Courses
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SAR HP 650: Health Care Management
This on-line graduate course introduces the fundamentals of management in the health care environment. It was designed to develop and enhance student understanding of the health care system and the social forces affecting health care, and to provide skills needed to function effectively in a management or supervisory role. Topics covered in this course include United States policies and legislation affecting healthcare management; the roles of a manager; conducting a market analysis; operating, cash and capital budgeting; process analysis; and risk management. Students will develop, design and execute a formal presentation. -
SAR HP 662: Evidence Based Practice II
Excellence in physical therapy practice necessitates the incorporation of scientific evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values and expectations into decision-making. This course will focus on the appraisal of scientific evidence related to the synthesis of examination data (i.e., diagnosis) and the determination of the plan of care (i.e., prognosis). You will walk away from this course knowing how to ask focused questions related to these elements of clinical practice, appraise the associated literature, and use this evidence to enhance the care you provide patients and clients. We will also explore how qualitative research informs clinical practice differently from quantitative methods. -
SAR HP 720: Educational Theory and Practice
This on-line graduate course focuses on developing effective teaching techniques and strategies that are needed in a variety of clinical and academic contexts. Topics covered in this course include; identifying instructional settings in one's own practice, the impact of ethical, legal, and economic factors on the educational process, principles of major learning and instruction theories, effective teaching strategies for learners at different developmental stages, strategies that facilitate motivation and improve compliance, and writing behavioral objectives for instruction. Students design and deliver a formal presentation and create a client-education brochure. -
SAR HP 722: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Health Management of Older Adults
Health management for older adults is a major issue in contemporary society. Policy, economics, organizational structure, and clinical care are intermingled in responding on societal, institutional, and clinical levels. This course will challenge the inquisitive and creative student to approach the health of the older adult by addressing these complex issues. It will focus on effective outcomes and understanding the range of roles professionals may adopt. It will provide the knowledge base and skill set necessary for interdisciplinary professional practice. Students and faculty from various disciplines and universities will utilize a case study approach as the primary teaching model. -
SAR HP 737: Instrumentation for Analysis of Motion
This course will provide a foundation in the use of equipment commonly used for human movement analysis. The curriculum will include in-depth discussion of motion capture, force platform, instrumented treadmill, and surface electromyography techniques. Additionally, students will be introduced to other technologies used for human movement analyses including inertial and wearable sensors, gait carpet, musculoskeletal modeling, dual fluoroscopy, and MR imaging. Hands-on lab activities will include working with relevant hardware and software. Students are required to sign up for both lecture and lab sections. The course includes a final project that requires understanding and use of some of the technologies discussed in the course. The course is for students who are currently using or are interested in using technologies for human movement analysis for research or industrial applications. -
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 and Massachusetts' policies and legislation, managing human resources, marketing, technology and information, accounting and finance, quality, and measuring performance. Current professional and APTA issues will be discussed as they relate to our course objectives. 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 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 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
This course focuses on the components of a healthy, well-balanced diet to meet nutritional needs and avoid deficiencies and excesses. The basic concepts discussed will include: MyPlate, food labeling, recommended nutrient intakes for all age and gender groups, weight management, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and lifecycle nutrition. Special emphasis will be on nutrition and disease prevention and applying the nutrition knowledge learned to everyday living. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Scientific Inquiry II, Oral and/or Signed Communication. -
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. -
SAR HS 251: Human Nutrition Science
This course provides an introduction in the scientific foundations of nutrition and focuses on the relationship between diet and health. Scientific information is presented in preparation for discussion of macro- and micro nutrients and their role in human health and disease. -
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. -
SAR HS 300: Epidemiology I
Examines the distribution of health and diseases across the population, and the factors that impact health. Which group of people is more likely to experience a heart attack or develop diabetes? Do our level of education and our income impact our health and our life expectancy? This course studies how we approach understanding disease distribution within the population. It covers the principles and methods used in epidemiology, particularly as it relates to public health, including the types of study designs used in health research, disease screening, and infectious disease outbreak investigation. -
SAR HS 310: Management of Food and Nutrition Services
This course provides the foundational knowledge of food service and clinical nutrition management explored through a systems approach. Management of human resources, quantity food production, menu development, financial accountability and quality control will be discussed as well as regulatory and other controls that influence the function of the system. -
SAR HS 325: Introduction to Global Health
This course will provide students with an overview of the complex social, economic, political, environmental, and biological factors that structure the origins, consequences, and possible treatments of illness worldwide, as well as the promotion of health. Students will learn about the major themes and concepts shaping the interdisciplinary field of global health, and will gain an understanding of solutions to health challenges that have been successfully implemented in different parts of the world. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Ethical Reasoning, Teamwork/Collaboration. -
SAR HS 342: Exercise Physiology
What are the limits of human performance? Why can't we run 25 miles at the same speed we can sprint 40 yards? How do common diseases impact tolerance to physical activity? In exercise physiology we will discuss these questions and more, eventually uncovering principles that determine how our bodies respond to various forms of stress (like exercise). Through hands-on group experiments and collaborative projects in laboratory and lecture, we will also explore how scientists have come to these conclusions through the implementation of the scientific method in a research setting. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Scientific Inquiry II, Teamwork/Collaboration. -
SAR HS 344: Building Cultural Competency
Cultural competence: the ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across many cultures. The goal of this course is to expand our cultural understanding and develop the skills necessary to appreciate, interpret, and communicate with others in a globalized world. We will become aware of our individual world views, develop positive attitudes towards cultural differences, and gain knowledge and understanding of cultural practices around the world while defining what cultural competence means within the context of medicine, healthcare, and global health. -
SAR HS 345: Global Environmental Public Health
Environmental health is associated with recognizing, assessing, understanding and controlling the impacts of people in their environment and the impacts of the environment on the public health. The complexity of the problems requires multidisciplinary approaches. This course will provide an introduction to the principles, methods, and issues related to global environmental health. This course examines health issues, scientific understanding of causes, and possible future approaches to control of the major environmental health problems internationally. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
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