3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture Upper DivisionSurvey of health communication theory and research. Examines issues such as patient-provider and everyday communication, broader community-societal discourse, and organizational and mass health communication. Prepares participants for subsequent more specialized seminars and enriched study in allied specialties.
Learning Outcomes1Identify discreet areas of health communication practice and research.
2Explain communication issues important to patients.
3Explain communication issues important to care givers.
4Explain challenges to intercultural communication in the health care setting.
5Critique media health campaigns.
6Investigate and critique an area of health communication study.