Governance & Executive Education
AWPHD in partnership with WSHA offers its members educational opportunities to increase their knowledge and understanding of hospital governance in Washington state. This education assists executive leadership and board members in assessing and enhancing hospital operations and board effectiveness.
Earn your Governance & Executive Education certificate by completing 12 points by December 31st. Each session qualifies for 1 point.
Register for upcoming courses and access the OnDemand library of content through the AWPHD and WSHA Governance Education Portal. For more information on how to create an account and register for an upcoming session or and watch recorded sessions, use this how-to. Any further questions, please email govedu@wsha.org.
Upcoming Governance & Executive Education Sessions
2025 Hospital Foundations: Structures & Basics for SuccessÂ
Speaker: Matthew Ellsworth, Executive Director, AWPHD and Oskar Rey, Member, Ogden Murphy Wallace P.L.L.C.2025 Hospital Finances 201
Speaker:Â Eric Lewis, CFO & Andrew Busz, Policy Director, Finance, WSHAGovernance Education Short - Roles Defined at a PHD
Please enjoy our newest form of content, shorts. These abbreviated videos are designed to provide you with need-to-know education on a narrow topic. Most importantly, you will learn why this topic is important to your role as a hospital governing board member. And what is and is not within your scope of responsibility. Completion of this short provides 1 credit towards the AWPHD and WSHA Health Care Governance Certification.
To log your point toward your Health Care Governance Certification please follow the steps below.
How to log your point after watching a Gov Ed Short as a board in the Governance Education Portal:
1. Login at the Governance Education portalÂ
2. Go to the Course catalog
3. Search for “Gov Ed Short_Roles Defined at a PHD”
4. Click on the specific course name you would like to log a point for
5. Click on the recording and click “complete”, then click next to open the slides, as soon as the slides appear you will receive your point towards the Gov Ed short for your certification
Governance Education Short - How to be a High-Functioning Board
Please enjoy our newest form of content, shorts. These abbreviated videos are designed to provide you with need-to-know education on a narrow topic. Most importantly, you will learn why this topic is important to your role as a hospital governing board member. And what is and is not within your scope of responsibility. Completion of this short provides 1 credit towards the AWPHD and WSHA Health Care Governance Certification.
To log your point toward your Health Care Governance Certification please follow the steps below.
How to log your point after watching a Gov Ed Short as a board in the Governance Education Portal:
1. Login at the Governance Education portalÂ
2. Go to the Course catalog
3. Search for “Gov Ed Short_How to be a High-Functioning Board”
4. Click on the specific course name you would like to log a point for
5. Click on the recording and click “complete and continue”, as soon as the slides appear you will receive your point towards the Gov Ed short for your certification.
Governance Education Short - Executive Session
Please enjoy our newest form of content, shorts. These abbreviated videos are designed to provide you with need-to-know education on a narrow topic. Most importantly, you will learn why this topic is important to your role as a hospital governing board member. And what is and is not within your scope of responsibility. Completion of this short provides 1 credit towards the AWPHD and WSHA Health Care Governance Certification.
To log your point toward your Health Care Governance Certification please follow the steps below.
How to log your point after watching a Gov Ed Short as a board in the Governance Education Portal:
1. Login at the Governance Education portalÂ
2. Go to the Course catalog
3. Search for “Gov Ed Short_Executive Session”
4. Click on the specific course name you would like to log a point for
5. Click on the recording and click “complete and continue”, as soon as the slides appear you will receive your point towards the Gov Ed short for your certification.
2024 Procurement for PHDs
To automatically log your point toward your Health Care Governance Certification for this session, please log in through the Governance Education portal.
Agenda
- General Procurement Overview;
- The latest changes to procurement laws and how they apply to public hospital districts;
- Useful MRSC Tools for Procurement.
2024 New Commissioner Welcome & Training
A welcome to the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts and the available tools and resources for commissioners. Followed by a training on Governance: Rules of the Road. This is an excellent resource for becoming a high-functioning board of commissioners for a public hospital district. To automatically log your point toward your Health Care Governance Certification for this session, please log in through the Governance Education portal.