Pictured | Tanita T. Curry | Bachelor of Science in Applied Health Science, Community Health Educator | Elkhart, Indiana (hometown)

Minor in Palliative and Supportive Care

Due to advances in medicine and science, people are living longer with serious illnesses, requiring complex often fragmented care. Palliative care is a new philosophy of team-based care, with a goal to improve quality of life for patients and their families, at any age or stage of an illness and alongside curative treatments. This is one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare in the past decade, with a shortage of trained Palliative care team members and a need for widespread advocacy and community education.

This minor introduces the basic principles and skills required to become a Palliative care team member and would complement the resume of students from diverse disciplines across the university.

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Minor Requirements (15 cr.)

• PALC-B 190 Introduction to Palliative Care
• PALC-B 302 Palliative Care Systems and Models

Communication and Education Requirements (3 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• EDUC-G 375 Multicultural Counseling-Related Skills and Communication
• NURS-B 231 Communication Skills for the Health Professionals
  Pre-Nursing student only
• SPCH-S 122 Interpersonal Communication 
• SPCH-S 230 Introduction to Health Communication<
• SPCH-S 307 Crisis Management (spring only)
• SPCH-S 336 Current Topics in Communication
  VT: Family Communication (every other fall)
• SPCH-S 427 Cross-Cultural Communication

Social Science Requirement (3 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• HSC-H 434 Diversity and Cultural Competence
• PSY-P 103 General Psychology
• PSY-P 303 Health Psychology
• PSY-P 331 Psychology of Aging
• SOC-S 316 Sociology of Families

Health Sciences and Systems Requirement (3 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• HSC-H 327 Introduction to Public and Community Health
• HSC-L 230 Health Care Delivery Systems
• HSC-L 320 Health Care Delivery Systems
• HSC-W 314 Ethics and Health Professionals
• NURS-B 399 Human Behavior and Social Institutions