Podcast #1:
What Does a Patient Advocate Do?
What Does a Patient Advocate Do?
(10 minutes 20 seconds)
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How do advocates assist patients? How do they “fit” into the healthcare system? How much of their work is medical?
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Additional Resources:
- Transcript for this Podcast
- What Does a Patient Advocate Do? (blog post)
- An Overview of Patient Advocacy: About the Profession
- Getting Started as a Health or Patient Advocate or Care Manager
- So You Want to Be a Patient Advocate? Choosing a Career in Health or Patient Advocacy (book)
- Understanding the Allegiance Factor (course – free)
Next: Making a Living as an Independent Advocate
This Series:
Podcast #1: What Does a Patient Advocate Do?
Podcast #2: Making a Living as an Independent Advocate
Podcast #3: What Background and Credentials Do I Need to Be an Advocate?
Podcast #4: How Do Patients Know to Hire Me?
Podcast #5: Are There Jobs for Independent Advocates?
Bonus Podcast: What Questions Haven’t I Asked?
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*This podcast series is available for sale to people who are not members of APHA, but is free to you as part of your membership. We hope you enjoy it, and learn what you want to learn from it, too.
