IPE - Interprofessional Education

This course will examine ways in which scripture addresses hope and suffering through the lens of human trafficking, thus providing a dynamic model of spiritual transformation. The student will learn to embrace their own brokenness and brokenness in others. This course is relevant to all disciplines.

This course will introduce the learner to the multiple components of human trafficking; including definition, causes, and scope of the problem. The learner will identify the various disciplines involved in the human trafficking arena.

NUR/IPE 402 is a cross-cultural experience for the professional healthcare student to implement the knowledge and practice skills necessary for effective delivery of care in a cross-cultural setting. The student will employ cross-cultural concepts and a Christian worldview to interact with local populations. The student is personally responsible for arranging the global travel experience through the SON and the IWU Office of Risk Management.

This course will explore the concepts of trauma informed approaches and the impact of trauma and retraumatization of the trafficked individual. The uniqueness of trauma informed approaches will be explored as well as the attitudes and perceptions of those interacting with the trafficked population.

This course will explore a variety of individual and group advocacy strategies and techniques which may be used to effectively combat human trafficking through the lens of a biblical framework. Cultural values and differences as well as ethical strategies will be considered during the learning experiences.

This course offers an in-depth exploration of integrative healthcare, tracing its historical foundations, core principles, and practices. Students will examine a broad spectrum of healthcare systems, medical models, and healthcare modalities, gaining a robust understanding of how these diverse approaches can be harmoniously integrated. Utilizing interactive technology, the curriculum emphasizes the significance of a person-centered approach, interprofessional care, and the client-provider relationship. The course also promotes a customized integration of traditional and nontraditional health practices to meet specific patient needs. Grounded in Christian values, it teaches a holistic perspective on health and the provision of healthcare that addresses the mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of well-being.

Students will explore the scientific basis of nutritional interventions, herbal therapies, and dietary supplements on health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management. The curriculum covers critical aspects of how to incorporate these elements based on the latest scientific evidence effectively. The course covers nutritional biochemistry, the impact of micronutrients and macronutrients on health, and dietary patterns that support optimal well-being, providing a rigorous scientific framework for their application within the integrative health framework. Prerequisite: IPE-501

This course takes an interprofessional approach to explore integrative healthcare strategies that enhance the wellbeing of both patients and providers. Anchored in a Christian worldview, it underscores the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit in relation to self and others. The curriculum examines evidence-based mind-body techniques and complementary health modalities in achieving optimal health outcomes. It incorporates integrating these practices with personalized healthcare while respecting cultural beliefs and individual circumstances. The course prioritizes the development of personal self-care and resilience practices for practitioners. Prerequisite: IPE-501 and IPE-502

This course challenges traditional healthcare paradigms, emphasizing innovative approaches to address the underlying factors of diseases. It highlights the transformative impact of systemic changes and policy developments on healthcare, advocating for integrating holistic methods into mainstream health care. Leveraging emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and the metaverse, students will explore how these tools can enhance predictive analytics and personalized medicine and create virtual platforms for patient care and education. This integration supports and accelerates a shift toward a more proactive, integrated, and person-centered healthcare system. Emphasizing Christian stewardship, the course encourages students to lead interprofessional efforts in improving healthcare systems, advocating for ethical practices that reflect a commitment to caring for the welfare of others. This course equips future healthcare leaders to navigate and influence a digitally evolving landscape, advancing the development of more responsive, effective, and integrative healthcare systems that enhance global health outcomes. Prerequisites: IPE-501, IPE-502, and IPE-503

This course equips students with foundational health coaching skills focusing on lifestyle wellness. Topics will include motivational interviewing, behavior modification, and person-centered approaches to help clients achieve sustainable health improvements. Students will learn to build rapport, evaluate readiness for change, and support goal-setting for enhanced wellness. Prerequisite: IPE-501

This course examines the drivers of behavioral change with a focus on empowering sustainable lifestyle improvements for better health and wellness. Integrating insights from positive psychology with an understanding of the interconnectedness of mental and physical health, students will learn strategies to foster sustainable lifestyle improvements for enhanced health and wellness. Prerequisites: IPE-501 and IPE-510

This course deepens students' expertise in advanced coaching practices, focusing on integrating nutrition, physical activity, mental, and spiritual health to both manage and prevent chronic diseases. Highlighting coaching strategies that promote comprehensive lifestyle wellness and prevention, this course employs evidence-based approaches in nutrition and exercise, along with techniques that support mental and spiritual well-being. Students will develop and implement person-centered practices specifically designed to meet the unique health challenges of their clients. Prerequisites: IPE-501, IPE-510, and IPE-511

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to healthcare entrepreneurship, covering the essential skills and knowledge needed to start and grow a successful healthcare business. From identifying healthcare market gaps to developing innovative solutions and launching ventures, students will learn practical strategies and tools to initiate their entrepreneurial journey in the healthcare industry. Prerequiste: IPE-501

This course focuses on equipping healthcare entrepreneurs with the technical skills and tools needed to streamline their business operations and maximize efficiency in the healthcare sector. From healthcare project management to digital marketing and telemedicine platforms, students will learn how to leverage technology to scale their healthcare ventures effectively while delivering quality care and services. Prerequisites: IPE-501 and IPE-520

This course explores the principles of servant leadership and their application in the healthcare entrepreneurship context, emphasizing humility, empathy, and service to others. Students will focus on learning and exploring effective leadership skills to create a culture of care and excellence, while learning how to lead with compassion, integrity, and purpose. Learners will be equipped to navigate challenges and drive innovation in the dynamic healthcare landscape. Prerequisites: IPE-501, IPE-520, and IPE-521

Focuses on examination and application of statistical methods, research designs, and epidemiologic principles used in healthcare research. Application will be made to disease prevention and health promotion.

The course covers basic statistical concepts, methods, and reasoning used to improve population health. These concepts include central tendency and dispersion, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and parametric and non-parametric tests to include correlation and regression analyses. Students will be able to understand and apply statistical language to real-world data, and perform and interpret basic statistical tests needed for public health investigation and research projects.

This course is an overview of healthcare ethics, theoretical foundations of ethical decision-making, and the role of personal values and ethics. The ethical dimensions of geopolitical, economic, sociocultural, environmental, and educational influences on health are explored in local, national, and global contexts. The student learns strategies for analyzing and managing ethical situations, including a faith-based and interprofessional decision-making approach.

This course will provide graduate Health Sciences students a comprehensive exploration and sound understanding of the origins and applications of diverse research methods used in the health sciences, with an emphasis on selecting and applying appropriate research designs. It includes an overview of the scientific methods and the various research paradigms in current use.

This course will provide students a comprehensive study of the human body and its related function. Students will learn human anatomy as it relates to function through the study of bones, cadaver dissection, models, medical imaging, atlas drawings, and their own bodies. Clinical correlations will be presented related the anatomical structures discussed to clinical practice.

This course will serve as a continuation of the Research Methods I course. This course will cover measurement theory and the use of techniques such as factor analysis to validate measurement scales, risk and sensitivity analysis, qualitative research, and mixed methods designs. In addition, the course will continue to develop the student's ability to produce a research proposal by expanding the previous semester project to include methodological sections of a research proposal.

Students examine the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policies and law and their impact on delivery of health services and the promise of public health. This course provides an overview of public policy interventions within the various domains of public health, the motivations for undertaking them, and the influences of the political, bureaucratic, and social environments in which policy decisions are made.

This course provides an overview of leadership, management, and organizational behavior reflecting the uniqueness of the healthcare sector. The course integrates theory with practice through readings, presentations, team learning, written assignments, and guest lecturers from different organizational and interprofessional leadership perspectives in healthcare. Assessment, practice, and development of organizational leadership systems and skills will be accomplished through action learning teams, case studies, and problem based learning.

Biostatistics is the application of statistics to biology, medicine, nursing, and other health-related professions. This course is intended to give the student an introduction to basic statistical concepts, methods, and reasoning used in public health and other health sciences, providing a base for further development of these skills in courses such as Epidemiology, Research Methods, and Advanced Epidemiology. Health Sciences students in Public Health, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and other related professions will establish a foundation for their experiential learning projects.

Gross anatomy of the human body is presented from a regional perspective. Clinical applications will be used as a basis for anatomical understanding. Lectures will include; skeletal, muscular, vascular, and nervous systems of the upper and lower extremities, and vascular, nervous, and organ system components of the thorax, abdomen, and pelvis. The musculature and vasculature of the head, neck, and back will also be covered in additional to the cranial nerves and the central nervous system. Cadaver dissection is included in lab.

The first of a two-part course including instruction on techniques for quantitative and qualitative research methodology utilized in Health Science, critical analysis of published research, and ethical research considerations and practices. Emphasis placed on the development of scholarly information literacy competencies.

The second of a two-part course including instruction on techniques for quantitative and qualitative research methodology utilized in the health sciences, critical analysis of published research, and ethical research considerations and practices. The development of an Institutional Review Board proposal for a pilot scholarly study is emphasized.

The fundamentals of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the human nervous system as relevant to rehabilitation professionals are studied. Topics covered include the major structures and functions of the central and peripheral nervous systems, both at the macro and cellular levels. Clinical application of material learned is an emphasis of the class. Major neurological syndromes and diseases will be discussed and relevant clinical cases will be introduced to illustrate how dysfunction of neuroanatomical structures results in clinical symptoms or functional disturbances.

This seminar provides the student with the basic tools to predict changes in a patient's responses to medications as a result of receiving therapeutic intervention, reviews the pathology of a number of disease states, explains the pharmaceutical intervention associated with those disease states, and reviews the effects of pharmaceutical interventions and their impact on the rehabilitation process. This course will emphasize the importance of understanding the effects of a patient's medications and pathological state during rehabilitation. Students will be required to write an analysis of the effect of a category of drugs on a patient population of their choice, including how the category of drugs can enhance, detract, or replace the effects of rehabilitation interventions.

This course provides the student with the basic tools to predict changes in a patient's responses to medications as a result of receiving therapeutic intervention, explains the pharmaceutical intervention associated with common disease states, and reviews the effects of pharmaceutical interventions and their impact on the rehabilitation process. This course introduces the student to modern musculoskeletal imaging. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the knowledge of diagnostic imaging necessary in everyday rehabilitation practice. Clinical case scenarios are utilized to further develop critical thinking skills of students.

This course introduces the student to modern musculoskeletal imaging. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of x-ray films, magnetic resonance (MR,) and computed tomography (CT) imaging. Advanced imaging techniques such as SPECT, PET, US, bone scans, and video-fluoroscopy will also be covered. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the relevance of diagnostic imaging in everyday rehabilitation practice. Clinical case scenarios are utilized to further develop critical thinking skills of students.

The use of physical agents in rehabilitation has been shown to have positive effects on achieving patient treatment outcomes. Students will learn the rationale for use and application of various physical agents: superficial heat (thermotherapy, cryotherapy), deep heat (ultrasound), electrotherapy (neuromuscular electrical stimulation, TENS, Iontophoresis), and mechanicotherapy (mobilization, compression). Students will realize the adjunctive nature of these agents and how they can be used as a precursor to purposeful activity.

Understanding public policy trends and leadership issues influencing health systems and community health. Program planning, budgeting, and evaluation; supervision of occupational therapy personnel; engagement in professional associations and promotion of occupational therapy. Developing systems to improve access to occupational therapy services in under-served populations and communities.

Interprofessional course introducing students to theories of healthcare ethics, ethical decision-making, legal and professional standards, institutional policies, and major ethical dilemmas facing today's practitioners. Course will include interprofessional case studies to be discussed in "Grand Rounds" course which occurs in the same semester.

An interprofessional seminar course which will provide a forum for students and faculty to discuss health and wellness issues from the perspectives of a diverse team of health, medical, and community professionals. An emphasis will be placed on advocacy for the profession of occupational therapy in the treatment milieu. Case studies including a variety of professions will be utilized to facilitate dialog.

An interprofessional seminar course which will provide a forum for students and faculty to discuss health and wellness issues from the perspectives of a diverse team of health, medical, and community professionals. An emphasis will be placed on cases related to ethical decision-making and supervision of therapy assistants in the health care arena. Ethics and supervision case studies including a variety of professions will be utilized to facilitate dialog.

This course provides a critical overview of the scope and practice of leadership in healthcare. Through the examination of leadership theories, principles, and techniques, students will be able to plan, develop, and maintain quality occupational therapy services in a diverse and ever changing healthcare environment. Emphasis will be given to a biblically based servant leadership perspective. Additional topics will include, but not be limited to: governmental and professional credentialing, staff/professional development, continuous quality improvement, clinical education, and support of local, state, and national professional organizations.

Graduate students are encouraged to become responsive and reflective teachers. A variety of active learning/instructional strategies will facilitate discussions addressing educational theory and practice. The course will explore and develop teaching skills that promote learning with diverse learners across a variety of settings.

This course reinforces the concept of health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO-1948)". This course will examine healthcare systems, service delivery, factors influencing care and policy decisions, health disparities, and evidence-based care at local, state, national, and global levels. There will be an emphasis on promoting healthy communities through occupation-based health promotion, disease prevention, and recognition of social, economic, and political factors influencing health and well-being. Students will investigate evidence-based practice to target the needs of vulnerable populations such as those who are chronically ill and poor.

The purpose of this advanced course on a Christian perspective of the medical humanities is to reintroduce the ancient ideal of practical reasoning, self-knowledge, and action in the care of the sick and the marginalized, with a special emphasis on people with disabilities. The early church never lost sight of caring for the indigent poor in their affliction. Students will gain an increased perspective and understanding of the healthcare professional/patient relationship, the art of listening, visual observation, and ethical principles in the context of a Christian worldview.