Thursday, August 12, 2010
Free Chronic Disease Self-Management Peer Leader Training Courses in Pembroke!
Living Healthy Champlain is offering a Chronic Disease Self-Management Peer Leader training course in Pembroke. This has been made possible by the hard work and effort of Master Trainers Pembroke Regional Hospital and Rainbow Valley Community Health Centre.
Dates: Sept 14, 16, 21, 23
Time: 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Where: Miramichi Lodge, 725 Pembroke St. W, Pembroke
These FREE training sessions are for dedicated community volunteers who empower participants to better manage their chronic conditions and to live a healthy life. Leaders typically have first-hand experience with a chronic condition themselves. Leaders may be lay people or health care professionals. Regardless, they act as peers when leading the workshop, not as health experts. After receiving the training, leaders will be expected to lead two sessions over the next two years in the community, with support from Living Healthy Champlain.
As a leader, you will have the satisfying task of integrating the contents of the program and learning group facilitation skills that can be transferred to other areas of your life. Most importantly, you will watch people affected by chronic conditions successfully manage their health conditions by using the skills and tools that you have shared with them. Peer Leader Training is available for persons affected by chronic conditions including patients, family members, caregivers, and educators. Thousands of patients and caregivers have been trained to lead Self-Management Workshops in over 25 countries in all kinds of communities.
This training will be held in English. Participants must attend all four days of training. All participants MUST register in advance!
Please call 1-877-240-3941 to register, or visit www.livinghealthychamplain.ca for more information.
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