HTCH 008 - Communication for Health Care Personnel

    Recent Professors
    Paul Starks, Patricia Siqueiros
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
    Class Size
    32–40 students
    Credits
    2
    Prerequisite
    None
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of HTCH 008
    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This course provides instruction for the health care provider in the area of team membership. The instructor introduces the students to styles of communication, human needs, individual differences, and cultural biases. The course familiarizes students with the behavior, needs, and methods of communication required by different groups of patients, including children, youth, elderly, as well as those suffering from violence, homelessness, life altering illness or injury, chemical dependency, anger or depression, and those who are dying.