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Patient Navigator News
PN CHW PdS Alliance launches fall Motivational Interviewing series
Please join the Colorado Community Health Worker, Patient Navigator and Promotore de Salud Alliance for the a three-part series focused on motivational interviewing for patient navigators, community health workers and promotores. This series will specifically target...
Mental Health First Aid – Be a first responder for your community’s mental health
Be a First Responder for Your Community’s Mental Health. The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is pleased to partner with Lucille (Johnson) Campbell, to offer this Mental Health First Aid training. Learn important skills to help your patients, your coworkers,...
Navigation in action: One woman’s mission to help those touched by brain injury
Article by Michael Haederle, UNMH Media Relations Department. Reposted with permission. When Nancy Hansen arrived at University of New Mexico Hospital in October 2016 to see a friend whose husband was briefly a patient in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, the...
Our Mission
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative provides national leadership for the development, education, standardization and sustainability of the growing patient navigation workforce.
Navigate to New Skills and Knowledge
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative offers a full curriculum designed to build patient navigator skills and knowledge. Whether you are a new or experienced patient navigator, choose from beginning or advanced level courses. Our expert instructors are patient navigation experts and leaders and can help you navigate to new knowledge and skills.
What is a patient navigator?
A patient navigator is a member of the healthcare team who helps patients “navigate” the healthcare system and get timely care. Navigators help coordinate patient care, connect patients with resources, and help patients understand the healthcare system. Patient navigators work in many areas of healthcare. Many have one chronic disease focus area such as cancer, heart disease, or diabetes.
Who are courses for?
Courses are for patient navigators, care coordinators, community healthcare workers, and other healthcare professionals working in navigation. Choose from two levels of training: Level 1 for new patient navigators and Level 2 for more experienced navigators. New navigators learn strategies to address patient barriers, how to maintain professional relationships, and health promotion skills. More experienced navigators can focus on topics related to care coordination, emotional aspects of disease, or legal and ethical healthcare issues. See the Courses page for more information.