Inter-Professional Education

This is the second of two courses designed to expose, orient, and Introduce students to interprofessional 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.