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General Allied Health Courses Available at IUPUI

Undergraduate

AHLT W100 Careers in Health Professions (2 cr.) P: ENG W131. Provides students interested in pursuing a health career with information on the variety of professions available in allied health, dentistry, medicine, nursing, and public health. Topics include a general description of each profession, educational requirements, salaries, employment opportunities, and educational outlook.

AHLT W101 Allied Health Keys to Success (1 cr.) P or C: ENG W131. Entering pre-allied health students, in partnership with allied health faculty and advisors, establish the foundations for success at IUPUI. This course is presented in a lecture/discussion format; each student accepts personal responsibility for learning. This course will assist students to create their personal goals for academic and career success and devise an action plan for achieving these goals. To reach these goals, students will become aware of personal and institutional resources.

AHLT W105 Medical Terms for the Health Sciences (1 cr.) This course is a programmed learning approach to the study of medical terminology. The course will cover the definition and spelling of medical word roots and combining forms, prefixes, suffixes, and medical abbreviations.

AHLT W374 Medical Care I (3 cr.) Interdisciplinary approach to the study of selected disease processes and conditions in all age groups and a survey of the medical and/or surgical management of these conditions.

AHLT W471 Medical Care II (3 cr.) Continuation of Medical Care I. Interdisciplinary approach to the study of selected disease processes and conditions in all age groups and a survey of the medical and/or surgical management of these conditions

Graduate

AHLT W510 Trends and Issues in Allied Health (3 cr.) A seminar course to review pertinent literature and other sources of information as a basis for discussing trends and issues affecting the therapeutic professions and the health care delivery system.

AHLT W520 Research Methodology in Allied Health (3 cr.) P: G651 or equivalent. Fundamental concepts of research, ranging from philosophical foundations to practical applications. Course will provide the conceptual framework in which graduate students may develop their own research agenda. In keeping with the diversity of research, this course strives to introduce graduate students to the entire continuum of research paradigms, from qualitative, naturalistic inquiry to quantitative, experimental designs.

AHLT W570 Research Communication in Allied Health (3 cr.) P: W520 and consent of both instructor and research advisor. Instruction and consultation in the preparation of master’s thesis proposals, including computer applications for conducting on-line literature searches, developing an individual bibliographic database, designing an original research project, and devising a sound methodology. Final outcome is a completed thesis proposal for submission to a graduate student’s thesis committee. Course is open only to allied health graduate students pursuing the research/thesis track in their program of study. Students must begin the course with a specific research agenda already approved by their research advisor.
 


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