The Healthcare Studies minor provides students with a selection of courses on different aspects of healthcare delivery and healthcare policies. If you're considering applying your skills and knowledge from your major to a healthcare setting, the Healthcare Studies minor can be a great option.
The minor is very flexible and lets you choose four Healthcare Studies (HLS) courses from the core of the major, along with any two other HLS courses that interest you.
Topics Covered
- Depending on your interests, you can take courses in:Careers in Healthcare
- Patient-Centered Care
- Effective Communication and Professionalism for Healthcare
- Healthcare Ethics
- Healthcare Systems and Policy
- Medical Billing
- Electronic Health Records
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Cultural Humility in Healthcare
- Aging Studies, Long-Term Care, and Dementia
- Clinical Trials
Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish the roles, responsibilities, and scopes of practice for different healthcare professionals among the interprofessional healthcare team.
- Apply principles and knowledge of patient-centered care, healthcare ethics, privacy and confidentiality policies, and cultural differences to communicate effectively and appropriately with healthcare professionals and with patients, both orally and in writing
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the US healthcare system, its fundamental characteristics and functions, and major federal and state policies and practices regarding managed healthcare, billing and reimbursement, privacy and confidentiality, and electronic health information.
- Demonstrate awareness and appreciation of the challenges in achieving equity in health care, including impacts of healthcare accessibility, healthcare policies, and stereotypes, prejudices, and implicit biases towards marginalized groups
School / College
College of Health & Human Services
Department
Healthcare Systems and Innovation
Contact
Larry Brancazio, Ph.D.