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Health and Healthcare


The Emory brand is synonymous with healthcare leadership, and Emory Continuing Education is adding more courses and programs for those in the healthcare industry. Our Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate program prepares students to help improve health and wellbeing for individuals, groups, and organizations by utilizing evidence-based relational/behavior change skills and approaches in a variety of settings.

Professionals can learn how to lead or contribute to successful healthcare improvement projects ranging from patient delivery to finance and support operations by applying Six Sigma tools to healthcare situations. 

Certificates

Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate

Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate

Emory Continuing Education’s Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate Program prepares students to help improve health and wellbeing for individuals, groups and organizations by utilizing evidence-based relational/behavior change skills and approaches in a variety of settings.

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Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative

Become empowered to make impactful changes to your health with essential knowledge, skills, and confidence. Learn to optimize key areas such as nutrition, movement, and stress management. This learning is designed to be practical, offering tools you can apply in daily life. Join us to take control of your well-being and live healthier every day.

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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate - Healthcare Specialization

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate - Healthcare Specialization

If you are interested in learning the essentials of Lean Six Sigma to reduce wasteful spending and process inefficiencies and/or aspire to implement meaningful change in a healthcare role, advancing your education through the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt for Healthcare Certificate is a good first step.

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Advancing Global Health Equity

Advancing Global Health Equity: Understanding Power Imbalances, Biases, and Structural Challenges

Advancing equity in global health requires an understanding of the complexities of power dynamics and structural determinants of health. This certificate explores colonial legacies, power imbalances, and structural barriers to achieving health equity, and facilitates individual behavior and institutional transformational change through strategies for recognizing,

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Clinical Medical Assistant

The medical assisting program prepares students to work in hospitals, physician practices and other healthcare settings; assisting with labs, EKG’s, clinical services and other aspects of patient care. This self-paced, fully online program helps prepare participants to take the National Healthcareer Association's (NHA) Certified Clinical Medical Assistant exam. Participants must pass the exam to receive certification.

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Clinical Nurse Aide

With the need for healthcare growing every day, clinical nurse aides are absolutely vital to daily operations in hospitals and nursing care facilities. This self-paced, fully online program helps prepare participants to take the National Workforce Career Association's (NWCA) Nursing Assistant exam. Participants must pass the exam to receive certification.

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EKG

EKG Technician

EKG technicians are in demand! This program covers topics and processes critical to conducting and interpreting EKGs as an important member of the healthcare team. This self-paced, fully online program helps prepare participants to take the National Healthcareer Association's (NHA) Certified EKG Technician exam. Participants must pass the exam to receive certification.

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Pharmacy Technician

The need for PTCB certified Pharmacy Technicians continues to grow with demand for state certified technicians expected to increase substantially in the next few years. This self-paced, fully online program helps prepare participants to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's (PTCB) Certified Pharmacy Technician exam. Participants must pass the exam to receive certification.

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Courses

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Psychiatric Advance Directives Improve Care

Students will become acquainted with Georgia laws surrounding psychiatric advance directives as well as their responsibilities for treating a patient with a PAD. This course will cover what a PAD is, when they are useful, why individuals with PADs have improved prognosis, and issues facing PAD advocacy and implementation.

Psychiatric Advance Directives Course Details (Psychiatric Advance Directives Improve Care)
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Work From Home: Health And Wellness At Home

Working from home presents a unique set of challenges when it comes to maintaining mental and physical health. This course provides learners with the knowledge and practices to gain and sustain optimum health and wellness at home.

Health And Wellness At Home Course Details (Work From Home: Health And Wellness At Home)
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Defensive Driving Course (National Safety Council)

The class will focus on the seven most common driving mistakes and how to overcome them, along with the five conditions that affect your driving skills and response time.

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First Aid, CPR, AED (National Safety Council)

This hands-on practical Basic Life Support course provides each participant receives the practical skills and knowledge using the 3 “C” method of CHECK – CALL - CARE.

First Aid, CPR, AED Course Details (First Aid, CPR, AED (National Safety Council))
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Stretch & Tone

You've been sitting around too long! Come stretch and tone those tired, cooped-up muscles in this class. These sessions will help to improve your posture, circulation, flexibility, and balance.

Stretch & Tone Course Details (Stretch & Tone)