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Syllabi: The Physician's Role in Health Promotion and Education
INSTITUTION: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
PRESENTER: Cynthia Wolford Symons, D.Ed., Associate Professor, School Health Education, Adult Counseling, Health, and Vocational Education, Kent State University.
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Martin Kohn, Ph.D., Director of the Human Values in Medicine Program (email: mfk@neoucom.EDU)
ENROLLMENT: BS/MD; selective; limit: 25
SEMESTER: Spring 2000
April 19, 26, May 3, 10 (Wednesday mornings 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon)
LEARNING GOALS: Participants will:
1. evaluate the literature on learning and health education both in context of the health care setting and the role of the physician.
2. apply the literature regarding health behavior in an educational context.
3. examine the concept of developmentally appropriate practice related to education of various target audiences identified for programming in Healthy People 2000.
4. examine the role of the physician as health educator and advocate both in practice and throughout the community.
OUTLINE:
Week 1: (April 19)
A. Critical health issues of Americans - Healthy People 2000
B. The national health objectives - a federal initiative
C. Medical care, disease prevention and health promotion
D. Health education as health promotion
Week 2: (April 26)
A. Developmentally appropriate practice in health education
B. Health behavior theory and health education
C. Health education and behavior change
D. Health promotion in the medical literature
Week 3: (May 3)
A. Health behavioral theories and health education
B. The physician as patient health educator
C. Health education in the primary care setting
Week 4: (May 10)
A. Health promotion in the primary care setting
B. Services marketing and health promotion
C. The physician as health promotion advocate
READING LIST:On reserve in the NEOUCOM Information Center: Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives . U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Public Health Service DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 91-50213. Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 20402.