COPE Health Scholars Programs

Preparing a workforce that meets the demands of the evolving health care system.

Health systems are increasingly aware of the need to cultivate a well-trained and prepared workforce that meets the current and future demands of the evolving health care system. Forming integrated care teams necessary to tackle the current and future challenges of health care requires an ample supply of culturally and linguistically competent, technically capable and patient experience-focused health care workers.

With these challenges and needs in mind, COPE Health Solutions has partnered with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Executive Programs in Health Policy and Management to provide training programs that give high school students, college students and career changers the opportunity to learn a patient-centered approach to care, advance their professional school candidacy, build a foundation for their careers in health care, and nurture lifelong relationships through the COPE Connect alumni network.

 

Our Approaches:

Workforce competencies

• Turn-key operation
• Tailored workflow design
• Recruitment focused on diversity and linguistic competency reflective of local community
• Deep relationships with local academic institutions
• Comprehensive skills training aligned with the organizations’ mission, values, and strategy
• Pre-deployment competency evaluation
• Focus on the student and patient experience
• Replicable and sustainable
• Exposure to hard-to-fill positions

 

Scholar Outcomes

• Basic patient care training and progressive rotations to build empathy and patient interaction skills
• Training on various health care careers and care skills with observation based rotations to build an understanding of care across the continuum
• Focused clinical and administrative rotations
• Meaningful engagement supporting organizational projects and initiatives to serve the community
• Experience that sets them apart when applying to professional schools and speaking with future employers

 

Health Scholar One-Pager