Multidisciplinary Healthcare

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe the inter-relationship between the different healthcare professionals; 2. outline complimentary roles in healthcare delivery; 3. discuss a broad based knowledge in applied medical sciences and an early orientation to multidisciplinary healthcare delivery; 4. appreciate early orientation to multidisciplinary healthcare delivery; 5. prioritise unity team approach to patient care; and 6. define basic medical terms and components of the medical interview.

Moral Philosophy. Clinical ethics and professionalism. Communication/interviewing skills healthcare delivery as an inter-disciplinary profession. Human resource for health. Introduction to the roles of various healthcare specialists in MHD, complimentary and alternate Medicine, human Nutrition, critical care medicine, psychology, complementary and Alternative Medicine. Herbal and traditional medicine. Spiritual medicine. Energy and mind-body medicine. Biologically based medical practice. Public health aspects of CAM. Medical jurisprudence and professional liability issues.