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HAN 300 Health Care Issues
3 credits |
Coursework provides students with an overview of the organization of the health care delivery system and includes the role of health care professionals and health care organizations. In addition, coursework explores issues regarding health care insurance, the uninsured and underserved, managed care and changes in the health care marketplace. Provided is an overview of major diseases including epidemics, chronic and acute illness discussion regarding the role of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as alternative and complementary medicine. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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HAN 312 Medical Terminology
2 credits |
Coursework provides medical terminology and human anatomy for non-clinical roles in health care. Presents medical terminology through didactic and experiential techniques by reviewing the digestive, urinary, integumentary, reproductive, respiratory, endocrine, nervous, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and lymphatic systems. Students will learn how to build a medical vocabulary and understand the importance of precise communication in the delivery of health care. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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HAN 333 Communication Skills
3 credits |
Coursework introduces the principles of effective communication and stages of group development and offers theory and practice of interpersonal communication and groups. Provides specific topics related to health care teams. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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HAN 335 Professional Ethics
3 credits |
Coursework provides students with a framework for identifying ethical dilemmas in professional settings. Through the use of case studies and role-playing, students simulate ethical situations relating to confidentiality, informed consent and truth-telling, and explore various approaches for resolving these conflicts. In addition, coursework presents professional codes of ethics using small and large group discussions. Students present and discuss ethics-related topics such as genetics, transplants, cloning, advance directives, and health care accessibility. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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HAN 364 Health Care Informatics
3 credits |
Coursework acquaints students with the use and application of personal computers and medical information systems used in health care. Emphasizes the optimization and customization potential of computer functions for standard and specialized tasks. Coursework also examines the present and potential use of the Internet in the health care arena and presents the application of medical informatics to health care delivery through classroom demonstrations and discussions. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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HAN 383 Professional Writing
3 credits |
Coursework provides a comprehensive overview of the skill set required to write professional documents. Students will be required to communicate to a variety of audiences via letters, memos, electronically transmitted documents, researched essays and brochures. Coursework also introduces students to software packages and other web-based resources. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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HAN 392 Radiation Oncology Physics
4 credits |
Provides students interested in a career in medical dosimetry with an introduction to medical physics for radiation oncology. First of a two-part course that provides the basis for further study of the applications of radiation oncology physics to radiation treatment planning and radiation dose calculations. Includes topics such as structure of matter, nuclear transformations, x-ray production, radiation generators, interaction of radiation with matter, measurement of ionizing radiation, quality of x-rays, and measurement of absorbed dose. Prerequisite: restricted to Health Science seniors.
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