Course Number: CHS232A
Course Title: Non-Communicable/Communicable Diseases

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

General

Students will develop knowledge and skills needed to accurately and effectively advise and provide specific preventive services to prevent disease and disability in the community. Basic first-line diagnosis and curative care for these diseases is also covered.

Specific

Students will be able to:

- Explain the 10 principles for health workers in the Code of Conduct of the International Red Cross as they apply both to disaster
  relief and community health  (see Community Health. Wood, CH. AMREF, 2^nd ed. Nairobi Kenya, 1997.)
- Define confidentiality and explain why it is important for all health workers to preserve confidentiality.
- Demonstrate 3 techniques for establishing rapport with a patient.
- Identify the location and function of organs affected by each of the core diseases.
- Describe how each disease causes dysfunction of affected organ systems.
- Describe how dysfunction results in symptoms, illness and death from each core disease.
- Identify which important diseases are suggested by the presence of common symptoms.
- Identify safe traditional remedies for common disease symptoms.
- Identify situations when it is dangerous to delay or interrupt modern medical treatments for these diseases.
- Describe the roles of host factors, disease agent and environment (including disease vectors) in the production of
   illness for each condition.
- Describe the typical time course of each condition, including the pre-clinical/incubation period.
- Recognize the typical presentation of each of the core diseases, select the proper method for diagnostic
  confirmation and select the first line treatment for the condition.
- Explain indications for referral of patients with each condition to a higher level of care.
- Select the proper treatment, including the dose and dose interval and cautions and contraindications of
  medications on the state essential medication list that are used to treat these conditions.
- Prescribe the proper follow-up for patients being treated for each core condition, including what parameters are to
  be checked on follow-up.
- Identify behavioral risk factors for each of the core diseases.
- Use a systematic approach to setting incremental and measurable behavior change goals with patients for
   modification of behavioral risk factors.
- Demonstrate mastery in the use of flip charts to systematically deliver key messages about disease.
- Use educational materials in order to promote understanding and motivation for people to use the MODFAT diet.
- Take accurate readings of pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and blood glucose.
- Identify whether readings taken are normal or abnormal, and relate the significance of abnormal readings.
- Take accurate readings of weight and height, and plot these on a BMI (body mass index) chart.
- Use the chart to classify patients as normal, underweight, overweight or obese and relate the significance of these
  findings.
- Identify lesions that are suspicious for Hansen's disease by inspecting skin.
- Perform a systematic exam of feet of patients with diabetes and Hansen's disease to detect risk factors for foot
  ulcers.
- Based on these foot exam findings offer appropriate counseling for the prevention of foot ulcers and amputations.