Health Professions

HP 508 HIV/AIDS: Biological, Medical, Psychological, and Legal Perspectives (3) This course provides a physiological and psychological base for health professionals and concerned others to provide care and support to children and adults with HIV disease. Theories and concepts relevant to the disease process and care giving will be examined. Societal issues related to HIV disease will be studied.  Sp

HP 535 Eastern Medicine: Integrative Complimentary Health Care (3) This course facilitates the study of Eastern medicine and its influence on integrative/complimentary health care therapies.  Emphasis is on the historical and social influences of the evolving model of east-west healing and health care.  Specific modalities will be studied with emphasis on research support for efficacy, self care and use in contemporary health care practices.  Implications for changes in health care concepts and health care provider roles will also be discussed.  F

HP 584 Environmental Health (3) Introduces various environmental risks to health status, and the role of public health controls to safeguarding at-risk populations. These areas include: food production, water purity, wastewater and solid waste handling, anthropod and pest control, air quality, and occupational and industrial hazards to health. F 

HP 585 Epidemiology (3) Introduces the principles and methods of epidemiology used to study health related issues in populations. Covers models of disease causation and the association of health risk factors. Includes common epidemiological measures, epidemiological study designs, disease surveillance, and outbreak investigation. Applies epidemiological principles and methods to health service organizations and clinical settings by developing critical literature reviews and study design skills. Prereq: a course in statistics. Sp

HP 591 Special Topics in Health Professions (1-3) Analysis and study of special topics in health care.

HP 671 Curriculum Development for the Health Professions Educator (4) The focus of this course is curriculum development for the health professions educator in higher education. Emphasis is placed on the role of faculty in higher education and curriculum development, philosophical foundations of curriculum, curriculum components, the process of curriculum development, and curriculum designs/models. Current issues influencing curriculum development in higher education and the health profession disciplines are emphasized.

HP 672 Evaluation Strategies for the Health Professions Educator (4) This course focuses on the process of evaluation in the education of health professionals. Evaluation models and concepts related to the measurement of outcomes in classroom and clinical instruction are introduced, as well as those related to program evaluation. Legal and ethical issues related to student evaluation are discussed. Current issues related to the evaluation of outcomes in the education of health professionals are emphasized.

HP 673 Teaching Strategies for the Health Professions Educator (4) This course focuses on the assessment of learning needs and the development and implementation of learning experiences in the classroom and clinical setting. The theoretical foundations of teaching and learning, selection of appropriate teaching strategies for classroom, simulated laboratory and clinical instruction, use of multimedia learning resources, and the concept of distributive learning are emphasized. Experience in developing and implementing learning experiences for the education of health professionals is provided.

HP 690 Special Topics in the Health Professions(1-3 hours) Independent study of a topic relevant to the health professions that is not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Prereq:Consent of the Health Services porgram director.

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