Health 3200 – Methods in Health Education – 3 Credit Hours
Spring 2008

Instructor: Michael Olpin, PhD, CHES
Office: Swenson Gym Office #125F
E-mail: molpin@weber.edu
 Phone: 626-6485

Prerequisite: Health 3000 Foundations of Health Promotion

Class Schedule:  
MWF 10:00 Stromberg PE/Health 62

Required Text 
Course Notebook; Weber State University Bookstore.

Optional Text
 Gilbert & Sawyer, Health Education - Creating Strategies for School and Community Health. Jones and Bartlett, 1995.  

 Secondary References:
Health Education Methods Books are available on loan from the instructor. In addition the instructor maintains files on most methods used in health education. Curriculum guides for several topics are also available from the instructor. These can be checked out from the instructor. McKay-Dee Hospital has a new Consumer Health Information Center located inside the lobby, which has many books, pamphlets, and health education videotapes. Community Health Agencies also have a lot of related materials. The university library has a curriculum section, Government Documents, ERIC Microfiche, and much more material that can be used. Enter and use by permission. The Internet has become probably the best reference for all types of educational methods and materials

 Also Required:
Students will need to be able to access the online webspace for this class. Your first assignment and several additional ones during the semester will include the opportunity of getting in there.

Also Required:
Students will need to be able to access the online webspace (WSUOnline) for this class. Several of the assignments in the class will be available or completed in there. If you need help, contact the friendly technical help people at 626-7777.

Course Description
Students will obtain the necessary skills to plan and implement a variety of health promotion lessons & methods in the school, clinical, hospital, or worksite settings. Emphasis will be on facilitating prepared units/lessons to respective target populations such as students, employees, patients, or community members.

 Aim                              
The course will enable the student to select methods and develop a lesson plan in order to effectively communicate an educational session with specific learning/behavioral objectives. Students will be capable of creating and implementing an individualized change program through a process of risk analysis, individualizing a behavior change program, and counseling the client/student/patient toward success.

Goals                
For the various projects, students will identify both a setting (school, clinic, government or community health setting, worksite, etc.) and a target population in order to meet the following learning objectives:

 Objectives: At the completion of this course, each student will have the opportunity to:

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Construct, demonstrate, and disseminate an innovative teaching method in the form of a Method-Presentation. Copies will be disseminated to all students.

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Develop 2 comprehensive Content-Presentations (one which is selected from their Unit Plan) incorporating a minimum of three (3) separate teaching modalities. The presentations must include clearly identified learning objectives, comprehensive content materials, opportunity for processing the material, brief summary for closure, and evaluation items.

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Develop a Unit Plan as described in the course notebook. The content-presentation would represent one lesson plan within the unit plan. Proper scope and sequence must be followed. Duplications of unit plans from 3050 are not acceptable. Sample Unit Plans

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Review and rate one Health Related Video using appropriate rating sheet

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Complete regular Peer Evaluation Instruments to assess peer performance (Method and Content-Presentations) films and videos, and other media such as pamphlets, newsletters, and books. Peer evaluations, worth 5 points each, will be graded based on constructive ratings and comments. Evaluations that do not include constructive comments (either positive, negative or both) will be downgraded.

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Complete a Bulletin Board. (Must be on a real bulletin board. Poster Board is not acceptable.)

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Demonstrate the correct usage of an audio-visual aid, e.g., movie projector, VCR, Elmo, overhead projector and the use of a PC to develop overheads, pamphlets, newsletters, conduct Health Risk Appraisals, and to conduct briefings.

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Locate and develop appropriate health education methods and materials for use in planning and implementing programs & classes from appropriate sources (documentation of a review of literature is required in both the method and content presentation).

Some Ground Rules

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Content presentations should include at least 1 icebreaker, and at least one but preferably 2 or 3 of the methods that were treated in the Method-Presentations

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Guest speakers may not be used except if presented in videotape format for a maximum of 3 minutes.

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Videotape segments used in the content-presentation may not exceed 3 minutes.

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Each student must use at least two overheads with proper font size and clip art.

Note: All students must meet with professor at least one week prior to their presentation for a consultation.

 Course Requirements:            
The course is highly participatory and experiential. Class projects will determine most of the grade. Participation is a large part of the course and points will be awarded accordingly.

 Participation Policy:           
Students will receive points for participating in class. For regular class, 3 participation points per class session will be awarded. For each content/method presentation, 5 assessment points will be awarded. Students can miss a maximum of two (2) days, unexcused, where normal points will be awarded. Students who miss more than three or more unexcused absences will receive no credit for the session(s) missed. Excused absences (official WSU business, illness, etc.) must be petitioned for in writing no more than one-week after return to campus. Failure to petition for points will result in no points for that session.

Semester Schedule – Found Here:

3200 spring schedule 2008

 Determining the dates that you will do your Methods and Content Presentations
 The following procedures will be used to determine assignments for the method and content presentations. The dates you will present the method and content presentations will be determined by drawing a number out of a hat (or something that can hold little pieces of paper). You will be assigned the number that you draw. The drawing will not begin until those with special needs have been accommodated. For example, an expectant mother or some other similar circumstance will be able to choose her preference for the date of her presentation.

Assignments:
The instructions for completing most of the assignments are located in the Appendix of the course notebook. The titles of the different assignments are listed below. Where the due date is provided, the assignment must be turned in on the due date, not before or after. Late assignments will NOT BE ACCEPTED unless the instructor has been notified in advance of the due date that extenuating circumstances exist. 

Assignment

Points Possible

Method-Presentation + Self-Evaluation

50

Content-Presentation + Self-Evaluation

100 (50 * 2)

Content-Presentation Lesson Plan

25

Unit Plan Self-Evaluation (or)

100

Peer Evaluations of Method/Content Presentations

5 Each

Evaluation of one educational media

10

Bulletin Board

25

Grading:  Grades are based on a percentage of the total possible points earned in the class.
The following total number of points is associated with the final grades.

93% and above A 

73% C 

90% A- 

70% C- 

87% B+ 

67% D+ 

83% B 

63% D 

80% B- 

60% D- 

77% C+ 

Less than 60% E 

Your grades scores and ongoing grade for this course are found in the webspace designated for this class. This is accessible by following the instructions at the top of this syllabus.

Class Ground Rules

Beginning and Dismissing Class
Given the nature of the class, attendance is important. Classes will begin ON TIME. Unless you have extenuating circumstances, please make your best effort to be in class when it is time to begin. Also, we will dismiss class when the class activities are finished for the day. Please refrain from "packing up" before we are officially through. Rarely will we go overtime. Occasionally we will finish early. Regardless, it is very rude to hurry up the finish time of the class. If you absolutely must leave during class, please leave in a way that does not disrupt the flow of the class.

Food in the Classroom
 If you must bring food into the classroom, be sure you bring enough food to share with everyone (including the instructor).

Classroom Chatter
 It is rude to talk in class when someone else, either the instructor or another student, is speaking. Please be courteous when others are speaking.

Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devices

Please turn off, and leave in your bags, any cell phone or other electronic device that you might have in your possession while in the classroom.

Academic Misconduct
Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated. Evidence of not doing your own work will result in an automatic zero for that assignment on the first infraction. Evidence of not doing your own work a second time will result in an automatic failing grade for the class. This includes plagiarism. If you use someone else’s work, be sure to give them credit for it. This rule applies for all class assignments.