HLTH 320 - Patient Education and Clinical Health Promotion

In addition to an overview of patient education/clinical health promotion, the course will focus on patient and family education, the Health Educator/clinician’s role/responsibility, health education and learning theories, materials and counseling/teaching in health promotion, patients with special needs/special populations, patient compliance and motivation, health professional-patient interaction, patient as a partner, creation of effective patient education materials/programs, resources for patients/clinicians/health educators, delivery of patient education, and health policy. This course will include a service learning component.

Prerequisites: HLTH 290 and health science major.
Credits: 3 hours