Youth TakeCHARGE
Student Workshops
Learn to be Your Own Best Advocate!
Become an "I" Patient — Informed & Involved — with TakeCHARGE! Student workshops empower young people to become informed and involved in their healthcare experience.
These interactive sessions provide information for ages 12 -20. Learn the "5 Steps to Safer Health Care".
1. Understand & Complete Your Advance Directives (age-appropriate)
2. Keep a Record of Your Medical History & Current Medications
3. Prepare for Doctor Visits / Make A List of Questions
4. Prevent Infections / Ask Caregivers to Wash Their Hands
5. Use an Advocate / Be an Advocate for Others
Other topics include communicating with your healthcare team - Be your own best advocate
Become an “I” Patient: Involved and Informed
with TakeCHARGE: 5 Steps to Safer Health Care
- Groups should be similar in age (12-14 years old / 15 -17 years old / 18-20 years old approx.)
- Minimum 5 and maximum 20 participants in a group.
- Participants will have an opportunity for additional training to become TakeCHARGE Ambassadors and teach others what they have learned.
- Program may be provided through Zoom, and program times are flexible (for some groups).
- Participants may invite guests appropriate for that group /session with prior approval from group leaders.
- All workshops may be followed up with additional support from workshop leaders.
Call today to schedule your session (516) 579-4711 or contact info@PulseCPSEA.org
TakeCHARGE is a program of Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1996 to educate and advocate for patient safety.
www.pulsecenterforpatientsafety.org
TakeCHARGE and "I" Patient are programs of Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy
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Abby and Janelle Talk About TakeCHARGE
To host a program , call (516) 579-4711
You too can host a program for young people.
Youth under age 18 who are not part of an organization or youth program may be required to have a consent signed by a parent or guardian.
I left the office with a sense of pride for standing my ground and using the tools I had learned as a college intern. But most importantly, I left with clarity about my situation.” Abby, TakeCHARGE Intern
