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Presentation Training

Train the Trainer / ABCs of an Effective Doctor Visit Now Available! 
Interested in using a crowd-pleasing, interactive, presentation developed, packaged and ready to use? WASHAA will now license our popular ABCs of an Effective Doctor Visit presentation to people who would like to give free presentations. The one-year, non-exclusive free license is available when you pay for the Train the Trainer package ($100 for WASHAA Professional/Partner/Supporter Members and $125 for non-members).

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Online CEUs

On-demand recordings of past webinars and WASHAA's 7th Annual Meeting - Understanding Pain & Healing, are available for CEUs.
  • Financial Toxicity 
  • What is Pain: Why is it so Difficult for Everyone? 
  • Managing Pain During the Opioid Overdose Crisis
  • Navigating the Language of Pain
  • Integrative Strategies to Address Pain & Healing
  • Creating a Safe Haven

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Health Care Proxy Package

A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is a legal document that lets you identify another person to make health care decisions for you if you become unable to communicate what you want. The person named in this document is called a Health Care Proxy. The Health Care Proxy Package is a number of templates, customizable to people who may wish to serve as a proxy.

  • Advocate Discussion & Health Care Decision Guide Tool for the Health Care Proxy
  • Health Care Proxy Letter of Agreement Template
  • Health Care Proxy / HIPAA Card Templates

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Health Advocate Professionals 

There are several types of jobs within this Health Advocacy umbrella including positions as health advocates, patient advocates, nurse navigators, patient liaisons, patient administrators and others. As of today, there is no professional certification/credentialing system in place for individuals engaged as Health Advocates but there are many educational options available.
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interested  in  a  health  advocate  career? 

As Health/patient Advocacy is continuously recognized as an up and coming career and covered in media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, National Public Radio (NPR), Fox News and Kiplinger to name a few, more and more people become interested in becoming Health Advocates every year. Currently, there are no set educational standards or prerequisites one needs to obtain to embark on a career as a health advocate. Additionally, there is no professional certification/credentialing system in place by an independent body although a national patient advocacy credentialing effort is currently underway. Read more about it here.

Health Advocates are involved in a variety of different healthcare-related areas and come from various backgrounds and expertise. Those can include nurses, physicians, physician assistants, social workers, case managers, hospital administrators, patient care coordinators, insurance providers, home aid workers, as well as lawyers and paralegals among others. 

There also are health advocates with or without the above credentials, who have personal experience through their own illness or from assisting a family member. Those individuals have become advocates for others going through a similar process or illness.
 
Currently, a broad spectrum of educational options exists with variable length of study, ranging from 2-3 week workshops to year-long educational certificates and a Master's program. 

Learn more about current education options in Health Advocacy (provided by the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates).

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