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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to the field of early intervention. Covers the principles of early intervention including the interdisciplinary nature of the services to infants and toddlers with disabilities, and their families, and the team formats in which services are provided. Students are also introduced to the Massachusetts EI (early intervention) standards, eligibility criteria, and the legislation that underlies EI services. Using a case-based approach, with role-play, explores some aspects of the developmental approach to assessment and intervention. Open to all students in Bouvé College of Health Sciences, and is taught by a number of faculty from different disciplines on the early intervention team.
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4.00 Credits
Provides students with the opportunity to explore complex ethical issues that arise in clinical practice in the health professions in the United States and study country. Directs particular attention at the concepts of do no harm, quality of life, and conflict resolution. Patients' rights and the protection of their confidentiality, privacy, and personal prerogatives are central to the course. Analyzes established legal cases to assess the presence of ethical considerations. Explores the role of the health professional in fostering a patient's autonomy and implementing his or her own domain of professional responsibility in the United States and the study country.
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4.00 Credits
Provides students with the opportunity to explore complex ethical issues that arise in clinical practice in the health professions. Particular attention is directed at the concepts of "do no harm," quality of life, and conflict resolution. Patients' rights and the protection of their confidentiality, privacy, and personal prerogatives are central to the course. Established legal cases are explored to assess the presence of ethical considerations. The role of the health professional in fostering a patient's autonomy and implementing his/her own domain of professional responsibility is explore
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4.00 Credits
Provides an opportunity to develop skills and abilities related to management within the context of interdisciplinary study. Students explore issues in health-care management in small-group, case-based educational experiences or problem-solving approaches. Within the context of small groups, students explore complex problems frequently encountered in clinical practice. Group projects related to leadership, management, or administrative issues are pursued and developed as classroom or poster presentations.
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4.00 Credits
Involves the development and implementation of health policy in the United States and the implications of these for health care. Specific health policies are examined to assess the process of their development, the contributions they have made to the health of the country, and their current status. Other dimensions of health-care policy are investigated to assess impediments to health policy or continuing problems.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the role of economic, social, and individual factors in explaining racial and ethnic health disparities, and examines intervention approaches to eliminate them. Topics include genetic and social constructions of race and ethnicity, measuring race and ethnicity, and differences in prevalence and patterns of disease across groups; cultural and structural factors that affect health-care delivery, such as discrimination, racism, and health status; and health-care delivery and public health approaches to prevention and improving health-care delivery. Class activities include fieldwork.
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3.00 Credits
Addresses topics of public policy, advocacy, and cultural diversity within the context of physical therapy and the populations it serves. Combines class discussion regarding these topics with service to community partners and local underserved populations, such as the urban poor, elderly, children, and minorities. Students perform one to two hours of approved volunteer community service per week. May be taken in place of PTH U512.
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3.00 Credits
Students not continuing from BHS U525 have the option to join an existing project or begin a project at a new site, selected with the assistance of an instructor. Students continue with the service learning projects developed in BHS U525, adding health-promotion material and critically applying information from the previous course to develop a decision memo addressing a public or social issue relevant to their project site. Students perform one to two hours of approved volunteer community service per week.
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4.00 Credits
Seeks to prepare health professionals to effectively communicate principles of diet and nutrition to their clients and the public. Covers public health promotion strategies, techniques used to teach diet and nutrition, and behavioral theories used in diet and nutrition intervention. Emphasizes clinical applications for the treatment of weight disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, and nutrition in the life cycle. Requires a final paper/project related to students' practicum, internship, or other clinical setting.
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4.00 Credits
Addresses the issues of disability relative to culture, public policy, rights, and advocacy. Focuses class discussion on the experiences of people with disabilities living in our current society as well as from an historical perspective. Explores the following topics: who is disabled, social attitudes toward people with disabilities, and images and stigma in the media. Covers the language of disability, disability culture, and the forgotten minority. Affords students an opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the complex and dynamic issues and themes concerning people with disabilities.
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