Become a Project DOCC Parent Trainer!
Share your experience to help improve healthcare for families.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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 a Parent Trainer.
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 Trainer do?
Parent Trainers 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 with caring for your child and working with 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 Trainers throughout the year
- Work with WVU faculty
Training and payment
- Attend a 60-minute online training once a year
- Receive $60 Amazon eGift card each time you participate as a Parent Trainer
- 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, contact Melina Danko by email: mdanko@hsc.wvu.edu or phone: 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.