PHRM 574 - Health Belief Models and Motivational Interviewing

Prerequisites, PHRM 512, PHRM 534, PHRM 537, PHRM 632, PHRM 671, PHRM 672, doctor of pharmacy major. This required course provides students with a broad understanding of health belief models, their applicability to patient care, and how they affect patient behavior. Students will explore applicable areas of health belief model research, in addition to various health belief model instruments. As part of the course, students will work in teams to administer a health belief model survey to a small patient population and analyze the results. Students will also learn the techniques and language of motivational interviewing for the purpose of helping patients make health behavior changes to improve their health. (Offered fall semester.) 1 credit