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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.