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2017-2018 Catalog NOT CURRENT [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Prefix Key
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ATP - Athletic training
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IDS - Independent study
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BSC - Basic sciences
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IPE - Interprofessional education |
| COM - Communication |
MHS - Master health sciences |
| EDF - Education |
NUR - Nursing |
| HSA - Health services administraiton |
OCT - Occupational therapy |
| HSC - Health sciences |
PHT - Physical Therapy |
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Athletic Training |
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ATP 6000 - Leadership in Athletic Training Hours: 3
This course focuses on characteristics of successful leadership and principles associated with developing leadership skills.Opportunities of leadership within the profession, work setting, and community are discussed.
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ATP 6025 - Business of Athletic Training Hours: 3
Managing various aspects of the profession of athletic training requires an understanding of business principles. This course describes the principles and practices of financial management, budgeting, marketing, consulting, and many other business-related skills.
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ATP 6175 - Emergency Athletic Training Hours: 3
This emergency procedures course will highlight current best practices in the field of athletic training. This course will include a week-long, on-site residency that will deliver a hands-on approach to emphasizing the proper skill set required for handling emergency situations. Circumstances addressed will include head trauma, spinal cord injury, establishing and maintaining airways, managing environmental illness, patient death, and many others.
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ATP 6215 - Sport and Disability Hours: 3
The focus of this course addresses the involvement of athletes with disabilities in sport. Challenges associated with participation, Paralympic governing bodies, and rules governing sanctioned sports are emphasized.
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ATP 6303 - Imaging for Athletic Training Hours: 3
This course covers imaging commonly used for evaluation of athletic injuries, such as conventional radiography, MRI, CT, and ultrasound. It covers the clinical application of imaging tests for commonly occurring skeletal and soft-tissue trauma of the spine, pelvis, and extremities, as well as providing a basis in neuroimaging and imaging of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Special emphasis is placed on the terminology essential for communicating with other health care professionals when discussing imaging, indications, and contraindications.
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ATP 6330 - International Athletic Training Hours: 3
The purpose of this course is to reflect upon the history of athletic training outside of the United States and to recognize similarities, differences, and opportunities of practicing athletic training in another country. International organizations and Olympic sports medicine will be discussed.
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ATP 6345 - Sport and the Female Athlete Hours: 3
This course addresses specific issues related to female gender across the lifespan associated with sport participation. Topics such as predisposing factors, biomechanical differences, and healing and recovery from injury will be discussed.Title IX and its impact on sport will be analyzed.
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ATP 6450 - Comprehensive Project Hours: 3
A comprehensive project is required and reflects a culmination of the knowledge acquired throughout the curriculum resulting in a meaningful body of work. The final product is submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, for presentation at a professional conference, or for practical purposes of implementation in one’s employment setting.
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ATP 7050 - Cultural Competency Hours: 3
This course introduces participants to population demographics and their impact on cultural influence with regard to health care. Course content emphasizes Emphasis is placed on cultural awareness and cultural competence, discussing methods of inclusion and appropriate intervention.
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ATP 7100 - Advanced Topics: Ethics in Health Care Hours: 3
A practical approach toward contemporary ethical and legal issues surrounding allied health care professions. Ethical content includes exploring the challenges associated with patient privacy and confidentiality, patient discharge readiness (e.g., return to play), and professional behaviors that relate to unethical decisions. Principles of ethics will be defined and realistic solutions will be discussed. Understanding the areas of greatest risk, minimizing such risk, and gaining the knowledge required to prepare for ethical or legal circumstances will be discussed.
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ATP 7130 - Evidence Based Injury Prevention Hours: 3
This course highlights the importance of injury prevention from a scientific perspective. Research supporting the evidence of an intervention, effective implementation, cost analysis, and outcomes effectiveness will be discussed. Basic and advanced principles of assessing research are presented.
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ATP 7255 - Concussion in Sport Hours: 3
A contemporary approach to understanding the prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation of sport concussions. This course examines position statements, various methods of neurocognitive testing, legal cases regarding sport concussions, and individual state laws.
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ATP 7280 - Psychosocial Strategies for Patient Care Hours: 3
The innovative course explores the historical evidence surrounding holistic patient care across the allied health care professions. Psychosocial characteristics of effective clinicians are identified and patient education tools for use across clinical settings are presented. Critical examination of contemporary literature serves as the foundation for implementation.
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Basic Sciences |
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BSC 7001 - Foundations of Clinical Orthopaedics Hours: 3
This is an online course discussing the foundations of orthopaedics and manipulative therapy. The history and development of orthopaedics and specifically manual therapy are explored. Arthrology and biomechanics are discussed, with special attention to tissue biomechanics and arthrokinematics. Emphasis is placed on spinal anatomy and movement. The University’s philosophy of examination, treatment, and pain management is introduced, but attention is also given to other diagnostic classification systems. Classifications and indications for manipulation are reviewed. The course provides an introduction to the evidence-informed clinical practice paradigm teaching the student to combine various sources of knowledge in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of orthopaedic dysfunctions. Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation will be demonstrated through a final portfolio of evidence-based research and a student’s critique of the current literature and design of a hypothetical study.
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BSC 7101 - Application of Motor Control and Motor Learning Theory to Neurologic Interventions Hours: 2
In this course the student will examine current research and theories in motor control and motor learning and their relationship to examination and intervention in patients with neurologic dysfunction. Students will examine neuroanatomical structures, functions, and neuroplasticity of the nervous system as they relate to motor control tasks. Specific motor control issues in balance, gait, and upper extremity will be examined and discussed. Students will identify and explain the influence of impairments on motor dysfunction and a patient’s motor control.
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BSC 7125 - The Pediatric Client With Neuromotor Involvement Hours: 3
This online, interdisciplinary course is designed to advance the student’s content knowledge, clinical reasoning, and application of best practice when serving children with neuromotor dysfunction. Students will examine medical advancements and contributing factors of the pediatric neurological sequelae. Students will further analyze typical and atypical development. Through a neuromotor lens, students will explore clinical manifestations of children with neuromotor dysfunction. Students will also explore theoretical foundations, which will ground further synthesis and application of assessment and intervention.
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BSC 7155 - Functional Performance in the Older Adult Hours: 2
This focus of this course is on the analysis of the impact that multidimensional issues related to aging have on functional performance. Issues include normal aging changes in physical, psychosocial and cognitive domains and the common pathologies older adults experience in these areas. Students will examine the evidence supporting various interventions for older adults. Discussions will enhance the role therapists can successfully have in promoting optimal aging for clients and caregivers
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BSC 7301 - Ergonomics Hours: 2
This online course examines a variety of aspects of work-related ergonomics. Participants will review the history of ergonomics, ergonomic statistics, client-centered framework of practice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, universal design, posture, standing, sitting, computer work-station evaluation, occupational risks, cumulative trauma disorders/repetitive strain injuries/tendonitis, and low-back pain. Worker assessment and work hardening are reviewed before carrying out a worksite assessment. Injury prevention, ergonomic equipment, ergonomic resources, and documentation are also discussed.
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Communications |
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COM 7130 - Healthcare Communication and Collaboration Hours: 3
In this online course, students will develop the understanding and competency to deal with common communication issues in the healthcare professions, including cultural differences, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional and clinical documentation, case presentations, social media presence, and successful project management. This course will focus on effective writing, speaking, and conflict management skills. These abilities determine professional credibility and impact patient outcomes.
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Education |
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EDF 7010 - Teaching Online Hours: 1
This course is designed as an exploration of best practices associated with teaching university online courses. Our focus is decidedly practical and will explore techniques for building and maintaining community, as well as designing and facilitating bulletin board conversations. We will also review the organization time management and technical skills that support success.
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EDF 7013 - Practical Application of Online Teaching Hours: 3
Learners will understand the tenets of online and blended learning theory and principles in adult learning. Course design and methodology will be used in applying teaching theories utilized in the creation of engaging online learning activities for the health science learner. Learners will show proficiency in outlining and developing key content areas within the online classroom through planning and practice while paying attention to the importance of formative and summative feedback. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies. The instructor or student may seek an exception to the prerequisit via the program director.
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EDF 7050 - Teaching Methods in Higher Education Hours: 3
This online course engages learners to examine the basic concepts associated with teaching and learning within higher education environments and methods to be an effective academic educator. This course focuses on educational theoretical underpinnings for teaching in an academic setting and experiential learning of the processes of instructional design, course development, and effective teaching and facilitation of learning in a higher education environment. Emphasis is placed on the application of knowledge to demonstrate mastery of content taking into consideration the needs of adult learners.This course discusses the fundamentals of teaching and is highly recommended for the new instructor, or instructors wishing to review theories and concepts related to teaching, learning, and assessment.
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EDF 7111 - Research Methods I Hours: 3
An examination and critical evaluation of research processes, including the principles of applied and practical statistical analysis, descriptive statistical approaches, evaluation of research theory, and the various quantitative and qualitative research designs utilized in the health science fields, with a special focus on educational research. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies
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EDF 7121 - Research Methods II Hours: 3
An examination of research applications and methods using inferential and predictive statistical analysis commonly used, as well as qualitative and quasi-experimental approaches. Focus is on developing the authentic skills necessary for research practice in the health sciences and educational settings, including the skills necessary to publish and present research in peer-reviewed forums. Prerequisite: EDF 7111 Research Methods I
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EDF 7125 - Organizational Leadership and Policy in Health Care Hours: 4
Effective organizational leadership in health care is critical for developing, implementing, sustaining, and modifying appropriate policies to address major health concerns, including controlling costs, increasing access to services, improving the quality of health services, and enhancing the effectiveness of program outcomes. A skilled workforce, ethical and trained leaders, and effective policies are integral to the implementation of programs and services that successfully promote the public’s health. The goal of this course is to examine the conceptual, methodological, and ethical foundations of health care leadership and administration leading to the development and analysis of health related policy at all levels. The course will focus on analyzing the process of policymaking in the formulation, implementation, adoption, and modification phases of current health policy through effective leadership and administration.
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EDF 7140 - Philosophy of Knowledge Hours: 4
Philosophy of knowledge is concerned most fundamentally with epistemology, or in other words, the nature and scope of knowledge-what we know, how we know it, and how we organize what we know into systems such as academic and professional knowledge communities. This course examines how such systems of knowledge have developed in the contemporary world and investigates our beliefs about what can be known. Moreover, the course analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness and consequences to knowledge of dividing the pursuit and practices of knowing into academic and professional disciplines.
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EDF 7150 - Foundations of Teaching and Learning Hours: 4
Patient care, clinical administrative management, and academic appointments are areas where practitioners have teaching obligations. Students in this course will acquire a working knowledge of the mechanisms by which adults learn, understand, and remember. Students will apply these mechanisms to the study of teaching strategies and instructional decision making. Topics will include cognition, information processing and assessment, critical thinking, and the application of this knowledge for teaching.
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EDF 7160 - Curriculum Development in Health Sciences Education Hours: 3
Through application of sound educational principles, theories, and research evidence, the student will demonstrate knowledge of learner-centered curriculum development and program assessment for academic, clinical, and staff development settings. Curriculum development will include identifying program philosophy and outcomes, developing competency statements, writing course objectives, and selecting appropriate learning activities and evaluation methods. Problem-based learning will be explored for its application to health sciences education. Both initial curriculum development and strategic plans for change will occur in collaboration with external constituencies and within the context of current and future trends in health care, community and societal needs, and the health care environment.
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EDF 7161 - Program and Curricular Design for Health Science Education Hours: 3
The focus of this course is a systematic approach to curriculum design and program planning addressing the following features: critical exploration of multiple program planning models; philosophy of education; needs assessment; program outcomes, and learning objectives; transfer of learning and program structure; program evaluation and reporting. The student will demonstrate knowledge of learner-centered curriculum development and methods of program assessment for academic, clinical, and staff development settings. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies
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EDF 7171 - Motivational Theory in Health Care Education Hours: 3
An investigation and discussion of current and historically significant theories of motivation in educational research and how they can be utilized in various settings including the classroom, at work, and with patients/clients. Prerequisite: EDF 7175 Foundational Theories in Education
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EDF 7175 - Foundational Theories in Education Hours: 3
This online course examines the theories of teaching and learning related to research and health science education. Selected learning theories are analyzed from the perspective of teaching and learning. Students will be introduced to the various historical learning theories and research-based educational theories from the perspective of a modern day learner. Strategies and ideas for the use of educational theories in learning will be explored with emphasis on application in today’s learning environments.
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EDF 7180 - Technology in Higher Education Hours: 3
It is important for educators to understand both the potentials and pitfalls of technology in education. This course will provide the student with an understanding of learning models and the impact technology can have toward enhancing and enriching the learning process. The primary focus will be the application of teaching and learning strategies that integrate technology as a method or tool to enrich the educational process. Using technology tools for solving a variety of problems, teaching presentation, evaluating student performance, and implementing distance learning systems will also be explored.
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EDF 7182 - Innovations in Healthcare Education Hours: 3
This course challenges learners as they explore innovative evidence-based teaching methods and strategies in the development of healthcare curricula for an diverse population of students. Consideration for a variety of adult learning theories, student learning styles, interprofessional foci, and how and why students learn best is incorporated into designing healthcare curricula. A variety of teaching and instructional design strategies that promote active student-centered learning and their appropriate use are examined.
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EDF 7190 - Current Issues in Health Sciences Education Hours: 3
This course will allow students to research and choose those current issues most prevalent and most useful to the students in their current learning programs. The course will focus on self-guided learning and will drive the students through a process whereby they will explore relevant issues, debate with classmates, and present a final portfolio useful to the students in future teaching endeavors. Possible topics the students may research include ADA, higher education law, ethics, health care law, student retention, and advisement.
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EDF 7200 - Residency I Hours: 2
This course will serve as an introduction to a variety of topics and will occur over the course of 1 weekend on the St. Augustine, Florida, campus. There will be didactic classroom sessions with invited guest speakers, as well as debates, presentations, and question and answer sessions. Students also will have the opportunity to meet with faculty and to interact with other students in a face-to-face manner. There will be written and interactive online assignments to align with the topics presented on campus. It is expected these activities would be completed in 2–3 days.
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EDF 7225 - Residency II Hours: 2
This course will serve as an advanced presentation of topics that will build upon Residency I. There will be didactic classroom sessions with invited guest speakers. Students will spend time focused on developing a dissertation topic, working with advisors, and completing their final preparations for beginning their dissertation work. There will be interactive and online assignments to align with their topics. Students will be asked to make a teaching presentation and will be evaluated by peers and faculty during this time. The focus of this residency will be moving the student from coursework to the more independent work required in the latter portion of the curriculum. Prerequisite: EDF 7200 Residency I
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EDF 7250 - Teaching Internship Hours: Variable
Students in the EdD program will be required to participate in a teaching internship that may be arranged in a variety of differing formats. Students may teach a continuing education course, an online course, or a course for academic credit along with a mentor who will work closely in the development of course materials, content, and presentation. Teaching may be done in a traditional face-to-face environment or as part of an online delivery method.
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EDF 7260 - Assessment and Evaluation in Health Professions Education Hours: 3
Students will learn evaluation methods used in health professions education curriculum. Content includes developing skills to create valid and reliable assessments of student learning using norm referenced and criterion referenced evaluation methods. A variety of classroom assessments will be explored as well as basic psychometric statistics; grading; communicating assessment information; testing ethics; and the use of assessments and evaluations in educational policy decisions. Students will explore assessments used for the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains and current issues and research related to alternatives to standardized evaluation methods, and outcome measurement in education. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies and EDF 7050 Teaching Methods for Higher Education
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EDF 7325 - Dissertation Research Preparation Hours: 4
Focus is on the successful passage of the written comprehensive examination, certification in research ethics and human subjects’ protection, formation of the dissertation committee, and approval of the dissertation topic to move forward in the dissertation process. Prerequisite: Completion of 44 credits of coursework (all courses except this course and dissertation). In some cases the Program Director may waive this prerequisite.
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EDF 7455 - Special Topics in Professional Practice Hours: Varies
This Special Topics course encourages students to engage in a guided independent study of theory application, professional topics and skills, and emerging practice questions. Learning experiences may be in the form of guided readings and discussion, directed projects, seminars, or community/clinical experiences with focus on advanced supplemental or exploratory learning. Specific topics and formats will vary as they are generated by student interest and faculty expertise. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies
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EDF 7861 - Dissertation I Hours: 3
This course is designed to help you complete chapters one, two, and three of your dissertation manuscript. There are three primary challenges in this course: (1) to complete the literature review, (2) to complete the methods section (chapter 3), (3) to file and secure Institutional Review Board permission, and (4) to put your manuscript into proper dissertation format.
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EDF 7862 - Dissertation II Hours: 3
In this course you conduct your experiment (experimental) or otherwise collect and analyze your data (correlational or qualitative). While the very function of completing your proposal is to have anticipated, as much as possible, all of the elements that would be necessary in this phase of the research, we will use this course to format the findings and to respond to unanticipated problems and opportunities. In this course you will complete writing chapter 3 of you dissertation with the details from your research and begin chapter 4.
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EDF 7863 - Dissertation III Hours: 3
In this course you report out your results in properly scholarly form, forward conclusions, and make recommendations for further research. It is in this course that you will complete the analysis of your data and integrate the literature that is associated with the interpretation of your results to formulate the conclusions for your dissertation.
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EDF 7864 - Dissertation IV Hours: 3
In this course you report out your results in properly scholarly form, forward conclusions, and make recommendations for further research. It is in this course that you will secure “Ready to Defend” signatures, practice, and defend your dissertation.
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EDF 7870 - Dissertation Hours: 12
Students are required to take a minimum of 12 dissertation credits until completion of the dissertation. This component of the program requires students to work independently on a research study or project, with minimum weekly communication and in close collaboration with their dissertation advisor and committee members. Requirements, product type, and details are outline in the Dissertation Handbook. Successful completion will culminate in an oral defense of the product.
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HSA 7200 - Foundations of Health Care Administration Hours: 3
Students investigate and analyze the changing landscape of the health care environment and the factors affecting the practice of health care administration. Students consider stakeholders in a variety of settings to establish a framework for scholarly investigation of effective strategies for health care administrators in practice. Particular emphasis will include the importance of collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and diversity. The course introduces students to techniques applied by successful health care administrators, such as setting goals and managing time, as well as the attitudes and motivation required for success as a health care manager, administrator, and leader.
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HSA 7225 - Strategic Planning in Health Care Administration Hours: 3
Through this course students gain an understanding of the importance and process of formulating, implementing, and evaluating a strategic plan. They examine the role of strategic planning in achieving organizational performance, as well as the notion of planning as a cyclical process within the health care organization. Students also explore key concepts in strategic planning, including identifying the relationship of the plan to the organization’s mission, values, and vision; assessing the competition; identifying external influences and resources; forecasting trends in organizational performance; setting goals; selecting strategies; implementing marketing actions; identifying implications of the strategic plan on organizational finances and human resources; and evaluating the plan’s progress. Students apply course concepts, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis, as they research and develop components of a strategic plan for a specific health care organization.
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HSA 7236 - Accounting, Finance, and Economics for the Healthcare Leaders Hours: 3
This course provides basic accounting, finance, and economics for the healthcare leader. Students will be able to educate patient care team members on financial implications of patient care decisions, use financial statements for decision making, use basic accounting, finance, and economics concepts needed for efficient management of the healthcare organization, develop policies and procedures for coding and reimbursement, and negotiate contracts for effectiveness and compliance.
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HSA 7250 - Human Resources Management and Organizational Development in Healthcare Hours: 3
Using a systematic approach, students address the role of human resources in healthcare organizations. Students gain an understanding of key roles in planning for workforce needs and aligning with the strategic goals of the organization. Students examine organizational behavior and dynamics, as well as leadership principles to help navigate change. Students analyze theory and practice of managing individuals and groups through motivation, communication, teamwork, collaboration, leadership, organizational change, negotiation, and conflict management and resolution. Prerequisite: HSA 7200 Foundations of Healthcare Administration or Program Director approval
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HSA 7260 - Operations and Quality Management in Health Care Hours: 3
There are many opportunities for healthcare organizations and/or their unitary departments to employ strategies to affect the challenges and enhance the outcomes found in today’s healthcare delivery system. This course familiarizes the student to a framework of various concepts and tools necessary for understanding the operationalization of health service delivery processes and their effect on performance outcomes. The development of leadership performance competencies that support interprofessional collaboration in organizational health care delivery systems, process improvement, and project and quality management will be emphasized. Through clinical and service quality planning, control and improvement initiatives, outcomes will demonstrate that quality improvement is a strategic mandate Students will discover the essential relationship linking operations and quality management and the importance and use of metrics in daily operations.
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HSA 7375 - Health Care Informatics and Technology Management Hours: 3
Students in this course learn how integrated, computer-based information systems can enable the assessment and documentation of costs and quality. They also learn how these systems can inform decisions that improve care, allow for better management of medical records, enhance supply inventory and management, and improve vendor contracting and management. Students engage in weekly discussions and assignments designed to provide practical applications of content, focusing on electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry; linked information systems across episodes of care; integrated financial and clinical information systems; linkages among electronic information access systems; and Web-based systems for increasing consumer knowledge, confidentiality of information systems, organizational compliance, and data sets.
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HSA 7450 - Human Resource Management and Organizational Development and Leadership for Health Care Administration Hours: 3
Students address the role of human resources in health care organizations as well as the recruitment, retention, management, and development of employees. Students gain an understanding of the key roles of human resource personnel in establishing goals and expectations regarding organizational performance, as well as how individuals contribute to effective performance in terms of controlling costs, improving quality, and providing excellent customer service. They explore major federal and state legislation that influences human resources, key management functions within workforce planning and recruitment, and functions within workforce retention. Students devote specific attention to the administrative, operational, and strategic aspects of managing human resources, focusing on managing clinical and direct-care practitioners whose perspectives and expectations differ from those of management. Other topics that students explore and discuss include employment and contract labor law; compensation strategies, including benefits and pay for performance; staffing models; labor relations; performance management; workforce retention; and strategies for ensuring employee engagement, motivation, and satisfaction.
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HSA 7455 - Special Topics in Professional Practice Hours: Varies
This Special Topics course encourages students to engage in a guided independent study of theory application, professional topics and skills, and emerging practice questions. Learning experiences may be in the form of guided readings and discussion, directed projects, seminars, or community/clinical experience with focus on advanced supplemental or exploratory learning. Specific topics and formats will vary as they are generated by student interest and faculty expertise.
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HSC 6014 - Metabolic Disorders Hours: 1
This entry-level, term-based course will review the pathology, etiology, signs, symptoms, and treatment of common metabolic disorders. The primary focus will be on the clinical implications of metabolic disorders from a rehabilitation perspective, including complications, modifications, and/or precautions.
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Health Sciences |
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HSC 5120C - Gross Anatomy I Hours: 4
This course covers fundamentals of the structure, function, and interrelationship of major body systems and regions (upper extremity, thorax, head, and neck). The course includes microscopic anatomy.
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HSC 5125C - Applied Anatomy I Hours: 1
In this course students apply knowledge of human body structure and function to develop and apply basic therapy assessment skills for the upper extremities, thorax, head, and cervical spine.
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HSC 5130C - Patient/Client Care Management I Hours: 3
This course introduces basic patient management skills, including infection control principles, body mechanics, positioning and draping, assessment of vital signs, bed mobility, wheelchair activities, transfer techniques, passive range of motion exercise, and gait training with assistive devices. Students will develop initial skills in therapeutic touch, communication and interprofessional collaboration.
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HSC 5135 - Evidence-Informed Practice I Hours: 2
This course combines instruction in clinical problem solving and critical thinking to introduce evidence-informed skills of practice: logic, problem synthesis, hypothesis generation, reflective-practice, and decision making. The course includes analysis of evidence and research design.
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HSC 5142 - Child Development Hours: 3
The course will include the following: normal development across domains, developmental theories, reflexes and the role of reflexes in movement development, an overview of abnormal development and its clinical outcomes, and public laws that affect pediatric practice (schools and early intervention). The course introduces assessment and intervention strategies for pediatrics and will cover medical conditions specific to the pediatric population and therapy intervention.
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HSC 5151C - Clinical Neuroscience Hours: 5
Clinical neuroscience is a five-credit lecture and lab course in which students receive the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological foundations for understanding normal function, dysfunction, and clinical interventions. There is an emphasis on the neuroscience related to posture, movement, cognition, and sensory functions. Cadavers and models are used to enhance the students’ three dimensional understanding of the material. The neuropathology component of the course uses a case study format to strengthen the students’ knowledge of the etiology and clinical features of the neurological conditions that they are most likely to treat in clinical practice.
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HSC 5310C - Clinical Neuroscience Hours: 4
This course focuses on foundations of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and their applications to neurological conditions seen in clinical practice. Prerequisite: Gross Anatomy I
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HSC 5351 - Pharmacology Hours: 2
This course provides Occupational and Physical Therapy students with the general concepts of pharmacology as applicable to clinical practice. It describes classes of drugs commonly used by patients treated by therapists. These descriptions include (a) clinical uses, (b) therapeutic effects and mechanisms, and (c) side effects and contraindications. The effects of exercise, aging, and other factors on pharmacodynamics are also included when relevant to clinical practice.
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HSC 5610 - Administration and Management in OT and PT Hours: 2
The emphasis of this course is the application of administrative principles to the professions of occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT). The primary topics of the course are organizational and legal structures, supervision and management, quality assurance, fiscal management, human resources, and marketing. Students also explore guidelines for specific practice settings (e.g., skilled nursing facilities, home health, and outpatient). The course emphasizes case scenarios and requires higher-level learning.
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HSC 5665 - Wellness and Health Promotion Hours: 3
This course focuses on ways to promote health and prevent injury through behavioral change and identification of barriers to change. Health promotion planning will include individual, group, and population-based interventions. Students will examine risk behaviors that can compromise health throughout the lifespan. Applications to real-life clinic/home/community situations will allow integration of the material. The course includes participation in selected complementary and alternative health interventions.
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HSC 5670 - Administration and Management in Rehabilitation Services Hours: 3
The application of managerial and administrative principles to rehabilitation services within a changing health care environment and the impact upon the delivery of services in a variety of practice settings. Primary topics addressed include organizational and legal structures, supervision and management, quality assurance, fiscal management, human resources, collaboration and team functions, and marketing. Prerequisite: Internship I
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HSC 5700 - Wellness and Prevention in OT and PT Hours: 3
This course will present the concept of wellness as a foundation to rehabilitation services and interventions. It will allow the students to investigate their own personal wellness and to internalize the information, to become role models of wellness in the health care profession. Additionally, the concept of wellness will be applied to the practice of rehabilitation, making relevant the content to the students’ roles as future professionals. The course will include a health risk appraisal, fitness testing, nutrition analysis, emotional/mental assessments, self-reflections, identification of barriers to change, goal setting, and problem solving for applications to real-life clinic/home situations the rehabilitation specialist may encounter. Further, this course will incorporate area professionals for the presentation and integration of complementary/alternative forms of medicine.
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HSC 5800 - Gerontology Hours: 3
This course allows the student to synthesize the knowledge, skills, and values that are essential to the interprofessional care of the aging adult. The interactions of physical, cognitive, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual variables are examined in the context of aging being a developmental stage of the lifespan. The roles of occupational and physical therapy to promote, maintain, and restore health and function in this population are emphasized. Interaction with community-dwelling older adults is included.
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HSC 6011 - Cultural Competence Hours: 1
This entry-level term-based course will explore concepts and practices of cultural competency in the current health care environment. Students will self-assess their cultural competence as a health care provider and examine ways to implement strategies learned into their future practice.
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HSC 6031 - Cultural Competence Hours: 1
This course will explore concepts and practices of cultural competency in the current health care environment. Students will self-assess their cultural competence as a health care providers and examine ways to implement strategies learned into their future practice.
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HSC 6034 - Metabolic Disorders Hours: 1
This course will review the pathology, etiology, signs, symptoms and treatment of common metabolic disorders. The primary focus will be on the clinical implications of metabolic disorders from a rehabilitation perspective, including complications, modifications, and/or precautions.
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HSC 6395 - Differential Diagnosis for the Therapist Hours: 2
This course is designed to provide physical therapists with the background necessary to screen patients for the presence of disease. This information, combined with the therapist’s knowledge and skills for management of neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction, will provide students with a comprehensive examination scheme. The information provided in the course should facilitate professional communication between the physical therapist and other health care professionals, as well as communication between the physical therapist and patient.
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HSC 7200 - Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Practice Hours: 1
Information literacy is an important skill for evidence-based practice. It incorporates such skills as recognizing when information is needed, searching for information (including developing a research question and creating a search strategy), incorporating new information into an already established knowledge base, and using information ethically and legally. Multiple studies show that one of the most prominent barriers to evidence-based practice among clinicians is limited search skills combined with difficulty accessing evidence. This course can help students develop the information literacy skills they need to incorporate evidence into their practices. The course will also teach students how to use the University of St. Augustine library’s online resources specifically and help clinicians identify what information resources are available to them beyond the University of St. Augustine.
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HSC 7210 - Extremity Evaluation and Manipulation (E1) Hours: 2
Based on the E1 Extremity Evaluation and Manipulation Seminar, this online course for the DPT program extends the content of the seminar to the application and analysis level of learning of peripheral joint examination and treatment. Clinical decision-making strategies or peripheral joint examination and treatment are strengthened through the use of selected readings required for this course. Prerequisite: Completion of the CPE seminar “Extremity Evaluation and Manipulation (E1),” offered by the University
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HSC 7300 - Imaging for Physical and Occupational Therapists Hours: 3
This course provides a background reading plain-film radiographs and in the radiographic presentation of commonly occurring dysfunctions of the spine, pelvis, and extremities. The basic tenets of MRI, CT scanning, and diagnostic ultrasound will be covered with imaging examples. Special emphasis is placed on the clinical application of diagnostic imaging findings to musculoskeletal injury and dysfunction. Students will have the opportunity to apply the principles of imaging evaluation to selected cases and special emphasis is placed on clinical application to musculoskeletal disorders. Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation will be demonstrated through a final portfolio displaying best practice imaging application in a student’s desired area of study.
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HSC 7320 - Advancing Hand Therapy Hours: 2
This course focuses on diagnoses that you would most typically treat in an outpatient orthopaedic hand clinic setting. These diagnoses will be presented with a variety of media that will complement the context and facilitate your learning. The purpose of this course is the application of quality clinical reasoning skills. Learning goals of this course include expanding the student’s existing knowledge base in the area of upper extremity orthopaedic rehabilitation following trauma, disease processes, and post-surgical intervention. Secondly, students will apply this additional evidencebased material to new clinical reasoning skills that will optimize the student’s effectiveness with patient treatment.
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HSC 7325 - School-Based Practice Hours: 3
This online course advances the experienced practitioner’s clinical and professional knowledge to promote leadership in school-based practice. Through examination of the current evidence available, students will reflect on their current practice to identify strengths and needs related to historical and current legislation and guidelines, evaluation, intervention, individual educational programs (IEPs), outcomes, collaboration, and opportunities for advancing the role of related service providers within school systems.
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HSC 7360 - Spinal Instability Hours: 2
This is a 2 credit hour online course presenting concepts of whole-spine stabilization. Topics covered include clinical findings indicating the presence of instability, stabilization instructions for patient education, and utilization of stabilization through the process of rehabilitation. Special attention is given to clinical decision making regarding the selection of manipulation and exercises for patients with instability.
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HSC 7400 - Differential Diagnosis Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide physical therapists with the background necessary to screen patients for the presence of disease. This information, combined with the therapist’s knowledge and skills for management of neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction, will provide you with a comprehensive examination scheme. The information provided in the course should facilitate professional communication between the physical therapist and other health care professionals, as well as communication between the physical therapist and patient. Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation will be demonstrated through a final portfolio displaying best practice imaging application in a student’s desired area of study.
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HSC 7401 - Pharmacology Hours: 3
This online course covers the basics of drug action as it relates to physical and occupational therapy. Drugs used in the treatment of muscle spasms and spasticity, cardiac drugs, centrally acting drugs, psychological medications, and drugs used in the treatment of pain and inflammation are covered. Interactions between therapy and medications are emphasized. Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation will be demonstrated through a final portfolio of evidence-based research and a student’s critique of the current literature and design of a hypothetical study.
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HSC 7413 - Orthopedic Imaging for the Upper Extremity Hours: 2
This online course provides a broad background reading plain-film radiographs and in the radiographic presentation of commonly occurring dysfunctions of the upper spine and upper extremity, as well as covering the basics of MRI, CT scanning, and diagnostic ultrasound. The clinical application of diagnostic-imaging findings to upper extremity rehabilitation is highlighted with special emphasis on the imaging of fractures and the biomechanical consequences of fractures. For each anatomical region, there are numerous online exercises in radiographic anatomy and advanced-imaging anatomy as well as interactive exercises in description of fractures. Students will have an opportunity to apply the principles of imaging evaluation to selected cases. Analysis, synthesis, and evaluation will be demonstrated through a final portfolio displaying best practice imaging application in a student’s desired area of study.
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HSC 7440 - Fundamentals of the Health Care Startup Business Hours: 3
This course will provide a pragmatic overview and exploration of basic business skills and principles necessary for preparing for and starting a health care business. A developmental continuum from idea generation to launch is discussed. Business strategies are examined to provide the learner with critical-thinking skills necessary to become successful in the startup within the health care industry. The advantage of entrepreneurial thinking and problem solving is reviewed. The course investigates substantive strategic marketing concepts and the process utilized to analyze, develop, implement, and evaluate the business/practice environment. Emphasis will be placed on objective planning and evaluating metrics for success. The intricacies of legal considerations, finance and accounting strategies, and human resource management are not the focus of this course. Learners will have the opportunity to develop key components of a business plan for a startup.
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HSC 7455 - Special Topics in Professional Practice Hours: Varies
This Special Topics course encourages students to engage in a guided independent study of theory application, professional topics and skills, and emerging practice questions. Learning experiences may be in the form of guided readings and discussion, directed projects, seminars, or community/clinical experience with focus on advanced supplemental or exploratory learning. Specific topics and formats will vary as they are generated by student interest and faculty expertise. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies
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HSC 7460 - Accounting and Financing for the Practice Hours: 3
This course provides accounting methods and traditional financial management concepts for health care managers using the basic tools of health care financial decision making. Topics include financial reporting statements, cost concepts and decision making, budgeting techniques, cost variance analysis, time valuing of money procedures, capital acquisition, debt and equity financing, and working capital cash management.
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HSC 7470 - Legal and Regulatory Issues Hours: 3
This course investigates the legal and regulatory environment of the health services industry. Case law, statutory and regulatory analysis, and trends in health services delivery law will be analyzed in context of implications among major stakeholder groups (providers, patients, administrators, third-party payers, and health care organizations). Topics include civil and criminal law, ethics, contract law, antitrust, malpractice, human resources/personnel laws, managed care laws, professional and corporate liability, information management/medical records, patient safety and mandatory reporting issues, patients’ rights and responsibilities, among others.
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MHS 6120 - Current Issues in Health Care Hours: 3
This course focuses on current issues in Healthcare Science. Wellness and health care at the individual, community and global level will be explored. Investigation of emerging trends, political and social practices, and procedures including current research and implications will be discussed.
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MHS 6140 - Health Care Law Hours: 3
This course introduces students to current federal and state regulatory agencies and processes in governing the provision of healthcare. Topics such as quality of care, access to care, and cost will be explored. Current issues as they relate to the law will be introduced and include professional licensure, malpractice, the provider-patient relationship, informed consent, the regulation of healthcare facilities, public and private insurance regulation, bioethics, end of life care, the Affordable Care Act.
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MHS 6200 - Contemporary Trends in Wellness Hours: 3
A holistic approach to wellness is presented via the components of total fitness, e.g., physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. Emphasis is placed on behaviors that serve to prevent illness or injury. Content addresses both theoretical and applied practices and includes strategies for optimal nutrition, spiritual wellness trends, global versus national health and fitness trends, comparative analysis of healthcare systems, alternative forms of preventive/rehabilitative medicine, and environmental impact on wellness.
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MHS 6240 - Internship Hours: 3
A holistic approach to wellness is presented via the components of total fitness, e.g., physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. Emphasis is placed on behaviors that serve to prevent illness or injury. Content addresses both theoretical and applied practices and includes strategies for optimal nutrition, spiritual wellness trends, global versus national health and fitness trends, comparative analysis of healthcare systems, alternative forms of preventive/rehabilitative medicine, and environmental impact on wellness.
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MHS 7455 - Special Topics in Professional Practice Hours: Varies
This Special Topics course encourages students to engage in a guided independent study of theory application, professional topics and skills, and emerging practice questions. Learning experiences may be in the form of guided readings and discussion, directed projects, seminars, or community/clinical experience with focus on advanced supplemental or exploratory learning. Specific topics and formats will vary as they are generated by student interest and faculty expertise. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies
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MHS 7700 - Comprehensive Project
This course is an integration of the knowledge and skills appropriate to a student’s specialty area. By applying theory to practice, students have the opportunity to explore an approach to the delivery of health care services. Under advisement of a faculty member, the student will design and implement a community service project, assist on a research project, or collaboratively write a position paper summarizing an evidence-based approach to changing health care practices. The project will be shared through written and/or oral communication methods to a local, state, regional, or national audience.
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IDS 5802 - Independent Study Hours: Variable
This course allows for in-depth study in the student’s area of interest or in an identified weakness. It is available only by permission of the Program Director. The student and a faculty member assigned by the Program Director will identify specific objectives. The student must complete all objectives by the end of the trimester.
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IPE 7000 - Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies Hours: 3
This course provides students with a foundation for success in a post-professional program. Emphasis is on interprofessional communication and collaboration, ethical decision making, location and use of scientific evidence, professional writing including prevention of inadvertent plagiarism, and resources available to students to support their learning and success in the post-professional program.
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IPE 7025 - Psychosocial Strategies for Health Care Hours: 3
This innovative course explores the evidence surrounding holistic patient care across healthcare and wellness professions. Psychosocial characteristics of effective practitioners are identified and patient education tools for use across healthcare and wellness settings are presented. Critical examination of contemporary literature serves as the foundation for implementation of client care plans.
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IPE 7050 - Evidence-Based Practice for Health Care Professionals Hours: 3
This course provides an overview of the evidence-based practice process to prepare the health care professional as a consumer of scientific evidence for decision making. A process for formulating a practice question and conducting literature searches for existing evidence is included, as well as an overview of the research process for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research with emphasis on the critical appraisal of evidence for determination of inclusion in a literature synthesis related to a practice question. The discussion of biostatistics focuses on determining the appropriateness of the statistical analysis and interpretation of the statistical results in the critically appraised research evidence. Finding and critically appraising research summaries, such as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses, and clinical practice guidelines is included. Effectively implementing, evaluating, and disseminating an evidence-based change process is discussed.
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IPE 7100 - Ethics in Health Care Hours: 3
This course provides a comprehensive perspective on ethical issues in healthcare. It takes a practical approach toward contemporary ethical issues surrounding healthcare professions and emphasizes an interprofessional appreciation of ethical decision-making. Ethical principles, theory and decision-making models will provide the foundation for ethical case analysis and other critical thinking activities. Principles and constructs such as morality, goals of professional practice, professional and organizational values, and socio-cultural contexts of health care will be defined and realistic solutions will be discussed. Understanding the ethical-legal relationship in areas of greatest risk, minimizing such risk, and gaining the knowledge required to prepare for the circumstances will be discussed.
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IPE 7120 - Organizational Leadership and Policy in Health Care Hours: 3
There are many opportunities for health care organizations and/or their unitary departments to employ strategies to affect the challenges and enhance the outcomes found in today’s health care delivery system. This course introduces students to various concepts and tools necessary for understanding operationalization of health service delivery and the effect on performance outcomes, including leadership competencies that support interprofessional collaboration, process improvement, health policy and regulation, and project and quality management. Students will discover the essential relationship linking operations and quality management and develop metrics for monitoring daily operations within their field.
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IPE 7133 - Strategic Planning in Healthcare Administration Hours: 3
Through this course, students gain an understanding of the importance and process of formulating, implementing, and evaluating a strategic plan while working with an interprofessional team. Students will examine the role of strategic planning in achieving organizational performance as well as the notion of planning as a cyclical process within the healthcare organization. Students also explore key concepts in strategic planning, including team building, identifying the relationship of the plan to the organization’s mission, values, and vision; assessing the competition; identifying external influences and resources; forecasting trends in organizational performance; setting goals; selecting strategies; implementing marketing actions; identifying implications of the strategic plan on organizational finances and human resources; and evaluating the plan’s progress. Students will apply course concepts, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis, as they research and develop components of a strategic plan for a specific healthcare organization as the member of a multidisciplinary team. Prerequisite: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies
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IPE 7155 - Clinical Data Analytics and Decision Support Hours: 3
Course Description: This interprofessional course is focused on the synthesis of data and information into knowledge, wisdom, and clinical decision-making to support all members of the healthcare team and the consumer. Areas of emphasis include healthcare data standards and taxonomies, data analytics, and data security.
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IPE 7200 - Cultural Competence in Healthcare Hours: 3
This course introduces participants to population demographics and their impact on cultural influence with regard to health care and wellness. Emphasis is placed on cultural awareness and cultural competence, discussing methods of inclusion and appropriate intervention using an interprofessional model.
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IPE 7250 - Healthcare System Life Cycle Analysis and Design Hours: 3
This healthcare informatics course is focused on the phases of system implementation life cycle. Areas of emphasis include project management, strategic planning, system analysis, workflow redesign, system implementation, evaluation and service management. Prerequisites: IPE 7000 Introduction to Interprofessional Scholarly Studies; IPE 7400 Healthcare Informatics and Technology Management
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