This introductory course provides an overview of the health professions and the healthcare delivery system. Other topics include disease prevention and wellness promotion, guidelines for legal, ethical and moral practice and communication skills. Students will be introduced to the use of computers in healthcare, including diagnostic and monitoring capabilities. The emphasis of this course is to establish a firm foundation of professional characteristics, behaviors, values, skills and knowledge for students to build upon in their healthcare careers.
This course is designed to help college students understand the vital concepts about health and effective living. Topics include studying some of the scientific principles, identifying related health problems and issues in our changing society and environment and providing a background for intelligent decisions throughout one's lifetime concerning health.
This is an introductory course to the language of medicine utilized by healthcare professionals. Basic word structure and formation, medical terms, abbreviations, definitions and spelling are included. Major disease processes and pathological conditions of specific body systems will be discussed.
This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to meet emergency first aid situations. There will be comprehensive training in recognition, evaluation and handling victims of illness or accidents. Students, after successful completion, will receive an American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) card. Lab fee required.
The student will gain knowledge about theories of care when dealing with different dementias, activities for meaningful dementia care, medication administration, behavior management, communication and methods of involving the family in the care of the patient.
This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to apply classroom theory to practical, work-related applications. Seminars may be a component of this course and regular contact with the assigned faculty advisor is required. Students may earn internship credits based on the completion of the required work experience and satisfactory completion of assignments including, but not limited to, seminars and a project. This course may be repeated based upon the student’s academic program.
This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to apply classroom theory to practical, work-related applications. Seminars may be a component of this course and regular contact with the assigned faculty advisor is required. Students may earn internship credits based on the completion of the required work experience and satisfactory completion of assignments including, but not limited to, seminars and a project. This course may be repeated based upon the student’s academic program.
This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to apply classroom theory to practical, work-related applications. Seminars may be a component of this course and regular contact with the assigned faculty advisor is required. Students may earn internship credits based on the completion of the required work experience and satisfactory completion of assignments including, but not limited to, seminars and a project. This course may be repeated based upon the student's academic program.
This is a travel/study course combining preparation on campus, travel and study in the discipline of health sciences. Content is variable depending on the program in which the student enrolls and the specific topics to be covered. Students must be 18 years of age on or before departure. Permission of the instructor is required.
Students will acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in college-level research by identifying, evaluating and using diverse information sources from the internet and library databases. This course follows the research process with a health science focus that includes developing topics and thesis statements, creating search strategies and critically evaluating and ethically citing sources. These research and critical thinking skills are crucial for success, not only in college, but also in the health science workplace. This six-module online course teaches students how to apply information literacy competencies to the research process. Each module addresses one of the six Frames identified by the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (ACRL, 2015) which employs the concepts of meta-literacy, metacognition and threshold concepts. Each frame is a broad concept to assist learning and embracing new understandings about information, research and scholarship across disciplines.
This course provides an overview of medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic diseases, including issues of disability management.
This course is designed to enhance student understanding of the specific health benefits that come from positive communication between medical professionals and patients, clients, staff or other lay audiences. Students will be exposed to a variety of communication strategies relevant to the health professions. Topics will include written and oral communication techniques for health and business-related situations.
This course is designed to allow students to explore current issues and topics in health science through online instruction.
This course is designed to allow students to explore current issues and topics in health science through online instruction.
This course is designed to allow students to explore current issues and topics in health science through online instruction.
This is an introductory course for health educators that encompasses learning theories and instructional methods. Focus is placed on commonly used and innovative theories with emphasis on determining applicability to the simulation environment. The course will include basics of instructional development, curriculum design and principles of formative and summative evaluation. Teaching methods that promote learning and provide motivation for continued learning will be explored.
This course focuses on the delivery of client-specific health education. An emphasis will be placed on assessing and delivering educational programs that include health, wellness, disease, disease prevention and quality of life. Students will learn to evaluate training methods, curriculum, objectives and educational experiences that will best serve diverse patient populations.
This course will review the historical trends of healthcare simulation and focus on current trends and best practices. Classroom discussions will include the development of simulation education in healthcare. A focus will be on how simulation is used in a variety of settings and by different professions.
The purpose of this course is to provide the opportunity for students to gain knowledge and skill in planning, designing and maintaining a simulation center. Content will include organizing, set-up, maintenance, trouble-shooting, technology and personnel needs for a simulation program/center.
This is an overview course of the technology used to implement healthcare simulation education programs. Modalities include, but are not limited to, computer and web-based simulators, environmental fidelity, psychological fidelity, manikin-based simulators, virtual reality, virtual environments, standardized patients and haptic simulators. Discussion will focus on how technology is used to support the educational process.
This course introduces students to various facets of natural and technological disasters while integrating public health research designs and practices. Discussions will utilize recent and historical case studies as a basis for developing the critical thinking and leadership skills needed by healthcare professionals in crisis situations. International, domestic and regional settings will be addressed as well as the social, economic and political aspects of disaster planning, preparedness and mitigation. Students also gain an understanding of basic public health concepts and methodologies.
This course will explore the role of epidemiology in healthcare practice and its impact on health policy. Types and methods of epidemiology and how it shapes prevention efforts, health promotion and public health policy will be discussed.
This course provides the student with an overview of the topic of pathophysiology for health-related degrees. Etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the major human diseases are presented. Both infectious and non-infectious diseases of the human body system are included.
This course is designed for healthcare, public health and wellness professionals who desire to educate and support clients to achieve positive health goals through lifestyle changes and behavior modification. Topics will include the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices in nutrition, mindfulness and physical health. Coaching skills with a focus on the practical application of brief intervention and motivational interviewing skills is emphasized. Students will gain the knowledge and skills to develop, manage and sustain health and wellness programs while maintaining a supportive environment for behavior change.
This course is designed for students who desire to become health coaches. Health coaches help individuals adopt achievable strategies that lead to behavior change, lifelong healthy eating and improved exercise habits. Topics include coaching for smoking cessation, stress management, weight loss and preventative care practices.
This course incorporates basic research methods, processes and models in analyzing research studies and incorporating current quality standards and evidence-based protocols into healthcare. Students are introduced to the formal study of research methods, including literature search, hypothesis generation and testing, sampling theory, research design, data analysis and report-writing. Application of these methods will be utilized to research health-related and health administration-related topics.
This course is designed to prepare students to take HSC 4922 Capstone Project in Health Sciences or HSC 4922H Honors Capstone Project in Health Sciences. Students will identify their project topic, select group members, complete a team charter and hold their first learning team meeting. Internship students will develop and submit a proposal for their selected internship. Students must register for this course the semester before they plan to take the capstone course. This course will not count towards enrollment verification.
This course is a culminating experience for Health Science majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. With faculty approval, students will complete a capstone project that aligns with their career goals in the form of a team project or internship. The course objectives reflect the student learning outcomes for this degree.
This course is designed to promote cultural competence and an appreciation for diversity through visiting other countries and interacting with their citizens and healthcare professionals. Students will examine the healthcare delivery systems and financing of healthcare, the role and challenges of the healthcare professional, and degree of collaboration within the healthcare team. Students must be 18 years of age before departure.