Course curriculum

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    Course Outline

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    • Course Section/Outline

    • Learning Objectives

    • Introduction: Biopsychosocial Theory and the Role of Family in Health Care

    • What is Communication? Types and Underlying Assumptions

    • A Theoretical Model of Health Communication

    • Why is Doctor-Patient-Family Communication Important in Healthcare?

    • General Factors Influencing the Communication Process

    • What Difficulties May Be Specific to Patients?

    • What Communication Issues Do Families and Caregivers Experience?

    • Communication Issues Specific to Medical Staff

    • Patterns of Doctor-Patient Communication: A Framework for Viewing Communication Exchanges

    • Biomedical Ethics and Health Communication: Definition and Principles

    • Ethical Issues in Doctor-Patient-Family Communication

    • Guidelines for Clinicians to Enhance Intra-Family and Doctor-PatientFamily Communication around Illness

    • Mandated Reporting Requirements

    • Conclusion

    • Program Evaluation

    • Post-Test: Enhancing Provider-Patient-Family Communication: Theoretical, Ethical, Clinical and Sociocultural Considerations