Training & Education

Get trained. Get certified. Get to work.

AHEC West runs two state-approved training programs in Western Maryland. Both are mostly online. Both lead to a Maryland certificate. Neither one needs a college degree.

Training staff for your organization?

Group rates, private classes at your site, purchase orders accepted. No minimum group size.

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Our Programs

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Community Health Worker

Help your neighbors get care

You connect people to what they need. A doctor. A ride. Benefits. Someone to explain what the doctor said. You do it in the community you already know.

Hours: 140 total
Cost: $1,400
Approved by: Maryland Dept. of Health

See the CHW class What the state requires

Peer Recovery Specialist

Use your recovery to help others

You have been through recovery. You know what it takes. This training turns that into a job where you walk beside people going through it now.

Hours: 52 total
Cost: $499
Approved by: MABPCB

See the CPRS class What the state requires

Class dates are not set right now. Both program pages have a form. Add your name and we will email you when we pick the next dates.

Interactive Self-Study Courses

Just need a few hours?

Six courses you can take on your own, online, whenever you have time. Use them to finish your first certificate or to renew one you already hold. Most run 2 to 6 hours.

ACEs & Trauma-Informed Care 6 hours · $129

Strategic Sharing: Speaking with Purpose 4 hours · $79

Unconscious Bias 2 hours · $39

and three more

See all six courses Group rates apply here too

Not sure which one is right for you?

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