Interprofessional Collaboration in Rural Public Health

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The purpose of this course is to provide experiential interprofessional educational opportunities to students in the healthcare professions, with a focus on public health and health disparities in the State of Maine. Students from across the College of Health and Education (COHE) - undergraduate Nursing, graduate programs in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator programs), Counseling, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy - as well as students from the School of Pharmacy (SOP) - will collaborate in studying, developing and implementing strategies to improve the overall health of the people of Maine. There are two primary goals to be achieved through this course: 1) to provide an interprofessional learning environment that allows undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in healthcare professions programs to develop and maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values and, 2) to provide COHE and SOP students with an understanding of the issues of health disparities in a rural state and offer new paradigms for an interprofessional collaborative approach to care. Prerequisite(s): NU 700 or ( Major=MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling or Major=MS Occupational Therapy or Major=Doctor of Physical Therapy or Major=Doctor of Pharmacy).