When Volunteer Services Meet the Auxiliary
Published January 1, 2010
Karla Bachl, BSBM, CAVS, Director of Volunteer Services, Lehigh Valley Health Network
In this webinar, participants will objectively evaluate current conditions of volunteer service and auxiliary, recognize/identify the challenges that are prohibiting growth or development of Auxiliary or Volunteer Departments and develop improvement plans for building/repairing current conditions.
*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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