Prerequisite & Non-Degree Courses

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Prerequisite Fall 2023 registration now open.

Classes begin on September 5th, 2023.

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Program of Interest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Topics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advanced Pathophysiology
This course provides an in depth scientific knowledge base relevant to selected pathophysiological states. Major concepts from basic pathophysiology are built upon with consideration of responses across the lifespan. Advanced concepts of pathophysiological functioning are correlated with clinical decisions related to selected diagnostic tests and initiation of therapeutic regimens applicable to advanced practice nurses across specialties. Specific disease processes are examined incorporating the role of developmental physiology, embryologic, genetic, and environmental factors in the epidemiology of disease.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Fall
Principles of Mind Body Health & Healing
Prerequisites: None. This course provides an overview of the stress system as it relates to health, illness, and the human experience. Concepts including allostasis, allostatic load, and resilience, along with the physiology of
relaxation response will be presented, with evidence supporting clinical and interprofessional applications. Self-care practices will be presented and encouraged.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Fall
Assessment in Simulation-Based Education Technologies
The course focuses on developing assessment skills related to simulation-based education (SBE) encounters. This course covers the basics of tool development and evaluation, current simulation-based education literature appraisal, and commonly used research designs used to evaluate SBE learning outcomes. Customized project work supports the ongoing practice and science of simulation-based education, including development of foundational implementation science skills for transformational learning as part of participation an interprofessional simulation community.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer
Disability and Society
This course examines the evolution and current issues affecting persons with disabilities - the largest minority population in the United States. It includes changes in disability models and societal perceptions across time; disparities in access to education, employment, health care, transportation, and housing; and an evaluation of public spaces using ADA criteria.Emphasis will be placed on discussion of topics that affect persons with disabilities differently than persons without disabilities such as domestic violence and emergency preparedness. National and international perspectives and policies will be examined to determine their effectiveness on decreasing disparities, increasing access, and enabling participation.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer
Early Intervention: Birth to 3
This course provides theoretical and practical preparation for diagnosing and treating infants, toddlers and their families. Through lectures, readings, and discussions, students will understand Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP), service coordination, family-centered practice, and federal and state legislation. In addition,students will learn hands-on remediation techniques. They will also become familiar with the diagnostic tools used in Massachusetts to determine eligibility.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer
Elevating Practice in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
This is a comprehensive intermediate-level course in orthopaedic physical therapy. It encompasses commonly encountered disorders of the spine and extremities. The emphasis will be on the integration of current scientific literature and clinical practice into developing clinical reasoning skills and proficiency in the execution of manual therapy, and motor control, and exercise-based intervention procedures.
Semesters Offered
  • Fall, 
  • Spring, 
  • Summer
Foundations of Distance Simulation
This 8-week online intensive focuses on developing implementation science skills for creating transformational learning in the distance simulation-based education space. Customized project work supports the ongoing andragogy, practice, and scholarship of distance simulation-based education with its focus on skills and techniques that represent best practices for delivering simulation-based education from a distance. The course provides the foundation for subsequent courses devoted to specific guidelines outlined in the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Distance Simulation Guidelines.
Credits
1
Semesters Offered
  • Fall
Foundations of Simulation Education Operations
This course provides foundational knowledge for both simulation educators and administrators or technical specialists. Various key documents and standards, scenario templates, learning and debriefing theories, evaluation methods, along with pivotal articles in the simulation literature are covered by both operations and educator students. Depending on focus (i.e.simulation-based education or simulation operations), students will be discussing customized content. The course culminates in a project that integrates core concepts.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer
Foundations of Teaching & Learning
In this project-based course, learners apply principles of learner-centered instruction and instructional design to plans for teaching and assessment in experiential learning, virtual live-session discussions, and asynchronous instruction. Learners share design processes and participate in peer interaction. Each submission receives feedback from the course instructor. By the conclusion of the semester, students will compile a synthesis of their Course of Instruction including a critical reflection of their designs considering learner-centered instruction and authentic assessment.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Fall
Language Foundations of Literacy
This course covers typical oral language development and its relationship to the acquisition of reading and writing skills. Theories of language development are analyzed and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics are addressed.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer, 
  • Fall
Leading Literacy Change
This course investigates the roles of reading specialists, issues related to consulting and whole school change, and the use of formative assessments to drive instruction. Its focus is on professional development and in-service education to support classroom teachers and tutors in their efforts to improve reading and writing instruction.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer
Reading and Writing in the Schools
This course is designed to address issues relevant to teaching reading and writing in the schools (K-12). Topic include analysis of scientifically based research on reading, an overview of reading philosophies, implementation of data driven differentiated instruction, and reading and writing across the curriculum.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
  • Summer

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