Certified Global Health Worker – Rehabilitation (CGHW-R)

Earning the CGHW-R requires you to demonstrate knowledge and skills specific to rehabilitation care, thus validating your expertise to current and prospective employers. Carrying this credential will assure those employers that your knowledge and experience have been assessed against a global industry standard with an established competency framework for rehabilitation health workers. 

On average, prospective employers and recruiters scan through resumes quickly and often do not dig deep enough to discover specialty-specific skills and experience. With the credential after your name, your validated skills will be positioned at the top of your profiles and resume to proudly declare your status as a rehabilitation health worker, ensuring that prospective employers know that you possess this critical and unique set of skills and competencies.

The CGHW-R is a credential based on a Global Competency Framework validated by subject matter experts worldwide. It assures prospective employers that your experience in rehab care from your home country will transfer to other countries.

The CGHW-R must be renewed every five years, demonstrating to employers and colleagues your dedication to continuing your development and excellence as a rehabilitation health worker.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 2.4 billion people worldwide need rehabilitation services. Meeting that need will require skilled rehab health workers who can deliver and advance the future of rehabilitative care. Specialty skills across all healthcare settings are increasingly in demand and critical to shaping the future of global healthcare. With the CGHW-R credential, you will be part of the evolution of this global specialty and the quality of care being delivered to those in need.