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Community Health Worker (Continuing Education)
Short Term
Program Information
- Students who are sponsored by a third party, should submit their registration form and sponsorship letter to communityhealth@durhamtech.edu.
- Community Health Worker and Promotores de Salud courses qualify for financial assistance.
- Students are encouraged to take the Care Manager Training course (listed below) after successfully completing the Community Health Worker course.
New and Returning Students
Please visit the Canvas Resources webpage and review the Getting Started resources prior to course start dates.
HEA-3121A Community Health Worker
This course is designed to provide individuals with the required knowledge, tools, and resources to become recognized as a certified Community Health Worker (CHW) in North Carolina working in a variety of healthcare and community settings (Health Departments, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Clinics, Faith-based Organizations, etc.). Instruction is designed to cover the nine core competencies essential to working as a certified CHW which include communication, capacity building, service coordination, interpersonal, advocacy, outreach, personal/professional skills. The knowledge base competencies will cover health and social issues that disproportionately impact clients including but not limited to chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and cancer. Some of the social issues covered will include safety, emergency preparedness, social isolation and adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Students will also learn about the changing health care landscape in North Carolina and how to work with their clients in connecting them to resources through NCCARES 360 and others. Upon completion of this training students will be eligible for listing as a NC Certified Community Health Worker.
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Dates | Location | Building | Room | Time | Format |
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| 103453 |
8/11 - 11/4
8/13 - 11/6
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Internet |
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T,W 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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Online | |
| X3452 |
8/18 - 11/12
8/19 - 11/13
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Internet |
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T,TH 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Online | |
| X5043 |
9/8 - 12/8
9/9 - 12/11
9/10 - 12/10
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Main Campus |
117
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T 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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TH 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Hybrid |
SEF-3001SH CHW Field Practicum
The Community Health Worker (CHW) Field Practicum Course is designed to engage students in quality learning opportunities that support the development of CHW core competencies and provide Community Health Worker job experience. The nine core competencies essential to working as a certified CHW include building knowledge base, communication, capacity building, service coordination, interpersonal skills, advocacy, outreach, personal skills, and professional skills. Students are assigned to a CHW Field Practicum site by the program. Settings of CHW Field Practicum sites vary to provide students with the opportunity to explore different focus areas and gain experience working with a current Community Health Worker employed at a selected agency. Community Health Workers in North Carolina work in a variety of healthcare and community settings (Health Departments, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Clinics, Faith-based Organizations, etc.). This course is recommended for students that have completed the Community Health Worker or Promotores de Salud Courses and current Community Health Workers that would like to gain additional experience or explore working in new focus areas. Requirements: Must be at least 18 years old and students in this course will need to complete a criminal background check and a drug screen PRIOR to the first day of class. Students are encouraged to attend a program orientation to learn more about field practicum requirements, how to start the background check and screening process, and register for the course. Contact bhealth@durhamtech.edu for information regarding the program orientation and/or registration process.
| Section Number | Dates | Location | Building | Room | Time | Format |
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| This course has already started or is not being offered this term. | ||||||
HEA-3121C Promotores de Salud (Spanish Only)
Este curso, que se imparte completamente en espanol, se concibio para brindar el conocimiento, las herramientas y los recursos requeridos para ser reconocido como un Promotor de Salud (CHW por sus siglas en ingles) certificado en Carolina del Norte, trabajando en diferentes sitios comunitarios y de atencion medica (Departamentos de Salud, Hospitales, Centros de Salud Federalmente Calificados, Clinicas, Organizaciones Religiosas, etc.). La ensenanza, seg n disenada, cubrira las nueve competencias que son esenciales al trabajo de un promotor de salud certificado, las cuales incluyen la comunicacion, la creacion de capacidad, la coordinacion de servicios y habilidades interpersonales, abogacia, alcance comunitario y habilidades personales/profesionales. Las competencias de conocimiento cubriran asuntos de salud y sociales que afectan de una manera desproporcionadamente a los clientes, incluyendo entre otros las enfermedades cronicas tales como la diabetes, el asma y el cancer. Algunos de los temas sociales que se tratara son la seguridad, la preparacion para emergencias, el aislamiento social y las experiencias adversas en la infancia (ACES por sus siglas en ingles). Los estudiantes tambien aprenderan sobre el panorama cambiante de la atencion medica en Carolina del Norte y como trabajar con sus clientes para conectarlos con recursos a traves de NCCARES 360 y otros sistemas. Al completar esta capacitacion, los estudiantes seran elegibles para consideracion como un Promotor de Salud certificado de Carolina del Norte. This course, taught completely in Spanish, is designed to provide individuals with the required knowledge, tools, and resources to become recognized as a certified Community Health Worker (CHW) in North Carolina working in a variety of healthcare and community settings (Health Departments, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Clinics, Faith-based Organizations, etc.). Instruction is designed to cover the nine core competencies essential to working as a certified CHW which include communication, capacity building, service coordination, interpersonal, advocacy, outreach, personal/professional skills. The knowledge base competencies will cover health and social issues that disproportionately impact clients including but not limited to chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and cancer. Some of the social issues covered will include safety, emergency preparedness, social isolation and adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Students will also learn about the changing health care landscape in North Carolina and how to work with their clients in connecting them to resources through NCCARES 360 and others. Upon completion of this training students will be eligible for listing as a NC Certified Community Health Worker.
| Section Number | Dates | Location | Building | Room | Time | Format |
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| This course has already started or is not being offered this term. | ||||||
HEA-3122A Care Manager Training
This course is designed to provide individuals with the foundational knowledge, tools, and skills to work in care manager roles at various levels. The course focuses on care management and care coordination concepts, principles of care management practice, explores how care management fits within the broader healthcare system, and supports individuals in understanding value-based care. Individuals will be introduced to developing and implementing person-centered care plans to ensure that patients can implement effective self-management strategies to enable their recovery or management of complex, acute, or chronic health conditions. Participants will also learn how to identify and address social drivers of health and other barriers that impact health. Individuals who complete this course may be eligible to work at a variety of healthcare and community settings such as health departments, health systems, federally qualified health centers, clinics, and/or community-based organizations.