Patient-Centered Care and Behavioral Health

Catalog description

This course allows students to explore, develop, and refine their personal values and ethical foundations as they relate to behavioral health and psychosocial aspects of healthcare and professional practice in athletic training. Special emphasis is placed on the foundational components of patient-centered care, counseling skills, the recognition and referral of clinical psychological conditions, the psychological response to injury, and psychosocial intervention strategies for injury prevention and management. Explorations of professionalism, leadership, communication, interprofessional collaboration, self-care, and work-life balance are also discussed.