Meeting Community Needs – Volunteering, Shadowing and Education in Healthcare
Published January 1, 2010
Magda Scanlan | Manager, Volunteer Services, Advocate Aurora Health
In this webinar you will hear the most common requests from students in the community, learn about two programs that address these requests and receive steps for program implementation at your organizations.
*This resource was originally developed by the Association for Health Care Volunteer Resource Professionals (AHVRP) prior to AHVRP integrating with The Beryl Institute in July 2020. This webinar does not offer Patient Experience Continuing Education Credit (PXE).
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