Integration of Community Health Workers Into a Community Health Center Pharmacy
What is the role of CHWs in a Pharmacy? How can CHWs help pharmacies be more effective?
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Course Information
- Audience: The intended audience for this training is pharmacy directors, medical directors, clinical directors, CHW supervisors, and community health workers
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
12:00-1:00 PM - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_ICHWCH.
If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Community Partnership Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion trainings Teach Back
- Supplemental materials: None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
Integrating Community Health Workers into a Pharmacy Setting is a worthwhile challenge. This course offers practical advice on how community health workers are utilized in a federally qualified health center. Learn from experts who systematized the CHW role in both pharmacy and primary care.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the community health worker role in medication therapy management program in an urban pharmacy setting
- Identify 4 essential skills for community health workers in the pharmacy setting
- State the target population for community health workers
- Name two outreach settings described in the training
Subject Matter Expert
Jerril Varghese, PharmD, RPh
Clinical Pharmacist,
Holyoke Health Center, Inc (HHC)
Registration and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact trainingmanager@nephtc.org.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the webinar. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.