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.
Our Programs
Pick the one that fits you
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
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
Class dates change through the year. The CHW page and the CPRS page always show the next class and how to sign up.
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.
Already signed up for a class?
Your lessons and certificates live on our learning site. Sign in there to pick up where you left off.
Not sure which one is right for you?
Check the questions people ask us first — cost, dates, and who qualifies are all there. Still stuck? Send us a question and a real person will answer.