GH 120 - Therapeutic Relationships
Description
This is an introductory course for health students on how to establish and maintain therapeutic relationships. Students demonstrate the skills of rapport building, active listening, communication styles, interviewing techniques, and group processing skills. Students describe professionalism as it applies to health care in areas of ethics, confidentiality, and patient advocacy.
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Occupational Therapy Assistant
Discipline: GH
Last Revision Date Effective: 20180302T09:26:31
Course Review & Revision Year: 2022-2023
Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Define and demonstrate the components of a therapeutic relationship.
2. Identify and demonstrate rapport building skills.
3. Identify and demonstrate active listening skills in a therapeutic relationship.
4. Identify and demonstrate therapeutic use of self as part of the therapeutic process in both individual and group interactions.
5. Identify and differentiate the communication styles of passive, aggressive, assertive, and passive-aggressive.
6. Identify components of helping and hindering relationships.
7. Identify cultural competency related to treatment of clients in a healthcare environment.
8. Describe professionalism as it applies to health care in the areas of ethics, confidentiality, and patient advocacy.
9. Identify application of groups in health care treatment.
10. Identify and demonstrate roles of facilitators and members in therapeutic discussion groups.
11. Plan, facilitate, and critique a group discussion.
12. Identify and discuss application of therapeutic relationships with specific populations.
13. Identify and demonstrate team building process and skills.
14. Know and use active listening skills.
15. Discuss how communities, countries, or cultures differ in their values, politics, communication styles, beliefs and practices.
16. Work well in teams and with others.
Approved for Online Delivery?: No
Course Outline:
I. Introduction to course and therapeutic interaction
II. Therapeutic relationship
A. Rapport building
B. Use of empathy and sympathy
C. Active listening skills
D. Therapeutic use of self
III. Communication skills in a therapeutic relationship
A. Identify communication styles of active listening
B. Practice communication styles
C. Application and distinction of effective skills in a therapeutic relationship
IV. Interview
A. Purpose of the interview
B. Methods of interviewing
C. Practice interviewing
V. Culture and values
A. Identify culture as it pertains to therapeutic relationships
B. Identify values as it pertains to therapeutic relationships
VI. Group facilitation
A. Group plan
B. Group facilitation skills
C. Group discussion activities
D. Group critique
VII. Ethics and confidentiality
A. Professional responsibility
VIII. Application to patient populations
A. Identification and description of specific patient populations
B. Communication techniques with specific populations
IX. Team building
A. Team structure and communication
B. Team meeting facilitation
C. Leadership skills
Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None
Instructional Strategies:
Discussion: 30-40%
Lectures: 25-30%
Group activities: 10-15%
Interview: 5%
Class activities: 15-20%
Mandatory Course Components:
Write quizzes demonstrating proficiency in the course material.
Verbally communicate to participate in class discussion and facilitate group discussion.
Conduct an interview with a class member using active listening skills.
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Other (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: GRCC employs competent faculty members qualified to accomplish the mission and goals of the institution. When determining acceptable qualifications of its faculty, and in compliance with Higher Learning Commission standard 3.c.2, GRCC gives primary consideration to those applicants with an earned Master’s degree or higher in a discipline related field. GRCC also considers professional experiences, professional licensure and certifications, related work experiences in the field and contributions to the teaching discipline.
Those faculty who do not possess the minimum educational requirement of a Master’s degree, either possess required licensure or certification, and/or related work experience (a minimum of 4,000 hours).
Occupational Therapy professional.
General Room Request: None
Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
AP Min. Score:
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Occupational Therapy Assistant, A.A.A.S
People Soft Course ID Number: 100500
Course CIP Code: 51.9999
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