motivational Interviewing session most enlightening and helpful in dealing with their patients.
Community health workers now can earn the full complement of education hours and content areas that health care professionals need to fulfill the training requirements (30 CEUs) for the HCW certification application. (Florida Certification Board Provider Number 5284-A).
The CHW Care Coordination Training Program includes:
• Overview of chronic disease symptoms and management
• Scope of Community Health Worker Care Coordinator job responsibilities
• Cultural sensitivity, competency and diversity training
• Understanding professional responsibility and tools for patient advocacy
• Strategies to work as a team member to improve patient/client outcomes
• Tools to develop a comprehensive community resource directory
• Motivational interviewing — patient/client engagement skills
Where and When
CareerSource Palm Beach County, 3400 Belvedere Rd., West Palm Beach, FL
Fridays, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. from March 2 – May 18, 2018
$999.00 fee includes all classes, course materials and simulation sessions.
A limited number of scholarships are available.
