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Course details

This course is designed to assist the student to handle common events encountered in health care settings in a responsive and professional manner. Students will learn how to effectively manage stress, diffuse conflict, and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions in interactions with patients and colleagues.

Prerequisite(s)

  • No prerequisites are required for this course.

Credits

3.0

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Integrate effective interpersonal communication skills in order to foster rapport and trust.
  • Apply concept of empathy to create respectful and supportive relations with clients and co-workers.
  • Perform various types of assertion according to appropriateness and desired result.
  • Describe the impact of stress and outline factors that generate or increase stress.
  • Apply appropriate strategies to prevent and reduce distress in both self and others.
  • Analyze approaches to managing negative feelings in self and clients.
  • Apply conflict resolution skills.
  • Describe strategies for demonstrating respect for diversity amongst patients from various cultures.
  • Choose age and development-appropriate communication strategies when working with patients across ages and physical abilities.
  • Describe the range of illness experiences from the clients’ and family members’ perspectives.
  • Identify adaptations appropriate to the individual needs of dying patients.
  • Explain common difficulties encountered by those with disabilities and approaches for working with such individuals both sensitively and respectfully.
  • Identify techniques to effectively address various types of harassment and discrimination found in the workplace.
  • Discuss ethical and legal implications for practice as a cardiology technologist.

Effective as of Winter 2022

Related Programs

Human Behaviour (BHSC 1146) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Health Sciences

  1. Cardiology Technology
    Diploma Part-time

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