HEAL 251 - Medical Assistant Patient Navigator

5 Credits

This course covers coaching a patient as it relates to health maintenance, disease prevention, compliance with treatment, community resources, adaptations relevant to individual patient needs.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online

Winter Online

Designed to Serve Students enrolled in Healthcare Professions programs.
Active Date 2016-03-25

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 30
Shared Learning Environment Yes
Contact Hours: Lecture 55 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
Patient navigator
Role of a patient navigator
Behaviors to professional communications
Patient coaching

Student Learning Outcomes
Define patient navigator

Describe the role of a patient navigator

Relate behaviors to professional communications

Define coaching a patient

Identify community resources

Adapting to individual patient needs