PA DAO Course Descriptions
DIDACTIC COURSES
SAHP 626 Health Care Ethics & Critical Thinking (3 cr)
This course introduces ethical issues that Allied Health professionals can expect to encounter during their education and career. It covers such areas of concern as confidentiality, informed consent, responsible practice, professionalism, cultural differences, handling mistakes, difficult cases, and key legal aspects of these issues. To assist students in resolving issues, the course identifies and applies key principles of critical thinking. The course trains students in the use of these principles in ethics and professionalism. The course is designed to improve the ability of students to reason soundly in professional ethics, to be familiar with the health professional ethics literature, and to communicate clearly about ethical values, integrity, and judgment. At the same time, this course is intended to provide a broad context to the daily issues of professional life, and to present the historical richness of the debates over ethical issues.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the PA DAO.
Instructor: Jameton
Textbooks: Purtilo R. 2005. Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions, 4th Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-0243-1.
Sandel, Michael J. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2009 and 2010. (This book is available in many forms - hardback, paperback, e-book, audio CD, and lectures on the material are available on YouTube.)
SAHP 631 Management in Health Care (3 cr)
This course introduces allied health students and practitioners to the concepts of organizational theory and behavior as they apply to health care. The topics to be covered include self identification, the principles of motivation, team building, leadership, management and organizational culture and change. The course also includes the principles of financial management, risk management, and the processes of hiring, coaching, evaluating and dismissing employees. The concepts of quality improvement will be applied in a quality improvement project along with literature reviews to support the project.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the PA DAO.
Instructor: Tompkins
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
PHAS 680 Health Care Policy (3 cr)
The purpose of the course of study in this area is to give the student an opportunity to focus his/her attention on how the health care system works. Completion of the assignment is intended to review with the student the basic principles of health policy so that the student will have a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about health care in the United States, its problems, and the alternatives for managing these problems. Most of the principles also apply to the understanding of health care systems in other nations.
Prerequisites: United States Citizens Enrolled in the PA DAO.
Instructor: Grothe
Textbook: Bodenheimer, TS and Grumbach K, 2012, Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach; 6th ed.; McGraw-Hill Lange. ISBN 978-0-07-177052-1
PHAS 681 Canadian Health Care Policy (3 cr)
The purpose of the course of study in this area is to give the student an opportunity to focus his/her attention on how the Canadian health care system works. Completion of the assignment is intended to review with the student the basic principles of health policy so that the student will have a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about health care in Canada, it problems, and the alternatives for managing these problems. Most of the principles also apply to the understanding of health care systems in other nations.
Prerequisites: Canadians Enrolled in the PA DAO.
Instructor: Grothe
Textbooks: Change and Continuity in Canada’s Health Care System. CHA Press, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1896151175
Continuing the Care: The Issues and Challenges for Long Term Care. CHA Press, 2002.
What Good is Healthcare? Reflections on the Canadian Experience. CHA Press, 2005.
PHAS 682 Clinical Inquiry and Writing (3 cr)
This course focuses on common concepts and methodology involved in clinical research. Students learn to critique published clinical research for application to clinical practice. Topics include evidence-based medicine, elements of credible research, applied statistical concepts, research article critiques, integrative literature and applications of clinical research. The skills required to develop an independent research review project are developed, preparing the student for the writing project required for the Masters of PA Studies degree.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the PA DAO.
Instructor: Huckabee
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
PHAS 790 Master's Capstone (4 cr) (Currently offered under Special Topics PHAS 664)
This course provides the student with a research review and writing experience that demonstrates excellent research interpretation, organization and communication skills in exploring a relevant, focused, clinical or professional topic related to high quality health care delivery. The submission of the Capstone Project in the form of a research paper is a requirement for obtaining the Master’s degree through the Degree Advancement Option (DAO) Program.
Prerequisites: PHAS 682
Instructor: Huckabee
Textbook: Resources from PHAS 682
CLINICAL TRACK COURSES
PHAS 785 Advanced Clinical Practice I (4 cr)
This is the first semester of a five semester clinical experience under the supervision of a supervising physician designed to acquaint the student with all aspects of the practice of medicine unique to their specific practice setting. The focus of this semester is Medical Knowledge.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the PA DAO.
Instructors: Brown and Dolphens
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
PHAS 786 Advanced Clinical Practice II (4 cr)
This is the second semester of a five semester clinical experience under the supervision of a supervising physician designed to acquaint the student with all aspects of the practice of medicine unique to their specific practice setting. The focus of this semester is Interpersonal and Communication Skills.
Prerequisites: PHAS 785
Instructors: Brown and Dolphens
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
PHAS 787 Advanced Clinical Practice III (4 cr)
This is the third semester of a five semester clinical experience under the supervision of a supervising physician designed to acquaint the student with all aspects of the practice of medicine unique to their specific practice setting. The focus of this semester is Patient Care.
Prerequisites: PHAS 786
Instructors: Brown and Dolphens
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
PHAS 788 Advanced Clinical Practice IIV (4 cr)
This is the fourth semester of a five semester clinical experience under the supervision of a supervising physician designed to acquaint the student with all aspects of the practice of medicine unique to their specific practice setting. The focus of this semester is Professionalism.
Prerequisites: PHAS 787
Instructors: Brown and Dolphens
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
PHAS 789 Advanced Clinical Practice V (4 cr)
This is the final semester of a five semester clinical experience under the supervision of a supervising physician designed to acquaint the student with all aspects of the practice of medicine unique to their specific practice setting. The focus of this semester is Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, and Systems-Based Practice.
Prerequisites: PHAS 788
Instructors: Brown and Dolphens
Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course.
EDUCATION TRACK COURSES
SAHP 765 Instructional Design in Higher Learning (4 cr) (Currently offered under Special Topics PHAS 664)
This course focuses on key instructional methods and teaching strategies appropriate to graduate level learners. The examples typically apply to education in professional clinical areas, but the principles apply to graduate level professional education. Students develop an instructional syllabus for a theoretical course including samples of teaching activities and outcome measures. Topics include adult learning theory, framing objectives, metacognition, learning behaviors and professionalism, teaching methods, formative and summative evaluations.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in the PA DAO.
Instructor: Huckabee
Textbook: Stahl, SM & Davis RL, Best Practices for Medical Educators, NEI Press, Carlsbad, CA, 2009. ISBN 1-4225-0049-7.
Education Theory in Medicine (4 cr)
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Leadership in Clinical Education (4 cr)
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Supervised Teaching Practice I (4 cr)
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Supervised Teaching Practice II (4 cr)
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