This course introduces the practice of Speech-Language Pathology, while supporting students obtaining required observation hours. Students can complete up to 25 guided clinical observation hours in this course, as required by the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Observations will include the evaluation and treatment of clients with disorders in speech, voice, language, and swallowing. Students will reflect on diagnoses, treatment goals, intervention methods, documentation considerations, and future session planning occurring in the practice of Speech-Language Pathologists.
Credits
0.5 - 2 undergraduate
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
Cost
$272.50 - 1,090.00
The course surveys physical, cognitive, and psychosocial human development across the lifespan. Development is a lifelong process that both influences and is continually influenced by biological, environmental, and socioemotional factors.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
Cost
$1,635.00
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
Prerequisites: HE-712 and HE-713 or instructor's permission. This course will focus on program level evaluation in the context of a broader system. It covers the major frameworks for program design and evaluation including alignment with broader goals of organizations and professions. Participants will examine organizational factors related to program effectiveness as well as accreditation and professional standards. Program evaluation and improvement strategies will be designed and critiqued as part of the final project.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
- Summer
This course is designed for educators and trainers who want to learn how to design, develop, and deliver effective distance learning simulations in various fields. This is one of five one-credit courses based on the 2023 Distance Simulation Educator Competencies, specifically Domain 3 (Educational Principles Applied to Distance Simulation). In this course, participants will explore and apply the key principles and strategies for successful distance
simulations.
simulations.
Credits
1
Semesters Offered
- Spring
This course will focus on the study of acute physiological adjustments and chronic adaptation to exercise. Exercise will be examined as it relates to human performance and health benefits. Students will apply the theoretical concepts of exercise physiology to evaluate the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases, health promotion, and sports performance enhancement.
Credits
3 undergraduate
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
Cost
$1,635.00
Prerequisite: None. This course focuses on typical spoken and written language development and frequently encountered oral language, reading and writing disorders of childhood. Principles, methods, and techniques of diagnosis and remediation are evaluated.
Credits
2
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Summer
This course focuses on English language grammar, usage, mechanics, and style for successful academic writing in the health professions. Students will learn how to use strategies to improve the quality, clarity, and structure of their writing at the sentence level primarily, with some attention to the paragraph and paper levels. The course introduces students to North American academic writing standards; it is ideal for multilingual or native English-speaking students looking to prepare for the rigors of graduate-level writing.
Credits
1 undergraduate
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
Cost
$540.00
Prerequisites: HE-712. This course focuses on application of core concepts related to educational effectiveness. Various assessment strategies are reviewed and students gain skills related to appropriate selection of assessment methods based on instructional context, modality, objectives, and hidden curriculum considerations. They explore how literature can inform assessment choices and how various assessment techniques can be applied to their own teaching projects. Specific topics include individual assessment within group projects, insights from cognitive science, cultural considerations, and self-assessment.
Credits
3
Semesters Offered
- Spring
- Summer
This course provides foundations of psychopathology in science and clinical practice. As health care policy incorporates a more integrated perspective on behavioral and physical health, students in the health care professions benefit from a greater understanding of mental and emotional health conditions and the latest evidence for their etiology, diagnosis, and management. Through reading, online discussion, quizzes, and case studies, participants will gain a broad understanding of psychopathology from a research and clinical perspective. Discussions are structured to facilitate the application of psychological concepts to work in the health professions.
Credits
3 undergraduate
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
Cost
$1,635.00
Prerequisites: None. 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
- Spring
Prior knowledge in chemistry is not essential but helpful. General Chemistry 1 is the first of two chemistry courses. The topics in this course are explained and discussed in context with clinical applications to different health professions. Specific topics include dimensional analysis, introduction to the structure and properties of atoms and molecules, periodic table, balancing chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry and gas laws. In the required lab component students use a lab kit to conduct hands on labs.
Credits
4 undergraduate
Semesters Offered
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
Cost
$2,180.00
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Charlestown Navy Yard
36 1st Avenue
Boston
MA
02129-4557