Healthcare Organizations Education and Training

Finding professional education/training opportunities from medical and healthcare associations

With healthcare ranking number two among occupations with the fastest wage/salary growth, healthcare organizations education and training will help you and your business in several ways. Appropriate education/training for you and your professional staff will help solidify your reputation and that of your business. It will enable you/your staff to take on more and varied responsibilities, increasing the demand for your services and helping to improve your bottom line. Additionally, professional development will help prepare you for career advancement.

Existing healthcare professionals will quickly discover that a search for continuing education and certification programs should begin with medical associations and healthcare associations. Finding the American medical associations or American health associations related to your specialty will get you on the fast track for continuing professional development. This guide addresses continuing education and training opportunities for three types of healthcare professionals:

1. A professional health or medical organization that provides training/education/certification opportunities for medical/healthcare managers.

2. A medical or healthcare organization providing continued professional development for doctors and nurses.

3. Health and medical associations offering professional development/certification opportunities for counselors.

 

Find health associations with education/training opportunities for healthcare managers

Medical or healthcare managers and administrators, often responsible for large numbers of employees and multi-million dollar facilities with very expensive equipment, must pursue continued professional development to successfully carry out their duties and maintain proper credentials.
Try: The American College of Healthcare Executives offers the chance to become board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow. Click on the "Education" link near the top of the page to learn about additional education offerings like the Congress on Healthcare Leadership, webinars, online seminars and self-study courses. Visit the American College of Health Care Administrators to learn more about education programs, certification and meetings or events that will help your professional development. Earn certification as a Registered Health Information Administrator through the American Health Information Management Association. The AHIMA website also contains lots of other valuable information about schools and professional development opportunities like audio seminars/webinars, distance education, conventions, its fellowship program and meetings.

Go to a trusted American medical organization for doctor/nurse professional development

Improve your credentials, knowledge and skills through continuing education opportunities offered for physicians and nurses through medical association websites.
Try: Check out the requirements for earning the Physician's Recognition Award from the American Medical Association. The AMA uses the award to recognize physicians committed to continuing medical education. While at the AMA website, look through the accredited CME provider resources, research upcoming events and keep up with the Continuing Physician Professional Development Reports. Nurses should search for professional associations that deal with their specialty, like the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, for continuing education programs.

Locate medical and health associations that provide education/training for counselors

No matter what your specialty is, visit the websites of mental health associations, public health associations and other professional associations that offer educational programs for counselors.
Try: Spend some time at the Center for Credentialing and Education website, a corporate affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors. If you counsel patients with addictions, pursue the three levels of certification through the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. Also review the educational courses and events available by clicking on the "Education" link at the top of the page.

 

• While certification programs from medical associations and healthcare associations can provide valuable professional development education and credentials, also obtain the proper licenses that demonstrate to your patients, peers and others you've accomplished all the necessary education, training and other professional development required by your state's licensing authority.

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