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GDAPFT
has established four online collaborative
courses for three
degree programs (Physician Asssistant, Nurse Practitioner,
and Nurse Midwife) at the four parthernship universities
(Oakland University, University of Detroit Mercy, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University) collectively.
Additionally, the partnership has collaborated on collections
of modules available for instruction in Leadership
and in Advanced
Physical Assessment to be used by the Partnership
universities. If you or your program is interested in these courses
or modules, please contact the Greater Detroit Area Partnership
for Training.
Collaborative
Courses:
- Health
Promotion/Risk Reduction
(HPRR)
- Equivalents:
HPRR is equivalent to the following courses at three
partnership universities:
- Oakland
University does not require this course.
- University
of Detroit Mercy, HLH 532, Health Promotion and
Risk Reduction
- University
of Michigan, N537, Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Across the Lifespan
- Wayne
State University, N711, Responses and Experiences
in Health and Illness
- Course
Description: The purpose of this interdisciplinary
course is to examine the theory and research of health
promotion and its application to practice. It will prepare
the health care professional to provide population centered,
interdisciplinary, prevention oriented health care.
Healthy
People 2000/2010 will be used as a framework along
with theories, concepts and research from multiple
disciplines. Health care models are examined for effectiveness
within various social, psychological, cultural, political
and economic contexts.
Students
successfully completing this course will be able to
synthesize models of health promotion and risk reduction
and integrate them in their professional setting with
individuals and groups (including families, communities
and special populations).
- Credit
Hours: 3
- Instructor:
This course has been taught by University of Michigan
Lecturer Darlene Ledwon in the fall, and by University
of Detroit Mercy Associate Professor Sue Warnimont-York in
the spring.
- Class
size: The limit for this course is 20 with 10 seats
slotted for the host university's students and 5 for
each of the other two universities.
- On
Campus Meetings: Attendance at one face-to-face
class on the UDM Outer Drive Campus has been required.
- Health
Policy
- Equivalents:
Health Policy is equivalent to the following courses
at the four partnership universities:
- Oakland
University NUR610, Health Policy and Finance
- University
of Detroit Mercy, HLH570, Health Care Delivery and
Policy Issues
- University
of Michigan, N535, Strategy for Nursing and Health
Care
- Wayne
State University, N6510, Health and Economic Issues
- Course
Description: This course examines the theoretical
and empirical bases for health care delivery and policy
issues in the United States. Health policy decisions
are examined in relation to cost, quality, access, ethics,
and managed care. The course is designed to provide
students as present and future leaders with a political,
economic, and financial understanding of the health
care industry. In addition, fundamentals of strategic
planning are introduced to facilitate the merging of
the financial side with the clinical dimension. Fundamental
changes in industry structure brought about by the growth
of alternative health care delivery models and other
aspects of health care reform will also be stressed.
- Credit
Hours: 3
- Instructor:
This course has been taught by University of Michigan
Lecturer Rosemarie Rowney and Contract Lecturer Todd Ray in the Winter semester.
- Class
size: The limit for this course is 20 with 11 seats
slotted for the host univerisity's students and 3 for
each of the other 3 universities.
- On
Campus Meetings: Attendance at one face-to-face
class on the UDM Outer Drive Campus has been required.
- Nursing
Theory
- Equivalents:
Nursing Theory is equivalent
to the following courses at the four partnership universities:
- Oakland
University, NRS500, Theoretical Foundations in Nursing
- University
of Detroit Mercy, NUR 502, Theoretical Foundations
of Nursing Practice
- University
of Michigan, N532, The Theoretical Base for Advanced
Nursing Practice
- Wayne
State University, N7100, Theoretical Foundations
of Nursing Practice
- Course
Description: This course focuses on the critical
analyses of selected broad and middle range theories
in nursing and their relationship to advanced practice.
The course includes examination of issues related to
the development of theory in nursing, introduction to
the process of theory evaluation, and the relevance
of theory to public policy. The inter-relationship among
theory, practice, and research is integrated throughout
the course.
- Credit
Hours: 3
- Instructor:
TBA
- Class
size: The limit for this course is 20 with 11 seats
slotted for the host univerisity's students and 3 for
each of the other 3 universities.
- On
Campus Meetings: TBA
- Research
for the Health Professions
- Equivalents:
Research is equivalent to the
following courses at the four partnership universities:
- Oakland
University, NRS531, Research in Nursing Practice
- University
of Detroit Mercy, HLH 550, Research Methods
- University
of Michigan, N536, Utilization of Nursing Research
in Advanced Practice
- Wayne
State University, NUR 7010, Research In Nursing
- Course
Description: In this course students learn about the
relevance of evidence-based research findings for practice,
retrieve and interpret current research literature, synthesize
research findings and determine their relevance for practice,
analyze ethical issues in research, critically evaluate
the research process, and plan for implementing research-based
practice,
evaluating practice, and/or further developing or utilizing
scientific evidence.
- Credit
Hours: 3
- Instructor:
This course has been taught by Oakland University
Lecturer Gary Moore in the Winter semester
- Class
size: The limit for this course is 20 with 11 seats
slotted for the host univerisity's students and 3 for
each of the other 3 universities.
- On
Campus Meetings: There are no required on-site meetings for this course.
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