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Course Title: Healthcare Interactions: D
Title Abbreviation: HEALTHCARE INTERACTNS(D)
Department: AHE
Course #: 101
Credits: 3
Variable: No
IUs: 3
CIP: 510801
EPC: 381
REV: 2018
Course Description
Self-awareness training. Receiving, organizing, prioritizing and transmitting effective and therapeutic communications with patients who have a variety of diagnoses. Development of team member and leadership skills. Discussion of death, dying and the grieving process of a variety of different cultures.
Prerequisite
Prerequisite: See Allied Health department to apply and for permission code. Concurrent enrollment required in CSS 103.
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 33
Lab: 0
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.
3. Communication
Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 3.2 Recognize, produce and demonstrate appropriate interpersonal, group, and public speaking skills. 3.7 Adapt communication to diverse audiences and media.
4. Community & Cultural Diversity
Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 4.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and issues associated with the diverse perspectives of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and culture. 4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture. 4.3 Understand the historically and socially constructed nature of—and the meanings attributed to—human differences. 4.4 Demonstrate effective communication across differences in human communities and cultures. 4.5 Adapt to and function effectively in communities and cultures different from one's own.
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