Each student enrolled in the BA in Bilingual Health Care Studies (BHCS) Program will be proficient in health content knowledge in the critical areas of disease awareness and prevention, ethical considerations and practices, culturally competent communication skills, and health program planning.

Students enrolled in the BA in BHCS Program will be able to comprehend and demonstrate the cultural aspects of health content knowledge in regard to diseases, ethical standards, communication skills, and health program planning.

A group of exam questions, cumulative course grades, course projects, and demonstrations in several courses in the BHCS curriculum, will be used to assess the student’s health content knowledge.

The criteria for assessing proficient mastery of health content knowledge in the BHCS curriculum include:

HLTH 3392 Communication Skills for Health Education: Health Campaign Brochure Plan (students must score a minimum of 90 percent)

HLTH 1360 Introduction to Health Education and Health Careers Code of Ethics/Bioethical Activity Plan (students must score a minimum of 90 percent)

HLTH 3391 Study of Human Diseases: Cumulative course grade (students must earn a grade of B or higher)

HLTH 4387 Community Health: Healthy People activity (students must score a minimum of 90 percent)

HLTH 4393 Principles and Practices of Community Organization and Community Development: Health Program Plan (students must score a minimum of 90 percent)

Each student enrolled in the BA in Bilingual Health Care Studies (BHCS) Program will demonstrate professional attributes and competence of their acquired knowledge, skills, and experiences in their professional internship setting.

BHCS students will be able to successfully use their acquired knowledge, skills, and experience in an internship setting.  BHCS students enrolled in HLTH 4394 will be able to demonstrate professional competency in an applied setting. Students will engage in a variety of assignments including monthly blogs, weekly internship logs, and a cumulative reflection paper in order to demonstrate summary professional development. The cumulative portfolio is evaluated via a rubric established by program faculty. Students’ cumulative performance will also be evaluated by their internship site supervisor via a rubric established by program faculty.

Internship Site Supervisor Evaluation and Professional Portfolio

Health BS students enrolled in HLTH 4394 will achieve a minimum of an 85 % rating on their final internship evaluation from their site supervisor. Additionally, the professional portfolio and all accompanying assignments presented by the student must also attain a minimum of an 85 percent rating.

 

 

BHCS students enrolled in HLTH 4394 will be able to demonstrate professional competency in an applied setting. Students will engage in a variety of assignments including monthly blogs, weekly internship logs, and a cumulative reflection paper in order to demonstrate summary professional development. The cumulative portfolio is evaluated via a rubric established by program faculty. Students’ cumulative performance will also be evaluated by their internship site supervisor via a rubric established by program faculty.

Each student enrolled in the BA in Bilingual Health Care Studies (BHCS) Program will demonstrate their awareness of the social, physical, economic, religious, and geographic variables that affect the quality of health for underrepresented populations and aliens who strive to receive health care services in the United States.

Students enrolled in the BA in BHCS Program will be able to successfully teach other students the various barriers that prevent underrepresented populations from having accessibility to health services. In addition, these students will teach their peers about the social, physical, economic, religious, and geographic factors that affect the overall health status of aliens who strive to receive health care in the United States.

Individual and group reports and presentations that are required in HLTH 2387: Multicultural Health Issues and HLTH 4392: Independent Study in Health, will be used to assess the student’s overall knowledge of underrepresented populations and aliens quality of health variables.

The criteria for assessing Social and Physical Health cultural attributes of various populations in the BHCS curriculum include:

HLTH 4392 Independent Study in Health: Investigative Report (student must earn a minimum of 90 percent)

HLTH 2387 Multicultural Health Issues: Cultural Disparity Report (student must earn a minimum of 90 percent)

HLTH 2387 Multicultural Health Issues: Cultural Health Presentation (student must earn a minimum of 90 percent)