Students in this course develop skills necessary to perform community health work and implement program improvement. They also learn the social and emotional aspects of receiving a health diagnosis and how to navigate a patient through finding resources related to their health-related social needs. Students also practice evaluating resources and creating community health referral networks, exploring health improvement programs, and practice using the tools that community health workers use.
This course is 100% online and Self Paced. Students are expected to complete the course within the scheduled course dates. Students will access the course via the MSU Denver Canvas platform.