Staff Education

Staff Education

The MaineHealth Education and Training department is dedicated to building staff competencies around patient-centered communication and plain language.
We create customized training opportunities for staff including short workshops, day-long trainings, brown bag lunch sessions, web-based learning and more.

Topics include:

• Wellness & Health Coach Training certification.
• Health literacy & plain language writing.
• Stress reduction for patients and staff.
  Our mindfulness-based stress reduction expert can share ways to reduce stress in the workplace and at home with you. This can help to improve staff satisfaction and patient experience.
• Behavior change strategies. 
  Learn more about way to engage your patients in making healthy lifestyle changes. Our staff are trained in evidence-based behavior change strategies such as the health belief model, stages of change, and theory of planned behavior.  
• Advance care planning.