PREH 1205: Communicating for Success
Effective date
September 2017
Department
Pre-Health Sciences
Description
This course will focus on introductory development of effective speaking and listening skills that are required for successful interactions in health care, and in life generally. Socio-cultural competencies will form the foundation for skill development. Students will learn to convey and interpret information and will be required to demonstrate skills by doing presentations. Emphasis is on performance-based learning. Learners are audio-taped and/or filmed in health related scenarios. Performances are analyzed with feedback criteria.
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Select and apply culturally appropriate Socio-cultural Competencies to healthcare/interpersonal communication using a variety of strategies (e.g., summarizing, paraphrasing, acknowledging and clarifying).
- Participate in healthcare related group discussions and give healthcare related oral presentations
- Receive, interpret and orally respond accurately to healthcare information.
- Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to healthcare scenarios.
- Give accurate instructions and recommendations on healthcare topics.
- Select and apply situationally appropriate tone, register and vocabulary (e.g., lay person and professional).
- Synthesize healthcare related information from multiple sources and orally communicate information in a timely and accurate manner.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 32
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 16
Total Hours: 48
Instructional Strategies
Case studies (comparison of models of communication techniques); individual work; group work; role playing, filming of learners for feedback of performance; audio and computer labs for listening work and learner-recording; lecture
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Other
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20
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Audio/filmed interactions, speaking component
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Assignments
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20
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Contact assignments, oral reports
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Quizzes/Tests
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40
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Four speaking and listening tasks 10% each
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Final Exam
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20
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Course topics
- Active listening and active speaking;
- Socio-cultural Competencies
- Clarifying and interrupting;
- Identifying and using discourse markers;
- Reporting skills.
- Presentation skills.
- All topics are integrated, rather than following a sequence.
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.