Course Description
Theoretical foundations and interpersonal processes in medical interviewing. Information-seeking and dissemination strategies of consumers and providers; the use of conventional and new technologies; communicating bad news; health literacy; the depiction of illness, health, and disease in media and society; and media relations training will be addressed.
Athena Title
MED INTERVIEWING
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SPCM 7612
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Effective clinical and epidemiological interviewing skills for health professionals 2. Appreciation of the functions of varied interview styles. 3. Familiarity with Functional Health Literacy issues and measurement. 4. Understanding of the interaction between media, health care providers, health care consumers, and information dissemination. 5. Understanding current trends in information seeking by health consumers and health providers.
Topical Outline
I. Understanding health and illness/understanding media and societal influence as related to health and illness. II. Theoretical foundations of information seeking III. Interpersonal processes in medical interviewing. IV. Variations of the clinical and epidemiological interviewing process. V. Becoming a skilled clinical and epidemiological interviewer VI Information seeking behaviors and options VII. Current trends in information seeking behaviors VIII. Health Literacy IX. Theoretical foundations of information provision X. The role of health care providers in information provisions XI. Communicating bad news to patients and care givers/Dealing with stigmatizing issues XII. The effects and influence of media in information dissemination XIII. Use and misuse of new media technologies in information seeking and information dissemination XIV. Media relations training.