Become a Parent Faculty Member

Share your experience to help improve healthcare for families

Your story can help future healthcare providers better understand families like yours

The West Virginia Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2F-HIC) is looking for parents and caregivers of children with complex medical needs to join WVU Project DOCC (Delivery of Chronic Care) as Parent Faculty.

What Is Project DOCC?

Project DOCC is a training program that teaches healthcare students how chronic illness and disability affect children and their families in the hospital, at home, school, and in the community. It helps students understand the challenges families face and why it’s important to put the family at the center of a child’s care.

What Does a Parent Faculty Member Do?

Parent Faculty work with WVU instructors and physicians to teach students from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and related fields. You will share your personal experiences caring for your child and their care teams.

You will:

• Share your experience in 2-hour virtual sessions, usually once a month
• Participate when you are available
• Rotate with other Parent Faculty throughout the year
• Work with WVU faculty

Training and Payment

• Attend a 60-minute online training once a year
• Receive $60 Amazon E-gift card each time you participate as Parent Faculty
• No teaching experience is needed

Who Can Participate?

You may qualify if you:

• Have experience as a parent or legal guardian of a child with a complex medical condition that affects multiple body systems and requires life-supporting equipment
• Live in West Virginia
• Can attend the Project DOCC Parent Training and one hour refresher training annually

Your Voice Matters

By sharing your experience, you help future healthcare professionals learn how to better support children and families.

To learn more or schedule a training email mdanko@hsc.wvu.edu or call Melina Danko at 304-293-4265.

Project DOCC is an interprofessional, collaborative training program at West Virginia University coordinated by the Family-to-Family Health Information Center at the WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities.