How Workforce Development Agencies Can Partner With Advanced eClinical Training
Healthcare workforce development partnerships can connect job seekers with training for in-demand healthcare roles. By partnering with Advanced eClinical Training (ACT), workforce agencies can provide access to online, self-paced training and certification preparation.
Here’s how agencies can work with ACT to prepare participants for healthcare careers.
What Healthcare Training Can Workforce Agencies Offer Through ACT?
Workforce agencies can choose ACT training based on the healthcare roles they want to prepare participants for. Programs cover clinical and administrative support, direct patient care, pharmacy, phlebotomy, rehabilitation support, and foundational healthcare knowledge.
How Should Workforce Agencies Choose a Program?
Start with the healthcare roles employers in your area are trying to fill, then compare those needs with each program’s training focus and requirements. Participant interests, available training time, hands-on requirements, and applicable employer or certification requirements should also factor into program selection.
Program timing: Listed completion times represent the minimum time in which a program may be completed and are not guaranteed completion timelines. Student pace, certification preparation, externships, and other program requirements can affect the total training timeline.
How Does ACT Support Workforce-Funded Healthcare Training?
Healthcare workforce development partnerships can give eligible participants access to career training through workforce-funded initiatives. Advanced eClinical Training works with workforce organizations that want to incorporate allied health training into their existing programs.
Short-Term Allied Health Training
ACT offers training for healthcare roles including medical assistant, patient care technician, pharmacy technician, phlebotomy technician, and physical therapy technician. This gives workforce agencies several career paths to consider based on participant goals and local workforce needs.
Online, Self-Paced Coursework
ACT programs are delivered online and are self-paced, giving participants more control over when they complete coursework. This can be useful for workforce programs serving people who are also balancing jobs, family responsibilities, or other commitments.
Certification Exam Preparation
ACT’s certification programs prepare participants for applicable national certification exams. This allows workforce agencies to connect career training with credentials relevant to the healthcare roles participants are preparing to pursue.
Hands-On Training Opportunities
Depending on the program, participants may also have access to clinical simulations and externship opportunities that complement their online coursework and help them prepare for healthcare work environments.
Funding and Eligibility Depend on the Program
Workforce funding is not automatic for every participant or training program. Eligibility can depend on the funding source, participant requirements, approved training options, and state or local workforce rules. Agencies should confirm the requirements that apply to their specific program before enrolling participants.
Build a Workforce Training Partnership With ACT
ACT works with workforce development organizations to identify healthcare training options that fit their participants and program goals. Partnerships can be structured around existing workforce initiatives and the allied health roles agencies are preparing participants to pursue.
Explore ACT Workforce Development Partnerships →How Can ACT Work With WIOA and ETPL Programs?
ACT works with public-sector workforce programs, including WIOA and ETPL systems. Depending on the state, program, and participant, eligible ACT training may qualify for workforce funding.
What Is WIOA?
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act helps eligible job seekers access employment and training services. WIOA funding may cover approved occupational training when the participant and program meet applicable requirements.
What Is an ETPL?
An Eligible Training Provider List identifies training providers and programs approved through a state’s workforce system. Agencies use these lists to determine which training options may be available for WIOA-funded participants.
ACT and Workforce-Funded Training
ACT participates in workforce development programs and offers online allied health training for roles such as medical assistant, patient care technician, pharmacy technician, and phlebotomy technician.
- Agencies can check whether an ACT program is currently eligible through their state or local workforce system.
- Qualifying participants may be able to use available workforce funding for eligible training.
- Online, self-paced coursework can make training easier to schedule for participants who are also working or managing other responsibilities.
- ACT certification programs include preparation for applicable national certification exams.
What Should Agencies Verify Before Enrolling a Participant?
Requirements can differ by state and workforce area, so agencies should confirm the details for each participant and program.
- ✓ Whether the specific ACT program is currently approved in the applicable state or local workforce system.
- ✓ Whether the participant meets the eligibility requirements for the funding source.
- ✓ How much funding is available and which training costs it can cover.
- ✓ Whether there are additional state, local, certification, or employer requirements for the participant’s intended healthcare role.
WIOA Funding Is Not Automatic
Approval and funding can vary by location, program, and participant. An ACT program’s eligibility in one workforce area does not mean every ACT program is eligible everywhere or that every participant will qualify for funding.
Learn more about ACT Workforce Development Partnerships or review WIOA information from the U.S. Department of Labor .
How Does ACT Support Healthcare Apprenticeship Programs?
Advanced eClinical Training can provide Related Technical Instruction (RTI) for allied health apprenticeship programs. RTI covers the classroom-based portion of an apprenticeship and works alongside the skills an apprentice develops on the job.
ACT Provides the Coursework
ACT can provide online instruction in the healthcare knowledge and skills tied to an apprenticeship pathway. Depending on the program, coursework may also prepare apprentices for an applicable national certification exam.
Employers Provide Workplace Training
Apprentices build practical skills through supervised work with a participating employer. This allows the technical instruction to be reinforced through experience in an actual healthcare setting.
What Can ACT Provide as an RTI Partner?
Workforce agencies, employers, and apprenticeship partners can use ACT for the instructional portion of an allied health apprenticeship.
- Online, self-paced healthcare coursework that can be completed alongside employment.
- Training aligned with the knowledge and skills needed for the selected allied health pathway.
- Preparation for applicable national certification exams through ACT certification programs.
- A training option that can be incorporated into a larger apprenticeship program developed by the employer, sponsor, or workforce organization.
Which Healthcare Pathways May Fit an Apprenticeship Model?
The right pathway depends on the apprenticeship program and employer’s workforce needs. ACT offers training in several allied health areas that may be considered when developing an apprenticeship.
ACT’s Role Is the Training Component
Providing RTI does not necessarily make ACT the apprenticeship sponsor. The sponsor or participating organization is responsible for the apprenticeship structure and applicable registration requirements. ACT can serve as the education partner providing the related technical instruction.
Learn more about ACT Workforce Development Partnerships .
How Does ACT Help Participants Gain Hands-On Experience?
Online training covers the knowledge participants need, but some healthcare roles also require practice in a clinical setting. ACT can connect eligible students with externship opportunities through its network of healthcare partners.
Complete Online Training
Participants build their knowledge through ACT’s online coursework, including clinical concepts and skills related to their program.
Gain Clinical Experience
Depending on the program, participants may complete an externship or clinical placement where they can practice skills in a healthcare setting.
Prepare for the Workplace
Working in a clinical environment gives participants experience with patients, healthcare teams, workflows, and day-to-day expectations.
ACT’s Healthcare Partner Network
ACT works with more than 1,000 healthcare and clinical partners. This network supports clinical and externship opportunities for students in programs where hands-on experience is available.
What Can Participants Gain From an Externship?
An externship gives participants a chance to apply what they learned online in a working healthcare environment. Depending on the role and placement, that experience may include:
Why This Matters for Workforce Programs
For workforce agencies, externship opportunities can add a practical component to online healthcare training. Participants can move from coursework into a clinical environment where they can practice what they have learned and become more familiar with the workplace they are preparing to enter.
Externship availability: Hands-on and externship opportunities vary by ACT program and may have additional eligibility, scheduling, location, or completion requirements.
Learn more about becoming an ACT externship site or explore ACT Workforce Development Partnerships .
Why Does Online, Self-Paced Training Work Well for Workforce Programs?
Workforce program participants are often completing training while managing work, family, transportation, and other responsibilities. ACT’s online, self-paced format gives them more flexibility in when and where they complete their coursework.
100% Online Coursework
Participants can complete ACT coursework online without regularly traveling to a classroom or training center.
Self-Paced Format
Participants can move through coursework on their own schedule rather than attending classes at a fixed time each day.
Short-Term Training Options
Several ACT allied health programs can be completed in as little as 8 to 12 weeks, with some programs offering shorter timelines.
Healthcare-Focused Preparation
Certification programs combine healthcare coursework with preparation for applicable national certification exams.
More Flexibility for Participants With Other Responsibilities
Requiring participants to attend class at the same place and time can create another barrier to completing training. Online, self-paced coursework can be easier to fit around:
Online Training Still Includes Career Preparation
Flexible delivery does not mean participants are simply working through reading assignments on their own. ACT programs can include additional preparation tied to the healthcare role they are pursuing.
Certification Exam Preparation
Applicable ACT certification programs prepare participants for national certification exams associated with their training.
Clinical Simulations
Clinical simulations allow participants to work through healthcare scenarios and apply concepts from their coursework before entering a clinical workplace.
What This Means for Workforce Agencies
Agencies can offer healthcare training without requiring every participant to follow the same daily class schedule. That flexibility can be especially useful when serving working adults and others who need to fit training around existing responsibilities.
Explore ACT’s healthcare training programs or learn more about workforce development partnerships .
FAQs About Healthcare Workforce Development Partnerships
A healthcare workforce development partnership connects workforce agencies with training providers to prepare participants for healthcare jobs. These partnerships can give participants access to career training, certification preparation, and, depending on the program, hands-on experience.
Yes, eligible participants may be able to receive funding for healthcare certification training through programs such as WIOA or other state and local workforce initiatives. Funding availability and eligibility requirements vary by program, participant, and location.
Yes. Advanced eClinical Training (ACT) works with workforce development organizations to provide online allied health training and certification preparation for eligible participants.
Eligible ACT programs may qualify for WIOA funding depending on the state, local workforce area, and participant. Agencies should confirm that the specific program is approved and that the participant meets applicable funding requirements before enrollment.
Yes. ACT can provide Related Technical Instruction (RTI) for allied health apprenticeship programs. The online coursework can be paired with on-the-job learning provided through an employer or apprenticeship program. ACT’s role as an RTI provider does not necessarily make ACT the apprenticeship sponsor.
ACT offers training programs for Medical Assistant, Patient Care Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, and Physical Therapy Technician, along with additional healthcare education such as Medical Terminology.
Yes. ACT programs are 100% online and self-paced. Depending on the program, students may also have access to externship or clinical placement opportunities for hands-on experience.
Agencies can contact ACT to discuss participant needs, healthcare training options, workforce funding, apprenticeship RTI, and clinical or externship opportunities. ACT can then work with the organization to determine which training options fit its workforce program.
