We are Passionate About Empowering Success
Our mission is to provide the tools needed for health champions to succeed.
Educational Need
There are over 5,700 registered health charities in Canada. Of those, only a small percentage are likely managed by well qualified executive directors leading a properly trained staff and knowledgeable volunteers. In most cases, the advocacy groups are managed from kitchen tables and the leaders/staff are “trained” by word of mouth and learning from their mistakes. There is no school or program available to teach them how to raise funds, recruit and retain volunteers, write a grant, fund researchers, talk to government agencies, etc.
CACHE (Canadian Advocacy Champions of Health Education) wants to change that. There is a need in Canada to provide patient advocates with a comprehensive program that will properly qualify them to meet the many challenges they encounter when starting, maintaining, and growing their organization.
Our Team
CACHE is a not-for-profit organization designed to provide in-depth and ongoing training for persons eager to develop the skill necessary to be a professional patient advocate in today’s complex health care environment. The staff at CACHE has collectively over 50 years of experience working in patient advocacy, health communications, medical education, leadership, teaching, and fundraising.
Cheryl Petruk
Educator and public speaker
Brad Crittenden
Patient advocate and web guru
Brigitte Léonard
Scientific writer and content developer
Victoria Radke
Content Creator & Manager
Get In Touch with Us
Address
112-3201 Wilson St
Penticton, BC
V2A 8J3
Penticton, BC
V2A 8J3
Info
info@cacheducation.org
Support
support@cacheducation.org
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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