Training
Become a BETTER Prevention Practitioner™ and make a difference by empowering patients to make positive changes in their health.
Become a Prevention Practitioner
Our training sessions offer an opportunity for professional development to healthcare professionals working within the primary care setting.
The purpose of the training sessions is to provide health care professionals with enhanced skills in prevention and screening of cancer and chronic disease, including their common lifestyle risk factors. Trainees will participate in hands-on learning, apply the BETTER tools to patient cases to determine their risk for cancer and chronic disease and identify the appropriate screening actions their “patients” are eligible for, role-play as Prevention Practitioners, and have an opportunity to discuss the BETTER Program and the Prevention Practitioner role’s fit within their specific primary care setting.
Each session accommodates groups up to 8 trainees. Trainees must participate in all training webinars in order to complete their training as a BETTER Prevention Practitioner™.
Learning Objectives
Learn
Learn about the BETTER approach and tools
Understand
Understand how a tailored intervention provided by a healthcare professional, can help patients and practices reach their goals
Apply
Apply the skills learned and explored, including shared decision-making and S.M.A.R.T. goal setting, through a series of patient cases as a Prevention Practitioner
Access
Gain the tools needed to determine how the BETTER approach could be integrated into clinical practice
Who can participate in training?
BETTER Prevention Practitioners™ come from many backgrounds, including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and kinesiologists. Training is ideal for healthcare professionals and learners linked to primary care, public health, workplace wellness programs, or individuals wanting to gain a better understanding of primary prevention and screening for cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and their associated lifestyle factors.
Group Training Requests
Ongoing training sessions open to enrolment are no longer available. Only training for groups of 6-8 participants will be considered at this time.
Training sessions are live-facilitated in English and delivered virtually.
The registration fee is $495 CAD per person plus applicable taxes.
Please contact us to request a Prevention Practitioner training session.
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No scheduled sessions available
*Registration fees include training time (13 hours of continuing education), mailing of hard copies of training materials, and access to the Community of Practice upon successful completion of training. Access to the BETTER tools, electronic or otherwise, is not included in the registration fee.
You must complete all virtual session webinars to receive your Prevention Practitioner training Certificate of Completion.