Courses

• SAR HP 725: Foundations of Education and Health Promotion
  The development of excellent teaching skills is essential for physical therapists as they communicate important health related lessons and participate in health promotion interventions for the public, their patients, colleagues and peers. Thus, there are two main and connected threads to this course -- 1) Students learn to appreciate excellent teaching and to start to become excellent teachers, 2) Students learn how to use those skills to promote health and prevent disease. Methods of presentation of material in class will include lecture and discussion, and active student participation through various methods (for example, brainstorming, debate, small and large discussion groups). Written assignments and presentations will be used to integrate the two aspects of the course.
• SAR HP 737: Instrumentation for Analysis of Motion
  Students in the Movement Sciences specialization will need to be familiar with a number of instruments for measuring human movement and performance. Instruction will include the calibration, application, and maintenance of movement analysis instrumentation including computer hardware, electromyography, OPTOTRAK motion analysis, virtual reality, force plates, and/or force transducer data collection systems. Students will gain the ability to determine, set-up, perform, and direct data collection appropriate for human movement analysis. In addition, they will learn the first steps in data-reduction and data-analysis. This course is designed to provide students with the hands-on experience to perform experiments in the research labs of research faculty involved in the movement sciences specialization. We use an apprenticeship model in which students will be provided hands-on experience under the guidance of the course instructor and a senior student.
• SAR HP 770: Health Care Management - PT
  This course will instruct and reinforce students in the fundamental theories and skills of health care management for the physical therapist. The course is designed for the student who intends to be a full-time clinician, with acknowledgement that leaders in the health care environment rarely are able to ignore sound management principles for long. Many health and rehabilitation professionals will assume the role of a manager or have supervisory responsibilities during the course of their career, often sooner than expected. This course develops and enhances the students' understanding of the health care system, the social and economic forces affecting the health care system, and its ability to function effectively. Additionally, the course will prepare students to enter the workforce by introducing them to a variety of tools and experiences that will enable them to manage organizations, programs, resources, and people more effectively. Emphasis in this course is on US policies and legislation, managing human resources, marketing, technology and information, accounting and finance, quality, and measuring performance. The course is largely based on a discussion/lecture format, with significant content being taught by guests who are experts in their fields. Students will learn and experience management skills first hand through class experiences and projects.
• SAR HP 771: Foundations of Motor Control
  The course includes discussion and synthesis of current theories of human action (performance, learning/plasticity, and development) with an emphasis on systems/constraints, dynamical systems and ecological psychology approaches to human action, perception, and action-perception coupling. It serves as an introduction to these theories. Emphasis is placed on understanding how to conceptualize and evaluate functional movement based on these theories. Student participation in class is essential and required reading should be completed prior to class so that each student can fully participate in discussion.
• SAR HP 782: Advanced Human Movement
  This is a lecture/reading/seminar course that is designed to allow students to integrate the information they have learned in Philosophy of Science, Biomechanics and Foundations of Motor Control. It has been argued that many philosophical issues in the study of human motor control may be overcome through the concept of self-organization. Self-organization can be thought to emerge from the interplay of constraints. A number of researchers have taken this notion seriously and have suggested that constraints arise through one or more of a number of physical underpinnings, including non-linear dynamic constraints on pattern formation (coordination dynamics), biomechanics and functional anatomy, self-optimization, and perception-action coupling. Research performed in these specific domains will be the topics of the course. To illustrate their differences and similarities, attempts to understand specific functions will be addressed including gait patterns and transitions. Students are expected come to class prepared to answer questions and discuss issues related to the assigned readings. Questions will be directed toward specific individuals and part of the grade will depend on the adequacy of their responses.
• SAR HP 791: Clinical Exp at
  
• SAR HP 804: Practicum: Teaching in the Health Professions
  Supervised academic teaching in the health professions. Development and implementation of a teaching unit. Critique of teaching styles. Development of a teaching portfolio.
• SAR HP 839: Biomedical Innovation
  The subject of the course is the translation of medical technologies into new products and services for the healthcare system. The course begins with a rigorous study of intellectual property, licensing and the core aspects of planning, creating, funding and building new entrepreneurial ventures. Concepts and tools are presented for assessing new technologies and their potential to be the basis for a new entrepreneurial venture. Comparisons will be made of how technologies can be sourced and commercialized out of three very different environments: universities, national laboratories and corporate laboratories. Cross-disciplinary teams of students will be formed which will evaluate translational research projects currently being developed at Boston University and their potential for transformation into a start-up company to commercialize the technology, providing a unique linkage between the scientific research activities of the university and the professional schools. Each week there will be a case study which will discuss examples of both success and failure in technology commercialization. Some of these case studies examine Boston University life sciences spin-out companies and the founders and CEO's of these ventures will share their experiences with the class.
• SAR HP 870: Theory and Research in the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  Seminar on the nature, sources, and uses of theory in practice professions; critical examination of research-generated knowledge relevant to health and rehabilitation sciences. Offered alternate years.
• SAR HP 891: Research Seminar
  Discussion of issues in clinical research design and the development of special research methodologies for clinical problem solving.
• SAR HP 901: Directed Study
  Work on special project under supervision of faculty member.
• SAR HP 905: Directed Research: MS
  Professionally significant research study, resulting in thesis presented in full length or journal article format. Thesis should be independent project incorporating rigorous application of scientific inquiry and writing skills. See degree requirements for specific programs.
• SAR HS 201: Introduction to Nutrition
  Reviews basic concepts in nutrition including the function of nutrients and the effects of deficiencies and excesses. These basic concepts are then applied to current issues throughout the life cycle including the role of diet in malnutrition, heart disease, cancer, and eating disorders. Dietary guidelines for prevention of chronic disease are stressed.
• SAR HS 210: Introduction to Critical Inquiry
  This course demonstrates access to information resources in the biomedical sciences, including hard copy, on-line databases (e.g., LexisNexis, PubMed, OVID), and web searching and how to critically evaluate these information sources. Classes are hands-on learning using laptops.
• SAR HS 230: Food Science
  An in-depth didactic and laboratory review of the physical and chemical properties of carbohydrates, proteins, fats and water. Each macronutrient is discussed from its smallest starting molecule to its complex role in food items. Other related topics include food safety and food-borne illness, food preservation and processing, culinary techniques, food regulations and standards, food additives, food technology, and subjective evaluation of food. The laboratory requirement applies the food science principles through hands-on experiments in the kitchen setting. 4 credits, 2nd semester
• SAR HS 251: Human Nutrition Science
  This course provides an introduction to nutrition and focuses on the relationship between diet and health. Basic scientific information is presented in preparation for discussion of applied issues such as weight loss, eating disorders, prevention of chronic disease, diet and exercise and vegetarian diets. Emphasis is placed on translation of current advice to actual food choices. 4 credits, either semester
• SAR HS 281: Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle
  This course focuses on the changing nutritional requirements from infancy, childhood, and adolescence throughout the geriatric years. Nutritional needs specific to pregnancy and lactation will be discussed. Emphasis is placed on understanding the behavioral, socioeconomic, and cultural factors associated with meeting nutrition requirements throughout the life span. 4 credits, 2nd semester
• SAR HS 300: Epidemiology I
  Epidemiology examines the distribution of health and diseases across the population, and the factors that impact health. This course covers the principles and methods used in epidemiology, particularly as it relates to public health, including the types of study designs used in health care research and the interpretation of research studies. The final portion of the course focuses on critical evaluation of public health literature (journal articles). 4 credits, either semester
• SAR HS 310: Management of Food Service Systems
  This course provides the foundational knowledge of food service management viewed as a system. Management of human resources, quantity food production, menu development and financial accountability will be discussed as well as regulatory and other controls that influence the function of the system. 4 credits, 1st semester.
• SAR HS 320: Genomics in Public Health
  This course is focused on studying the impact of the genetics and genomics, and their relationships with behavior, psychosocial factors, and environment on population health and diseases during the post-Human Genome Project era. Concepts and methods in molecular biology, immunology, and epidemiology will also be further discussed. The class will examine the effects of the advancement of high-throughput innovations in scientific discoveries on public health policies. Critical analysis of primary research articles, in-class discussion, and team projects will be fundamental mode of class instruction. Prior knowledge of epidemiology and genetics is highly recommended. 2nd semester, 4 credits.

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