Concepts of Peer Health Education.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. This course is designed to provide students with the theoretical and practical foundations to design, implement and evaluate best practice peer-to-peer education related to health and well-being. Students will learn and practice concepts such as active listening, responding to a crisis, and effectively delivering and evaluating peer-to-peer programming. This course also serves as required training for students interested in becoming a peer health educator with VCU’s Recreation and Well-Being department, RecWell.