Books / Courses / Certification

If you are interested in taking courses, earning a certificate, joining a patient or health advocacy organization, researching, or participating in web-based conversations, you’ll find more information here.

Health Advocate Educational Programs

www.HealthAdvocatePrograms.com

…provides a master list of all learning opportunities for patient and health advocates and navigators, those who are exploring the concept, or considering advocacy as a career.

Included are overviews and student or member reviews of these private advocacy organizations.

Programs listed include:  private advocacy programs, hospital patient advocate and navigator programs, specialized programs, workshops and events, and professional membership organizations.  Among the listings, you’ll find:

• Antioch University Midwest
• RN Patient Advocates (University of Arizona)
• Sonoma State Patient Navigator Program
• University of Toledo Patient Advocacy Online Graduate Program
• EmpowerED UCLA Ext. Patient Advocacy Certification Program
• AdvoConnection (membership organization – the business of patient advocacy)

 

Books

The Health Advocate’s Marketing Handbook 

The Health Advocate’s Start and Grow Your Own Practice Handbook

You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes (How to Fix Them to Get the Healthcare You Deserve)

 

Online Articles and Forums

• Patient Navigator Forum Group at Linked In (you must be listed at Linked In)
• AdvoConnection Forum Group at Linked In (you must be listed at Linked In and a member of The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates
• Patient Advocates Forum Group at Linked In (you must be invited by the PPAI)

 

• General articles about patient advocacy, becoming a patient advocate, and starting a patient or health advocacy business.

Patient Advocate Certification:

• The Myth of Patient Advocate Certification
• Why We Should Avoid Using the Title “Certified Patient Advocate”
• Revisiting Education and Patient Advocates’ Certification 
• Are Patient Advocates Certified or Credentialed? at About.com

 

Health Advocate Code of Conduct and Professional Standards:

Subscribe to this code whether or not you are already working as a patient or health advocate.