CLINICAL PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY PRACTICE I

MEDSC-M 811

Identify the roles of physicians, interdisciplinary providers, health care systems, and communities in screening, treating, and preventing common, chronic conditions. Activities are centered on health promotion, outpatient-based chronic disease management, and community health. Clinical experiences will occur in primary care, behavioral health, and other ambulatory and community-based settings that focus on chronic disease management.

KINES 566

Introduces theories and application of health promotion and health education, specifically, health education specialties and philosophical foundations. Addresses professional issues relating to the history, philosophy, ethics, practice, settings and competence of health education. Includes a focus on skills and techniques in writing, developing health educational materials, public speaking and group dynamics as they relate to community health promotion and health education programs.

NURSING 702

Best practice approaches to health promotion and disease prevention are explored from their theoretical foundations to clinical applications in diverse populations. Content focuses on the study and synthesis of epidemiologic evidence with emerging social, psychological, and biological science to critically examine and propose evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes, mitigate risk, and reduce disparities at the population level. Epidemiological principles, levels of prevention, population health theory, infectious disease control, and considerations specific to health equity and ethical health promotion practice in populations will be addressed.

PHYASST 611

Addresses the concepts of prevention and population health and explores the topics of: health systems/policy, and community aspects of practice. Case examples and community-oriented learning experiences will be incorporated into the course.

KINES 651

Addresses the intersection of athletic training and public health by exploring population-based approaches to injury prevention and challenges students to explore how population-level problems impact individual health. Introduces and explores specific policies (e.g. concussion, athletic pre-participation, catastrophic injury) that impact the provision of effective patient-centered care and introduces skills required for management of these conditions.