Allied Health

This course provides students with an overview of major health professions. The skills and attributes required for each profession are explored, along with educational requirements and employment outlook. The need for minority practitioners in health professions is emphasized.

This course is designed to enable students to develop an understanding and appreciation for factors affecting health status and the personal and professional means by which they might contribute to community health. All lectures examine applications to minority health concerns, health objectives, and career opportunities with public health.

This course is designed to give the student an understanding of dentistry and dental hygiene as professions and to develop some basic and clinical skills. The course will give the students basic knowledge in dental anatomy, morphology, and dentistry as a career. Laboratory experience will include visits to local dentists’ offices and the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College or UAB.

This course is designed to provide exposure to clinical occupational therapy at a local facility and the student will obtain volunteer observation hours. The course also assists the student in developing the specific skills required for submitting an application to the professional school of his/her choice.

This course is designed to provide exposure to clinical physical therapy at a local facility and the student will obtain volunteer observation hours. The course also assists the student in developing the specific skills required for submitting an application to the professional school of his/her choice.

This course is designed to provide exposure to clinical physician assistant at a local facility and the student will obtain volunteer observation hours. The course also assists the student in developing the specific skills required for submitting an application to the professional school of his/her choice.

The study of origins and usage of hundreds of the medical terms that must be mastered by students in all health professions. The course covers and explains important prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Each system of the human body and its relevant medical terms will be discussed. Sample case studies and hospital reports will be examined to refine the usage of these medical terms.

This course is designed to develop and enhance critical thinking skills, which are vital to health care professionals. Critical thinking models and strategies will be introduced in the context of the current health care environment. Using a problem-based learning approach, the student will analyze clinical, legislative, ethical and patient care issues, working independently and in small groups.

An original investigation in Allied Health under the guidance of the faculty.