Make your CHW’s online experience successful by identifying their strengths and weaknesses before they begin. After months of planning, designing, and working, you’re ready to offer your first online course. It’s been a detailed process that involved buy-in from administrators and department heads, and training for your staff. You’ve got the technology set up and …
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Organizations spend millions on training employees online, and, frankly, much of that is wasted. The reason is that too many administrators wrongly assume that by simply rolling out a program, it will be successful. These are some of the most valuable online training tips you’ll need to make your computer-based staff training more effective. 5 …
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Your agency can greatly benefit from remote training for your CHW workforce. But a remote training program can also pose a whole new set of challenges for new training managers. It’ll require an upfront effort, but doing so will save you countless headaches later on: A good process for educating or upskilling remote staff can …
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Acceptance, adjustment, and setting expectations are critical to overcoming obstacles with remote learning for your community health worker staff. Fear of remote learning might not be as severe as fear of flying or public speaking, but for many people, it’s right up there. After more than a decade in bringing computer-based training to new learners, …
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Community health workers are the cornerstone of access to healthcare for at-risk and isolated populations. Whether your team works with LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, or remote communities, they’re responsible for bridging the gaps in care by educating citizens, connecting them to the resources they require, and advocating for their individual needs based on cultural context and …
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Ready to build your CHW team? Join CHWTraining founder & CEO, Monique Cuvelier, to learn how to get started finding and hiring great community health workers for your agency. Community health workers are powerhouses that have a huge impact on the health of community members. A community health worker, often abbreviated as CHW, is someone …
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Professional development for community health workers (CHWs) is more useful and available than ever before. Health and community agencies are looking for ways to provide standardized and rigorous skill-building for their teams. But how does it translate for health navigators, peer educators, promotores de salud and other public health titles? Teams of CHWs are growing …
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The best community health worker programs have teams that are well trained in working with an online student base. However, there are some clear pros and cons in terms of choosing a facilitator or administrator. Here’s how to make the right decision.
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Successful healthcare employee training programs are those that are tracked and evaluated. Most organizations know that, but they often fail at the very beginning to look at the individual pieces of the whole program. Being too general with evaluation will mean you miss out on important data that you can use immediately to improve your efforts.
Some areas you can measure before you begin, some while a course is in process, and others as part of a longer effort. Look at the individual parts of your program, give your evaluation some context, and you’ll be able to have a clearer idea of what’s working–and what isn’t.
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Healthcare is better than ever, in many ways. Improvements in research and technology mean that providers and systems are able to screen and treat people early and better. And CHWs are key in connecting patients with these resources, which leads to healthier communities and disease prevention. But the ability to provide this kind of care …
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