Aug 30, 2025  
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog

HWC 564 - Advanced Practice I: Assessment and Skills in Integrated Health


This course will build advanced competencies as applied in health and mental health settings. Students will learn how to conduct assessments that engage the family and the community, and develop skills for relationship building, care coordination, and strategies for defining and addressing the social determinants of health, utilizing interprofessional practice skills. Topics include primary prevention; acute and long term care; rehabilitation in inpatient and outpatient clinics; forensic social work; substance abuse; medically managed systems; chronic disease; HIV/AIDS; trauma and co-morbid psychiatric issues; cancer.

3 credits

Corequisite(s): HWC 502  and HWC 574 .

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

Offered Fall semester