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3.00 Credits
Supervised practical experience of 8 to 12 hours per week for ten weeks typically in a health care facility and designed to have the student apply academic concepts in a work environment. The student, the Career Services Office, and/or the department may arrange the placement. Placements frequently are in volunteer organizations with the intern typically placed in a department related to the major or concentration. Internships may be done at one's full-time or part-time employment work site. The intern also writes a term paper that is related to the internship. ID 260 may be substituted for this course. Prerequisites: BA 380, HA 320, BA 340, BA 369 and senior standing.
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Capstone course in health administration requiring students to see organizations from a total management point of view and to integrate their learning from prior courses. The students work in teams to generate a business plan for an organization in the health care industry. Prerequisite: BA 340, BA 369, BA 380, HA 320, senior standing and permission of adviser.
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Contraceptive Methods in Family Planning (for clinicians only): This four-week course is designed for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, Physician Assistants, and Physicians who work in Title X family planning settings. The latest clinical information about contraceptive methods including natural family planning, barrier methods, hormonal methods, and long-acting reversible methods will be provided. Challenging patient case scenarios will be presented. Contraindications of specific methods and best contraceptive management strategies will be discussed. The US Adaptation of the World Health Organization's medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use and its relevance to clinical decision-making will be examined. Participants will be encouraged to present their own challenging cases for expert and peer review. Contraceptive Methods in Family Planning (for all family planning staff): This four-week course is designed for counselors, health educators, social workers, nurses (RNs and LPNs), clinic assistants and other staff working in Title X settings who assist clients with contraceptive decision-making. The latest information about contraceptive methods including natural family planning, barrier methods, hormonal methods, and long-acting reversible methods will be provided and related counseling messages discussed. Strategies for counseling clients about family planning and contraceptive methods will be explored through case scenarios and real-world work experience. Contraceptive counseling and communication skill-building opportunities will be facilitated. Participants will be encouraged to present their own challenging client scenarios for expert and peer review.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention (for clinicians only): This four-week course is designed for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, Physician Assistants, and Physicians who work in Title X family planning settings. The latest clinical, epidemiological, and behavioral information about STIs will be provided. Strategies for managing challenging patient scenarios including recurrent vaginitis, drug resistance, partner treatment, and others addressing STI screening, treatment and prevention will be presented. Anticipated changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's STD Screening and Treatment Recommendations will be identified and implications for clinical practice will be discussed. Participants will be encouraged to present their own challenging cases for expert and peer review. Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention (for all family planning staff): This four-week course is designed for counselors, health educators, social workers, nurses (RNs and LPNs), clinic assistants and other staff working in Title X settings. The latest epidemiological and behavioral information about STIs will be examined. An overview or STI transmission and prevention will be provided. Strategies for talking with clients about STD-related issues such as vaginal discharge, risk reduction, male and female condom use, and feminine hygiene will be explored. Participants will be encouraged to present their own challenging client scenarios for expert and peer review.
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Client-Centered Pregnancy Options Counseling (for all family planning staff): This course is designed for all family planning staff working in Title X-supported settings who provide pregnancy testing or work with pregnant women. Title X Family Planning providers are required to offer Options Counseling to all women and teens who receive a positive pregnancy test result, which includes a discussion of the options that are available to the client: prenatal care and delivery, infant care and parenting, foster care or adoption, and abortion. This course focuses on enhancing participants' client-centered skills that can be applied to help a client explore her feelings and concerns about pregnancy, weigh the available alternatives, and make an independent decision. Through presentations, discussions, self-assessments, and case scenarios, participants will explore their feelings and responses to options counseling and how those feelings impact work performance. Participants will learn client-centered counseling skills that can be applied to help clients explore their feelings and concerns about pregnancy, weigh the available alternatives, and make an independent decision.
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Contemporary Topics in Family Planning (for all family planning staff): This course is designed for all Title X Family Planning staff interested in learning about current events, issues and topics in family planning and reproductive health. Informed by new technical guidance, Federal priorities, research, and reproductive health-related epidemiological trends, topics of this course are subject to change, focusing on the most current issues and priorities for delivering effective, comprehensive family planning services.
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3.00 Credits
Development of the creative use of metals through advanced techniques in the production of jewelry, singly and in quantity. Emphasizes enrichment of aesthetic possibilities. Includes methods of surface embellishment and combination of materials. Six studio hours weekly and independent work. Prerequisite: FA205.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the nonprofit sector and the principles and procedures for writing grant proposals to fund nonprofit organizations. Students wil write a viable grant proposal in partnersip with a regional nonprofit organization. This will require time out of the class to meet with and work with the partner organization. This course will also involve significant online activity in Blackboard.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of concepts and principles of bioethics (e.g., informed consent, confidentiality, full disclosure, rights) as applied to selected contemporary issues important to the health professional. Includes reproductive technology, research on human subjects, justice and health care.
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3.00 Credits
Supervised fieldwork in institutions or agencies. Requires the preparation of a detailed proposal, in consultation with the Health Education Program Director, outlining the objectives of the fieldwork and how they are to be achieved. The proposal must be approved by the coordinator one month prior to registration for HE 691. During the fieldwork experience, status reports will be required. Prerequisites: completion of all required coursework and permission of the program Director.
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