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Introducing California Southern

University’s Healthcare

Services Certificate:

Advanced Education to Help Professionals Work

More Empathetically and Effectively with

Chronically Ill Patients

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CalSouthern’s new healthcare services certificate provides advanced education for baccalaureate degreed professionals who are interested in gaining knowledge and practical skills to help them work more empathetically and effectively with chronically ill patients, such as cancer patients, across a wide variety of settings.

This certificate is offered 100% online and can help you serve your population with greater emotional intelligence and an increased understanding of the behavioral health issues faced by these individuals and their families.

At CalSouthern, we take great pride in both the quality of our educational programs and in the personal guidance and support that we offer every learner. We are committed to their success. Learners at CalSouthern enjoy many benefits, including robust degree and certificate programs, 100% online learning, one-on-one faculty mentoring, flexibility, and affordable tuition.

CalSouthern has a long history of educating adult learners worldwide with practical degree and certificate programs in areas that directly impact professional performance.

CalSouthern is committed to being the school of choice for professionals who are seeking the very best in online education, while maintaining its commitment to making its courses and programs accessible and affordable to those with busy schedules and tight budgets.

CORE COURSESPsychology of Chronic Illness

This course examines the medical, psychological and sociocultural factors related to various types of physical, neurological, sensory, psychiatric, and pain-related disabilities. Focus will be on the etiology of chronic illness, evidence based treatment interventions and the psychological impact on both the patient and their significant others. Psychosocial assessment, treatment planning and the valuable use of resources to assist the patient and their families will also be explored.

Psychology of Death and Dying This course explores all aspects in the process of loss and death. The focus of study includes attitudes towards death, historical and current, incorporated into theory and practice and the integration of conceptual knowledge within the human experience. The learner will explore his or her community to identify and research referrals for future clients who have terminal illnesses or have experienced a death in their family.

Psychology of Stress and Stress Related Disorders This course explores multiple causes of stress and stress related psychopathologies. The focus of study emphasizes the emotional and physiological manifestation of differential diagnostic symptoms.

The Psychology of the Mind I: Mind-Body Connection The psychology of the Mind-Body Connection provides an introductory examination of how the mind and body are intimately related. The course reviews models for healing and health through understanding how the mind interacts with the body to effect positive change. The course examines scientific advances in the fields of neuroscience and consciousness and their impact on mind-body healing. Learners will be able to determine the relationship between healing and illness, focusing on specific therapeutic interventions. Learners are also encouraged to develop a personal model of mental health care and to understand complimentary methods for self and client, offering an active role for clients in the development of their healing process. This course focuses on areas of interest to therapists who work in mental health care settings and those planning to in the future. It will inform the individual on mind-body techniques.

Course Information

The healthcare services certificate consists of four core course in mental health and is supplemented with two elective courses that can be taken in mental health, healthcare administration, economics or informatics.

Courses are offered monthly. Some of the required core and elective courses for the certificate may be applied towards meeting the requirements for a CalSouthern master’s degree.

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The Psychology of the Mind II: Mind-Body Connection

The psychology of the Mind-Body Connection II

provides a further examination of how the mind and

body are intimately related. The course continues the

investigation into models for healing and health through

understanding how the mind interacts with the body to

effect positive change. The course examines scientific

advances in the fields of psychoneuroimmunology and

consciousness and their impact on mind-body healing.

Learners will be able to determine the relationship

between healing and illness, focusing on specific

therapeutic interventions. Learners are also encouraged

to develop a personal model of mental health care and

to understand complimentary methods for self and client,

offering an active role for clients in the development

of their healing process. This course focuses on areas

of interest to therapists who work in mental health care

settings and those planning to in the future. It will inform

the individual on mind-body techniques.

Counseling Theories and Strategies

This course explores the major psychotherapeutic

models and theories in current use. The focus is on the

application of techniques to a variety of clinical situations

to improve, restore, or maintain healthy individual,

couple, and family relationships. Emphasis is given to

the development of those personal qualities that are

intimately related to the counseling situation such as

integrity, sensitivity, flexibility, insight, compassion, and

personal presence.

Healthcare Informatics

This course provides the learner with the fundamentals

of healthcare delivery systems, health information

management, and health information systems based

on the core competencies as defined by the American

Health Information Management Association, or

AHIMA, relative to what learners need to know to

be knowledgeable in healthcare informatics. The

learner explores delivery fundamentals, accreditation,

regulations, electronic records, coding, and

reimbursement. They also learn the importance of

healthcare transactions, billing, health statistics, research,

and decision-making processes.

Healthcare Administration

This course focuses on providing the learner with a

systematic understanding of 21st century healthcare

leadership and administrative skills. Learners review

new healthcare leadership skills relative to complex

systems, the inter-relationships among key stakeholders

in the industry, cultural diversity, creative and intuitive

problem solving techniques, and corporate governance.

Administrative topics concerning healing spaces and

environments, culturally driven designs, “going green,”

and innovative facility layouts are also covered.

Healthcare Economics

This course explores the healthcare profession from

an economic and decision making perspective as this

industry continues to growth in size, both in dollars and

relative to overall economic activity in the United States.

Learners will explore areas of cost-effectiveness analysis,

game theory, supply and demand factors impacting

medical care, and staffing issues. In addition, the impacts

of medical malpractice, regulations, technologies,

HMOs, Medicaid, insurance providers, and types of

intervention are also discussed relative to improving the

learner’s skills in the medical profession.

Alcoholism/Chemical Dependency

This course reviews the current theories of the etiology of

substance abuse, medical and legal aspects, personality

factors, physiological and psychological effects of

alcoholism and chemical dependency and explores the

treatment methods and strategies from an individual and

family systems perspective. Community resources, the

referral process, and recognition of populations at risk

are covered.

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