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2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CHTC 320 - Interdisciplinary Healthcare: From Theory to Practice (2)

Prerequisites: CHTC 220  and CHTC 220 instructor recommendation.
Students are required to have CPR certification prior to starting the course.
A study of key issues concerning community health care aimed at developing practical approaches to supporting patients. Students consider obstacles to effective health care as well as strategies for enabling at-risk patients to play a more active role in promoting their health and well-being. Topics include: challenges of delivering adequate health care in communities; specific problems posed by living with chronic disease(s); methods of supporting adherence and measuring outcomes; and ethical and legal dimensions of community medicine. This course provides students with the academic foundation for subsequent CHTC Internship(s) with Florida Hospital.