This course is designed to give students an overview of clinical leadership and management and related careers by examining aspects of professional practice, areas of specialization, and professional issues. Students will explore personal values and academic goals through guest speakers, individual projects, class exercises and group interaction and examine how these values and goals connect to careers in Clinical Leadership Management.
The Electronic Health Records course is an undergraduate level introduction to the concepts and trends in health care electronic health records in today's technology driven health care field. Several areas will be introduced that will provide baseline knowledge for EHRs. Topics include Meaningful Use, EHR Adoption, Quality of Care, Workflow, Implementation, Acute Care, Ambulatory Care, Specialty-specific EHRs, Health Information Exchange, and other related topics.
An overview of the long-term care industry. Includes a survey of the history and philosophy of long-term care administration. Provides an introduction to and application of regulatory standards. Specializations within the long-term care industry are discussed. Semester Hours 3 (3 lec).
An overview of the functional organizational structures common to long- term health care facilities. An examination of the departments in long- term care facilities, chain of command, personnel, regulatory requirements, quality indicators, and the role of the long-term care administrator.
The CLM Capstone course is a culmination of coursework and experiences in this program. Students will synthesize course material and major concepts from their CLM coursework and apply the major concepts to case studies in health services. Students will also examine their own competencies for entry-level healthcare administration jobs or graduate school and create an individualized learning plan to continue growth as a professional.
This course will cover the identification and management of health issues commonly found in long-term care (LTC) settings. Specifically, this course is designed to recognize, screen and identify the most common health issues present in elder residents of LTC facilities. After identification of these health issues, information regarding the appropriate course of action, utilizing appropriate care team resources, to prevent, manage, as well as treat these health issues will be provided.
Emphasis on factors influencing the absorption of fats and fatty acids, distribution and incorporation of fatty acids into body tissues, the biosynthesis of and catabolism of fatty acids, as well as cholesterol, bioactive eicosanoid production and the involvement of fats in the disease process. Lecture and problem-based learning approach with incorporation of student presentations, three hours per week.
The course provides an in-depth review of research design concepts and application of methods for clinical and nutritional investigations. The course is composed of several major topics: a) elements of research design, b) basic statistical analysis, c) critical assessment of scientific research articles, d) methods including sample selection, bias, data collection procedures, measures, analysis plan, results, discussion and interpretation of findings, e) ethical issues related to research methods.
A course designed to give the student platform experience in the fundamentals of effective speaking.
Introduces students to fundamental oral communication skills needed to prepare and present messages effectively. NOTE: This course will not substitute for the three credit course, COM 181 -- Basic Public Speaking. It will count toward partial completion of the oral communication skills component of the University Studies Program.
