Semester offered: Spring 2022
Course format: Virtual; Monday evenings from 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Credits: 2 (elective)
Description: This social justice seminar focuses on diversity, equity, inclusion, and leadership in the health professions. Focus on historical and contemporary issues in the healthcare system and equip students to develop the awareness, skills, and applied behaviors to impact healthcare inequities at the micro and macro level.
Prerequisites: Declared in BS Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Master of Genetic Counseling Studies, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Social Work, or Senior Standing declared in Health Promotion and Health Equity major.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge of social identities and cultural differences of self and others.
- Gain intercultural competencies in personal and professional environments.
- Continue to develop and hone skills in critical thinking and interpersonal communication.
- Identify root causes of health disparities and develop skills and behaviors to help decrease them.
- Increase awareness of how social identities impact relationships to the healthcare system, access to health care, and patient/provider interactions.
- Integrate multiple definitions of health and health care into our professional philosophies.
- Reinforce leadership skills and develop opportunities for informal mentoring/support. (Graduate outcome)
Interested in this course? Sign up today!
Please fill out the course application at https://wiscpharmacy.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bf2Xfhdj5H0leBM
The responses from this application will help us ensure a mix of interprofessional students
and also gauge preparedness for engaging in course content.
Questions about this course? Contact the instructor:
Lisa Imhoff
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy
lisa.imhoff@wisc.edu
This post was authored by Academic Affairs on 12/07/2021.