Palliative Care: Micro-Credential Program

Practice Transformation Institute

Dates:  October 28th-29th

Time: 8:30am-4:30pm

Location: Virtual

Questions: yyang@transformcoach.org

PTI’s Integrating Community Health Workers into Palliative Care Micro-Credential builds on knowledge from certification training. The 2-day program provides CHWs with skills, knowledge, and confidence to effectively support individuals and families living with serious illnesses. Training includes serious illness and symptom burden; defining palliative care and differentiating palliative care and hospice; palliative care domains and how these impact patients and families; CHW core competencies and roles contributing to effective palliative care; CHWs as members of the palliative care team; effective communication with patients and families during stressful periods; cultural considerations; and care at the end of life.

*PLEASE NOTE: This CEU opportunity is brought to you by a MiCHWA Partner; Trainings provided by MiCHWA Partners may be available to you at no cost or may require payment upon registration. Please visit their registration page for details.

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER: CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH MICRO-CREDENTIAL

Enhance your cardiovascular health knowledge through this self-paced online course designed specifically for Community Health Workers (CHWs). Space is limited and first come first serve. Please only register if you are able to complete this course! If you register and are unable to take the course, please let us know as soon as possible so we can provide the opportunity to another CHW.

Please note, the CHW Certification from an MDHHS Approved Training Provider (List Here) is required

Course Dates:

• Start: November 2nd, 2026

• End: November 30th, 2026

• Registration Opens: October 2nd

• Registration Closes: October 14th 2026, or until capacity

Format: 100% Virtual
Instructional Trainer: MiCHWA

This specialized micro-credential focuses on cardiovascular health and provides CHWs with the tools, resources, and training needed to support a comprehensive approach to heart health within their communities.

Topics Include:

• Self-monitoring of blood pressure

• Hands-only CPR

• Evidence-based lifestyle change programs for hypertension

Advancing Wellness and Health for All through Quality Improvement 

This is a beginner’s workshop designed to engage and train practitioners on the foundations of Quality Improvement (QI) and the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle.

The workshop:

• Leads with the principle that there is no quality without attention to the needs of all populations.
• Brings practical, accessible information to professionals and providers who are unfamiliar with QI and/or with using data and information to guide improvement efforts.
• Introduces participants to QI concepts and critical tools that support the provision of services that advance wellness and health for all populations.
• Emphasizes how QI helps professionals and providers to better meet the varied needs of those who are providing, receiving, and partnering in services.
• Supports participants in centering the needs of all populations throughout the PDSA cycle.

This workshop is interactive. Participants will engage in small- and large-group discussions, polling, and hands-on activities, and will have the opportunity to practice and apply what they are learning.

The virtual workshop will take place over five (5) three-hour sessions conducted in a two-and-a-half-week period. There is also a virtual, hands-on, 90-minute follow-up session after the workshop to provide participants with an opportunity to engage with one another, share experiences in applying concepts, explore questions and challenges, and to further their learning. Participants must attend all workshop sessions and complete an evaluation survey to receive 14.00 credit hours for specific disciplines in which CEs are being provided and are eligible to receive an additional 1.5 credit hours by attending the 90-minute follow-up session. All those who attend the full workshop can receive a certificate of attendance.

Direct any questions to: CEInfo@mphi.org.

This Virtual Workshop will take place Nov. 5, 10, 12, 17, and 19 with a follow up on Dec 19, 2026.

*PLEASE NOTE: This CEU opportunity is brought to you by a MiCHWA Partner; Trainings provided by MiCHWA Partners may be available to you at no cost or may require payment upon registration. Please visit their registration page for details.