DPTS AS COACH AND COLLABORATORS

Catalog description

Case scenarios, clinical examples, and relevant research help expand students’ ability to collaborate with others to provide patient -centered care. Active learning experiences and simulations allow students to practice relational coordination skills with co-workers, teams, and patients/families to co-produce patient outcomes. Students also gain skills related to patient/client instruction, motivational interviewing, and coaching behavior change with individuals and communities. Students learn to apply principles of negotiation, conflict resolution, and relational leadership with patients, families, teams, and communities. Systems theory as applied to families and organizations provides a framework for navigating conflict and advocating for change. Class disc ussions and journal clubs guide students through the process of appraising diagnostic and prognostic evidence, comparing research methodologies, and interpreting systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and clinical prediction rules.