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Overview
Careers
UCLA Extension's Patient Advocacy program is perfect for:
- Those who have a passion to help others with the logistical aspects of the health care system
- Health care professionals with legal, insurance, or financial services backgrounds who are interested in working directly with patients and their families
- Those who have prior experience in the medical field—such as nurses, social workers, or allied health professionals—looking to transition into advocacy
- Individuals who have navigated healthcare themselves, or on behalf of a loved one, and would now like to do that for others
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The U.S. Health Care System
- The Practice of Patient Advocacy
- Health Care Law and Legal Issues in Patient Advocacy
- Health Care Finance: The Advocate's Role
- Bioethics
- Care Planning and Patient Navigation
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 9 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 80
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences Health Informatics View 131 other Short Courses in Public Health in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 80
Other requirements
General requirements
- Apply to a certificate program
- Complete the International Student Certificate Program Application
- Purchase health insurance
- Provide us with your supporting documents
Tuition Fee
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International
5155 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5155 USD for the full programme during 9 months. -
National
5155 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5155 USD for the full programme during 9 months.
Funding
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