Inter-Professional Education

This course will explore interprofessional collaboration skills within the context of theoretical constructs and underpinnings of IPE. Students will explore the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Competency Domains of values/ethics, roles/responsibilities, communication, and teams/teamwork as they relate to different healthcare professions, patient populations and practice settings seen in clinical medicine and primary care. Seminar style discussion of patient case study examples will be used to illustrate and reinforce the importance of interprofessional collaborative practice. Knowledge gained in this course will significantly contribute to improved understanding of a team-based approach to patient care seen in contemporary healthcare.

Continuation of Interprofessional Seminar in Rehabilitative Medicine II

This is the second of two courses designed to expose, orient, and Introduce students to interprofesslonal practice through the acquisition and demonstration of skills related to the collaborative examination and management of patients in different practice settings. Students of various healthcare disclplines will work closely to learn and practice patient care skills.

This course will provide the student with the conceptual framework for individual and community health promotion, as well as injury/disease prevention across the life span and in various populations. Course content includes examination of concepts of health, health promotion, wellness and prevention, and health-related quality of life. Current theories of health behavior change will be discussed, as well as issues of adherence and compliance, locus of control, motivation, and the influence of culture and context on health promotion. Students will assess their own level of wellness, implement a personal plan to address a particular health behavior, and analyze the outcome of the intervention. Students will apply their knowledge by creating a community-based health promotion or disease/injury prevention program and present their project to their peers.