The Health Sciences and Continuing Education departments at Northeast Texas Community College are†pleased to announce the offering of a Community Health Worker Certification program starting Jan. 12, 2015.
The Community Health Worker curriculum provides study in chronic disease knowledge, patient resources, and teaching skills. The goal of the program is to provide care coordination skills to assist at-risk patients with managing their care, locating resources and communicating with their healthcare provider.† In the rural healthcare environment, the community health worker will focus on building culturally competent lesson plans, interpersonal skills, and serving as the frontline health worker in the community. At the completion of the program, graduates are qualified to obtain the Department of State Health Services Community Health Worker certification.
"We are very pleased to add this new certification option to our Health Sciences program offerings at NTCC. There is a high demand for community health workers in this region and across the country and we are prepared to train skilled workers to fill those jobs," Dr. Shannon Cox-Kelley, NTCC Dean of Health Sciences, said.
The program is eight weeks in length and will be offered on nights and weekends.†Registration is now open for the program that starts January 12th.†For more information on this program, visit ntcc.edu/continuinged or contact MaRanda Wilhite at 903-434-8350.
December 9, 2014
