Podcast #3:
What Background and Credentials Do I Need to Be an Advocate?
What Background and Credentials Do I Need to Be an Advocate?
(10 minutes 20 seconds)
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Do I need to be a nurse or a doctor? Do I need a degree or certificate? Do I need to be licensed or certified?
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Additional Resources:
- Transcript for this Podcast
- Patient Advocate Certification Board Exam Requirements
- Is Advocacy Certification Right for You? (course)
- How Can I Be a Nurse and a Non-Medical Advocate, Too? (podcast)
- Do I Have to Be a Nurse to Be a Patient Advocate? (blog post)
- Remembering the Mean Girls (blog post)
- Revisiting the Mean Girls (blog post)
- Licensed, Certified, Uppercase, lowercase: Where Are You? (blog post)
Next: How Do Patients Know to Hire Me?
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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