MEDICAL HUMANITIES III

Catalog description

This is the last in a series of courses designed to develop skills in the area of patient communication, patient counseling, patient education, and cultural diversity and how they influence all aspects of medical practice. Instruction this semester is focused on the detection and application of preventive measures and treatment of health risk behaviors including stress, abuse and violence, substance abuse, sexuality, end of life issues, medical and reaction to illness. We will introduce patient billing, coding and documentation along with the concepts of quality, safety, risk management, medical intervention and health care delivery systems. This course will emphasize many of the social aspects of patient care.