Patient Navigator

Total certificate hours: 12

The Patient Navigator micro-credential ensures students are prepared to support clients in identifying resources as well as navigating behavioral healthcare services and systems. Patient navigators will focus on promoting client health and wellbeing. While not directly providing services, patient navigators are equipped with skills and competencies from this pathway that include:

1. Empathy and Cultural Competency
2. CPR and Assessment of Basic Vital Signs
3. Understanding of Behavioral Healthcare Systems
4. Exceptional Interpersonal Communication Skills
5. Boundaries around Self-Disclosure