Lesson 2 - Introduction
Welcome to the web-based course on Introduction to Health Professions Practice. The course will investigate different areas of health care with an emphasis on the health care practitioner. Every week a different topic area will be presented. Instead of sitting in a classroom listening to a presentation, you will be viewing the presentation on-line, at home or in your office. By selecting various icons and URLs, you can access lecture notes, reading assignments, bulletin boards to post messages to the instructor and/or other students, and various other functions.
To help you understand the reading assignments and the activities, first read "Notes from the Instructor." Here is where you will find an overview of the content for the lesson. After you have read the "Notes," continue on with the reading assignments. There will be activities for you to do after you have completed the "Notes" and reading assignments.
Become familiar with using the bulletin board and visit frequently. If you have questions about a certain topic and would like to know what other students or the instructor are thinking about that topic, post a message on the bulletin board. Also, read the postings on the bulletin board from other students and the instructor and feel free to respond to these messages. This dialog counts toward your class participation.
If you have questions or problems that need to be addressed immediately, feel free to e-mail or call. This is a new experience and understandably there will be problems, questions, and panic attacks. Remain calm and we will all get through this course together.