Healthcare Workforce Development
The Office of Healthcare Workforce Development in the College of Pharmacy is home to a variety of Healthcare Workforce Transformation projects. We work with strategic partners including the Department of Health and other state institutions to bring targeted training programs to healthcare organizations in all practice settings throughout the state.
Healthcare workers can access some trainings directly from this page. If your institution is interested in partnering with URI to receive training for healthcare providers, please contact MJ Kanaczet, Director of Healthcare Workforce Development at mj@uri.edu or 401.874.2615. If you are interested in a specific training program, please follow instructions below to inquire about eligibility.
Available Programs
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Training Programs - With support from a training grant by the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), URI has made several incentivized training programs available in an effort to contribute to workforce recruitment, retention and education in Rhode Island’s Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) sector. 
State Approved Training Program in Drug Administration - This non-credit course is designed to meet the requirements of Section R23-17.9 Rules and Regulations Pertaining to RI Certificates of Registration for Medication Aides, Rhode Island Department of Health. This course is offered in cooperation with the URI College of Pharmacy, URI Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Rhode Island Department of Health. All instructors […]
RI-INBRE Workforce Development and Training Program - The RI-INBRE Workforce Development and Training Program is thrilled to announce that it is scheduled from May 20, 2024, to July 26, 2024. The WDT program was created in 2023 to provide hands-on biomedical training for students by capitalizing on RI-INBRE’s well-equipped and well-maintained RI-INBRE Centralized Research Core Facility (CRCF). The RI-INBRE WDT program’s mission […]