PT 730 Introduction to Management, Advocacy and Health Promotion

This first half of this course will provide an overview of the concepts management and leadership, business development, and financial planning and responsibility while focusing on APTA’s code of ethics, the health needs of society, and the core values of social responsibility. The remainder of the semester will focus on using skills of advocacy and leadership towards health promotion, health education, and wellness.  A variety of theoretical frameworks will be explored to provide the foundation for developing strategies to identify current health information and promotion issues, identify and challenge paradigms related to health and healing, and facilitate changes in behavior that lead to more effective patient-practitioner collaborative relationships and improve patient health and outcomes.