Brigham Young University-Idaho
HS 340: Introduction to Community Health
Greg L. Klingler, MPAS, PA-COffice: Rom. 265Phone: 496-9914
Course Materials:An Introduction to Community Health. Sixth Edition. McKenzie, J, Pinger, R, Dotecki, J.
Course Description:
An introduction to agencies, facilities, and programs playing a role in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health in the community. Special emphasis is placed on the competencies needed for community health professionals and health educators to function in a variety of community and teaching settings.
Course Outcomes:
- Have an appreciation for the history of community and public health and understand how this history has molded our current system.
- Have a working foundation of epidemiological principles and their application.
- Become comfortable with organizing and building health promotion programs.
- Develop the required knowledge and skills to assist communities and specific populations in health promotion.
- Become able to foresee the impact of environmental and safety factors in the health of communities and specific populations.
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Implementation of the Learning Model:
“As learners, you and I are to act and be doers of the word and not simply hearers who are only acted upon. Are you and I agents who act and seek learning by faith, or are we waiting to be taught and acted upon? We are all to be anxiously engaged in asking, seeking, and knocking.” -- Elder David A. Bednar, Seek Learning by Faith, Address to CES Educators, 2007
Evaluation:
Student Teaching Project: 50 Points
Students will be divided into groups and given the opportunity to teach an assigned topic to the class. Evaluation will be based on accuracy, thoroughness, creativity and ability to engage the students. The students will be given the liberty to choose how to best teach the topic. The intent is not to recite what you have learned, rather to teach the class what they need to know concerning your topic. Five multiple choice questions will be submitted by each student at the conclusion of the project.
Assignments/Quizzes/Case Studies 10 X 10 Points = 100 Points
Weekly quizzes, assignments or case studies will be assigned prior to arriving to class the first day of each week. The assignments/quizzes/case studies will evaluate the material discussed in the upcoming week. Preparation prior to arriving to class is vital to allow the Holy Ghost to assist you in learning and teaching. Each quiz/assignment/case study will be announced and administered on I-Learn.
Exams:50 Points x 4 = 200 Points
An exam will be given at the conclusion of each unit. Each exam with be administered in the testing center and will be multiple choice.
Class Attendance/Participation: 50 Points
“The challenge before us is to create even more powerful and effective learning experiences in which students have opportunities to take action… where prepared students, exercising faith, step out beyond the light they already possess, to speak, to contribute, and to teach one another…. It is in that moment that the Spirit teaches.” President Kim B. Clark, Inaugural Response, Oct 11. 2005.
Students are required to be present at each class and make meaningful contributions to the learning and development of the other students. Five points will be subtracted from the 50 points if you are not in attendance or if you did not make a meaningful contribution to that day’s learning experience.
Journal:100 Points
Each student is asked to collect journal articles related to public or community health, health or healthcare. These articles may be collected from any combination of medical journals, newspaper or magazine articles, credible internet sources, or other news outlets. Ten articles must be submitted. Each article must be accompanied by a short written overview and a statement as to the application in community health.
Grade Breakdown:
Student Teaching Project:50 Points10% Total grade
Quizzes/Assignments/Case Studies100 Points20%
Exams200 Points40%
Attendance/Participation50 Points10%
Journal100 Points20%
500 Points
93-100%=A77-79%=C+
90-92=A-73-76=C
87-89=B+70-72=C-
83-86=B67-69=D+
80-82=B-63-66=D
60-62=D-
≤59=F
Honor Code:
All students are expected to be in compliance, and follow strict adherence to the dress and grooming standards outlined in the Honor Code. Any student that is not in compliance will be asked to leave the class and asked to return when in compliance. Each student will also be required follow the academic honesty policy of the Honor Code. Any student found to have been violation of this policy will be penalized on an individual basis.
The teacher reserves the right to make changes and correction to the above assignment and grading process at any time to facilitate the course.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, All qualified students enrolled in this course are entitled to ‘reasonable accommodation.” It is the student’s responsibility to disclose to the teacher any special need she/he may have before the end of the first week of class.