Communication in Healthcare

Catalog description

This course introduces students to recognize the importance of effective written and verbal communication in occupational therapy practice and to begin to learn the language of health care. The goal is to foster the development of competent students over the course of the curriculum who will become effective in the use of communication techniques to enhance team function, organize and share information with clients/patients, families, and health care providers. The course will provide models for the building of ways to share informed knowledge with confidence and respectfulness, actively listen and encourage others’ ideas, use appropriate language and begin to appreciate one’s own expertise as an occupational therapist within the health care team.