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Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Identify and list the duties and scope of practice of the Community
Health Workers (CHWs).
2. Compare and contrast how Community Health Workers (CHWs) work with
other health care team members for effective community health
outreach.
3. Practice cultural competency techniques during outreach experiences.
4. Apply appropriate advocacy, community organization, assessment, and
outreach techniques.
5. Practice problem-solving and decision-making skills at the agency and
during outreach.
6. Examine vulnerable populations' health issues and other relevant
issues that affect health, with health teams during outreach, and via
internet, e.g., nutrition, violence, and economic issues.
7. Promote improving health.
8. Apply program-planning techniques.
9. Practice self-care techniques.
10. Demonstrate professionalism at the work settings.
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I. Productive CHW outreach skills and professional standards.
A. Working as part of a health team
1. Communication with health team
2. Team building
B. Time management
C. Problem solving
D. Cultural competency
E. Community, family, and/or individual needs assessments
F. Examination of vulnerable population health issues and resources
G. Advocacy and community organization
H. Evaluation of client care plans and home visits
I. Health promotion
II. Work-based learning objectives
A. Principles
B. Format
C. Measurement
D. Evaluation
E. Time management
F. Professionalism
III. Written reports and seminar presentations
A. Format
B. Organization
C. Focus
IV. Accurate field notes and timely reporting of hours worked
V. Communication skills
A. Professional oral and written communication with job-site
supervisor
B. Professional oral and written communication with instructor
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1. Write, accomplish, and evaluate externship-based learning objectives.
2. Write weekly reports on externship experience, using 2-page form.
3. Identify, justify, and prioritize services needed by three to five
clients. Examining community organization, find two resources within the
clients' community. Write a 1-2 page summary report.
4. Observe a health team member performing a home visit. Write
a 1-2 page observation paper. Present during seminar.
5. Scenario summary, 1-2 pages. Pick a scenario that demonstrated your
personal and professional limits when dealing with an ethical issue with a
client. Examine how others on your health team might have handled the
situation.
6. Practice effective cultural competency techniques. Include a
successful or problematic situation in each weekly report and discuss
during seminars.
7. Outreach: Make home visit(s) with another team member or CHW. Write
field notes regarding experience and present in class.
8. Outreach: Link a client to appropriate services, advocating for
her/him, and follow up with the client after the services to evaluate
outcome. Present in seminar. Include health team involvement and any
outreach difficulties.
9. Outreach: Describe and evaluate health team interactions and outreach
activities at work sites. Include problem-solving and decision making
steps.
10. Gather information about 2-4 vulnerable population health issues
during your outreach. Add data, to expand your knowledge of the health
issues, from internet research. Write a 2-4 page paper on each individual
and their health issue and present to class during seminar. Include health
promotion opportunities in your paper.
11. Practice critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making
techniques involved with home visits and other outreach. Include comments
in weekly reports and discuss challenges during seminars.
12. Attend eight seminar sessions and incorporate appropriate actions and
revisions in weekly objectives.
13. Role-play scenarios, discuss effective outreach techniques as well as
conflict management techniques that could be incorporated in objectives
and at work site.
14. Meet with instructor and community supervisor at least two times
during semester to review packet of relevant materials, including student
health information and immunizations, confidentiality statement, task
sheet, time sheet, and evaluation.
15. Each week, have supervisor verify and initial hours worked.
16. Write a two to three page paper about community outreach experience.
17. Meet with instructor at end of semester to discuss evaluations and
overall experience.
18. Reading: approximately 5 pages per week.
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Instructor-prepared materials
