Patient Navigator Trainings and Volunteer Request

“Register for upcoming January 2016 Patient Navigation courses:
Level 2: Advanced Health Behavior Change: Jan 29, 9 am - 5 pm (New date!) at Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora. This course focuses on chronic disease, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention and control. It is hybrid course which includes an online component and a one day skills practice workshop designed for patient navigators, care coordinators, clinical and non-clinical practice staff. Register for Advanced Health Behavior Change.

For supervisors: Using Evaluation for Program Improvement and Capacity Building for Patient Navigation: Jan. 13-14, 2016, 9 am - 5 pm at Red Rocks Community College Arvada campus. This two-day course offered by the Denver Prevention Training Center is designed to meet the needs of Patient Navigator Supervisors who want to increase basic evaluation skills. Register for Using Evaluation for Program Improvement.

Please visit our event calendar and news section for the most up-to-date information on workshops and trainings.

Volunteers needed to pilot-test scenarios with mock patients: As an experienced patient navigator, you are invited to participate in the development of a skills exam that will be used in the voluntary credentialing process for patient navigators. This will be held January 23, 2016 at the Center for Advancing Professional Excellence (CAPE) on the Anschutz Medical Campus, 13070 E 19th Ave, Aurora CO, 80045. PN volunteers will be asked to meet with up to 15 patient actors during a 3.5-hour session; available time slots are 8:30am, 11:50am, and 2:30pm.  Click here for more information.

Participants will receive a Certificate of Appreciation, free parking and lunch, a $25 gift card and travel reimbursement (including for participants outside metro Denver). Most importantly, your participation offers the opportunity to provide feedback and obtain experience related to the future testing procedures! To sign up: Contact Pat Uris at Patricia.uris@state.co.us or 303.692.2577 by Dec. 18, 2015.” [Source: Patient Navigator Training Collaborative]