PNAV1300

PNAV

1300

Patient/Hlth Navig Clinical I

This course will provide the clinical experience for entry-level patient navigators. Students will attend clinical experience in which they will shadow various employees in different settings at a facility with a community industry partner. The students will experience the following areas during their clinical experience: Patient Access and Registration in an inpatient, emergency room, and outpatient setting; Discharge Planning in the inpatient setting; Population health navigation in the outpatient setting; Insurance-based navigation. Students will observe assessments of social determinants of health, income-based needs, and specific health screenings. Students will be given a project to present to the class that explores a patient/health navigation topic in-depth during this clinical experience (e.g., HEDIS measures, heart health screening tools, etc.).