Welcome to Interdisciplinary
Studies!
This unique course shows you how the health care team works and your
role in it. You will collaborate with other health related professions to solve
problems, provide services, or develop new understandings.
The course will increase your
understanding of the:
- Unique roles of health
professionals.
- Knowledge, skills, and
attitudes needed to collaborate and work in teams.
- Shared roles and
responsibilities of health and human service professionals in any team.
- Benefits of interdisciplinary
collaboration to patients or clients, to the practice of a profession, to an
individual’s professional growth, and to health care outcomes.
The course is designed to meet
your individual career goals. You select how you will meet the course
requirements by planning where you will focus your energy and choosing the types
of experiences that will further develop your education of the roles of other
professions and the health care team. You can develop your understanding of the
diverse populations you will work with as a professional and acquire a broader
perspective of health care.
Mentored Activities
You work in small groups
with faculty from different disciplines who will share their interests and
expertise with you. You will see how your profession interacts with other
professions and how the health care team improves patient outcomes.
Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 – 5:00 pm are reserved for Mentored
Activities. In addition, some activities may be scheduled at other times
due to community and UTMB schedules. Mentored Activities allow you to:
- Conduct research in
health care with faculty members
- Evaluate real-life case
studies as part of a health care team
- Shadow professionals and health care teams in the field
- Gain experience and knowledge working with diverse cultures
- Examine alternative health practices and their role in health care
- Address the problems of health care today
- Develop the communication
skills required for patient-centered care
To see the listing of activities available, click on the
Activities link.
Each Mentored Activity listing will outline the experiential and learning
steps involved. In addition to the current listing on the website,
Mentored Activities will be added throughout the year. New activities will
be posted and on the website and weekly announcements of new activities
will be posted on every floor.
The course is individualized to meet your specific needs. In addition to
the posted activities, you can also develop your own activity to focus on
your specific interests. You need to have this activity approved before
implementation. See (Self-generated Student Activity in the Activities
list).
For more information, see:
MENTORED ACTIVITY PROCEDURES
If you need further information, please contact
Michele Conley in Room 4.230 or by email at
shpinds@utmb.edu.
Interdisciplinary
Distinction
Students who
complete a minimum of 200 points in the Interdisciplinary Studies course will earn the
Interdisciplinary Distinction recognition. This award will be noted in the
graduation program and each student will receive a certificate.
Students can also include this distinction on their resumes.
