Medicine and Health Sciences | Open Access Articles

Qep Colonnade Connections Rubric, Western Kentucky University Jan 2016

Qep Colonnade Connections Rubric, Western Kentucky University

Rubrics

Rubric used in the assessment of Colonnade Connections courses.

Ua12/4 Stall Street Journal, Vol. 8, Wku Health Services Jan 2016

Ua12/4 Stall Street Journal, Vol. 8, Wku Health Services

WKU Archives Records

Broadsides developed by WKU Health Services to convey public health information in students in bathroom stalls. Incomplete run.

Go to article

Promoting Socially Just Healthcare Systems: Social Work’S Contribution To Patient Navigation, Patricia Desrosiers, Gayle Mallinger, Tonya Bragg-Underwood Jan 2016

Promoting Socially Just Healthcare Systems: Social Work’S Contribution To Patient Navigation, Patricia Desrosiers, Gayle Mallinger, Tonya Bragg-Underwood

Social Work Faculty Publications

Patient navigation is an emerging area of healthcare practice that uses an interdisciplinary and integrated care model designed to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes. The authors define patient navigation, delineate the alignment of social work competencies with patient navigator requirements, and argue for a clear social work role and presence as patient navigators in interdisciplinary healthcare delivery. Social workers are well-equipped to carry out a variety of patient navigator responsibilities due to their unique skill of social justice advocacy as a macro-level intervention. Through involvement in patient navigation, social work leaders can promote the development of socially just …

Go to article

Ua61/16 Class Of 2016, Wku Physical Therapy Jan 2016