Advanced Curriculum
Each of these advanced programs will be offer as eight one-hour collaborative classes over a 4-month semester. Learners must take the Core Program before entering one of these tracks.
Managing an Advocacy Group
A patient advocacy group will only succeed if its internal structure and leadership is intact. This course will instruct patient advocates on the best practices to be effective leaders, managers, and communicators.
8 classes
Changing Policy
This course will instruct patient advocates on how the Canadian health care system works and best practices to work with regulatory agencies to change policies that are more in line with your patients’ needs.
8 classes
Supporting Research
The goal of many patient advocacy groups is find a treatment or better treatment for their patients. That requires an investment into medical research. This course will instruct patient advocates on the best practices to fund, recruit, and work with researchers and companies.
8 classes
After completing the core curriculum, specialize in one or more of the advanced areas.
Core Curriculum
Introduction to Patient Advocacy in Canada
This course will introduce students to the core concepts and skills needed to be a professional patient advocate in Canada.
Advanced Curriculum
These courses will provide students with advanced concepts and skills to be professional patient advocate in Canada. The three different themes will focus on three common themes that patient advocacy leaders in Canada generally concentrate on:
- management/leadership
- changing policy, and
- advancing research.
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