Instructors conduct online home health aide training classes via lectures, textbooks, streaming videos, recordings, chat and discussion boards.
Online home health aide training classes cover such subjects as medical terminology, basic nutrition, infection control, medication math, personal hygiene, proper lifting techniques, anatomy and physiology.
Online home health aide students submit homework assignments and exams via email or by uploading them to assignment boards. Some schools even allow students to submit coursework and tests via snail mail.
Certification is required for home health aides to work for companies that accept Medicaid patients. Online home health aide training programs only provide coursework, they do not provide the necessary hands-on clinical hours students need to become certified.