Professional Development in Health Policy & Administration

Catalog description

Development of personal understanding and professional skills to prepare students for future employment or study in health policy and administration. H P A 390 Professional Development in Health Policy and Adiminstration (3) The objectives of H P A 390 are to help students understand themselves and the opportunities available in the health care field and professional skills in preparation for their required internship and future profession. In H P A 390 students learn to assess their talents and abilities and how those talents can be best applied in one of the many career settings in health care. They research different types of organizations and opportunities in the health care field. They learn the basic professional skills that are required in the health care world. Students are evaluated on the basis of a personal self-study exercise, completion of a required planning for several professional development exercises, and a team project on a health care organization.Health Policy Administration students take H P A 390 after they have completed the initial overview of the health care system in H P A 101 and while they are taking their core courses in the major, H P A 301, H P A 310, and H P A 332. The course is a prerequisite for H P A 395, the student's professional internship, providing the professional development background that students need to have a high-quality internship experience that furthers their education. H P A 390 is a required course in the curriculum. No students from other departments may take the course without H P A permission.