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Program Goals and Outcomes

The program’s goals are to provide you with the research and decision-making tools to become a credible guide to others in maneuvering through the complexities of present day health care systems.

With your AUM Healthcare Consumer Advocacy/Patient Navigation Certificate, you’ll be qualified to:

• Assess medical communications and help to facilitate open dialogue.
• Navigate complex healthcare issues and help patients make informed decisions.
• Research databases to provide clients with up-to-date treatment information.
• Work in hospitals, with public and private healthcare providers, in social service organizations, as well as with families and individuals.

With a course schedule designed for the working professional, in less than a year you will have knowledge and research skills in areas such as patient rights, interpersonal communications, medical terminology, conflict mediation, alternative healthcare, patient assessment, and end-of-life decisions. You will also gain hands-on experience working with professional advocates. The framework of the certificate courses is based upon the Identified Domains of Practice developed by The Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy of the American Hospital Association.

Title Sponsor

As the Title Sponsor of the Healthcare Consumer Advocacy/Patient Navigation Program, Greene Memorial Hospital and Soin Medical Center have made a five-year commitment of $25,000 per year to sponsor three scholarships for its employees and support for the development of the certificate. We are thrilled and appreciative of Greene Memorial/Soin Medical’s support of this exciting and important new program.

Questions?

Please contact our admissions office at: (937) 769-1818, or:
Kent De Spain, Ed.D.
Department Chair, Health & Wellness and Healthcare Consumer Advocacy Certificate
937-769-1877
kdespain@antioch.edu