PPRAD 1348: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across Cultures

This course is focused on health promotion and disease prevention in ethnic minority groups. The goal of the course is to augment concepts taught in the curriculum with an emphasis on developing critical thinking skills in the setting of a health screening event in the community. Active learning techniques will be used during class time to improve students' knowledge, skills, and self-confidence when: (1) performing cardiometabolic screenings (e.g. cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure) and (2) providing cross-cultural communication with patients' from different backgrounds.