Applied Health Sciences Western University - Canada

Overview

The Applied Health Sciences course from  Western University - Canada 's foundations are universal health promotion and health education, evidence-informed health interventions and efficient and effective supports for individuals throughout the lifespan.

The course is designed by leaders in the fields of education and healthcare with input from students and employers. 

Over the course of study, students will learn to:

• Appraise the scope and complexity of the body of knowledge in health sciences and health care

• Differentiate among various facets of health sciences and explain their interconnections

• Value the interrelationships of health knowledge applied by different professions and disciplines

• Articulate one’s belief systems about professional practice and reflect on one’s individual behaviours

• Develop an understanding of the concepts of critical thinking and critical analysis, and appreciate how these approaches inform the examination of health and healthcare

• Defend the choice of research methodologies in examining, creating, and recommending health care alternatives

• Use appropriate research strategies to explore health information

• Synthesize complex knowledge in a rapidly evolving health-sciences evidence base

• Articulate verbally and in writing relevant arguments of complex issues grounded in ethical principles and practices

• Critically analyze health issues in light of new and existing knowledge and perspectives, through application to a range of health questions in variety of contexts

• Formulate new inferences based on critical analysis contribute to human health potential through critical understandings and appraisal of complex health information and Interprofessional and interdisciplinary health  contexts

• Reconcile one’s understandings of personal health values with those of others

• Act in accordance with one’s ethical and moral compass to reflect equity, fairness, and accountability for one’s behaviours articulate integrated understandings of health sciences to diverse audiences

• Formulate informed and convincing arguments within inter-professional and interdisciplinary teams

• Express value judgments with appreciation of others’ value systems critically appraise the inherent complexities of human health and health systems

• Evaluate the diversity of perspectives on health and health care