TELEHEALTH
Facilitator Certification
As healthcare strives to connect an expanding pool of patients to their health care providers, Telehealth is poised for massive growth. Telehealth broadens access to healthcare, increases efficiency while reducing costs, and enhances patient safety, quality of care, patient satisfaction, and health outcomes. As Telehealth expands and is adopted by more hospitals, there is an emerging need for trained professionals who will effectively and efficiently deliver telehealth services. Soon telehealth programs will not be able to run without a Telehealth Facilitator, however formalized training is scarce and underdeveloped. In response to this need, a Telehealth Facilitator Certificate Program was designed by the National Academic Center for Telehealth at Thomas Jefferson University.
The goal of the program is to prepare you for a role in Telehealth facilitation as part of the inter-professional healthcare team by providing both Telehealth content expertise and Telehealth facilitation competencies. You will develop the skills to successfully facilitate, evaluate, and advocate for Telehealth in your department and organization.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
Medical & Nursing Students
International Medical Students
Physicians & Surgeons
Administrators
HOW IT WORKS
COURSE LENGTH
4 WEEKS
DURATION
20 HOURS
CLASS SIZE
UNDER 10 STUDENTS
EFFORT
5 HOURS PER WEEK
FORMAT
100% ONLINE
MODEL
SELF-GUIDED
COURSE TAKE-AWAYS
✓ Facilitate conversation between patient and provider
✓ Initiate the encounter, manage the interface between doctor and patient and address all technical challenges that may arise
✓ Ensure a sound and successful, professional medico-legal, culturally sensitive experience for the patient Certificate Programs
WHAT YOU’LL EARN
✓ Certificate of Completion from Jefferson University
✓ Course Credit: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
✓ Attendance
✓ CNE
✓ Patient Safety
FACULTY
Judd E. Hollander, MD
Program Director
Digital Health & Telehealth Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
“The advantage of getting trained by Jefferson is that we are an academic medical school, we have experience delivering telehealth services in every department in the health system, and the curriculum was developed in combination with Jefferson full-time academic physicians and Jefferson telehealth administration. We bring to the table clinical, academic, and program level telehealth experience.”
JEFFERSON RANKED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
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We at Jefferson believe that when we work together, we redefine what’s possible. We’re dedicated to providing our students a future with an unparalleled value, which is one reason why U.S. News & World Report ranks Jefferson as 15th in the Best Regional Universities (North). For our commitment to research and creativity across disciplines, we are ranked fifth in the region for innovation and listed as a best value university.