Schedule
Advanced Community Health Worker runs September 1 - November 1, 2026. Registration closes September 8.
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Learn Advanced Community Health Worker Skills Online
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï the Advanced Community Health Worker training
ÍøÆسԹÏ’s Advanced Community Health Worker course will help students develop the skills necessary to perform community health work and implement program improvement. Students will learn the social and emotional aspects of receiving a health diagnosis. The Community Health Worker training will also address how to navigate a patient through the research process of finding resources related to their health-related social needs and conditions. Additionally, CHW training program students will practice evaluating resources and creating community health referral networks, exploring health improvement programs, and practicing using the tools that community health workers use within community-based organizations and in the community.
Format
Self-paced and online, allowing education to fit within your busy schedule. Learners have up to 8 weeks to complete the course.
Cost
$450 per student plus a $35 transaction fee per payment. All learning materials are included with tuition. Group discounts available.
Why take this CHW training course?
Professional Career Advisement
Receive a personal advising session with your instructor and gain confidence in your future career.
What students are saying about Advanced Community Health Worker*
✓ Increased knowledge, skills, and understanding of the subject matter.
✓ Were highly satisfied with the overall experience of the course.
✓ Agreed that the subject matter was organized and presented effectively.
*Fall 2025 post-course survey results.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the impact of individual health beliefs and behavior on health care decisions.
- Integrate knowledge of the social and emotional aspects of health into patient/client, caregiver and family interactions and support.
- Implement knowledge of health promotion, disease prevention, medicine, and common disease care continuums as a CHW worker.
- Apply an understanding of the health care system from your CHW program to improve culturally informed patient/client care.
- Examine how to improve systems of care for patients/clients through the identification of systemic barriers and challenges to develop an individualized patient resource guide.
- Design patient/client navigator programs, including continuous improvement and evaluation plans.
After successful completion of Advanced Community Health Worker, learners will earn a certificate of completion and a digital skills badge embedded with the competencies learned. You can include these items on your resume, LinkedIn page, portfolio, or share it with an employer.
Students can also convert the course to three credits and continue to an ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï certificate or degree. SeeÌýFAQsÌýfor more information.
Are you interested in taking the Community Health Worker state exam?
The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Community Health Worker Certificate will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill established Colorado Community Health Worker Core/Professional Competencies in the field and practice of Community Health Workers.
Meet your expert instructor
Advanced Community Health Worker instructor
Allison Draayer, LCSW, is an ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï faculty member with over 10 years of healthcare experience. She is originally from the Chicago area but moved to Denver in 2008. She has a degree in Communications from Calvin College in Michigan and received a master’s in social work from the University of Denver in 2014. Allison currently works as the Director of Community Care at a health center in Colorado. She is passionate about serving others and improving health care for the underserved.
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Mailing Address:
Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Denver, CO 80217-3362