HLTH 320 - Patient Education and Clinical Health Promotion

This course meets the ‘Selectives’ requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Health Science degree. In addition to an overview of patient education/clinical health promotion - what a Health Educator needs to know and be able to do in Patient Education, the course focuses on: patient and family education, JCAHCO standards/goals, the Health Educator/clinician’s role/responsibility, health education and learning theories, materials and counseling/teaching in health promotion, patient compliance and motivation, interdisciplinary collaboration, assessing health and learning needs, participation in collaborative decision-making and brief motivational interviewing (MI), chronic disease and chronic disease self-management (CDSM), MO’s CDSM Plan, selecting effective patient education materials/programs, resources for patients/clinicians/health educators, planning/delivery/evaluation of CDSMPs, and health policy. This course includes an Integrated Service Learning component.

Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in HLTH 290 - Public Health Education Principles and Health Science major.
Credit(s): 3
When Offered: (fall only)
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This is a writing-enhanced course.