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About This Course:

The Business and Professional Communications for Success program will provide learners with the essential knowledge to create eye-catching, appropriate business presentations, and apply proper techniques in their business communications, all while working in diverse environments. This program also examines the various types of business presentations in the work environment and allows learners to apply their knowledge to create a stunning presentation.

Professional Business Presentations, will dive into the world of presenting information both in written and verbal form using presentation templates or creating from scratch. This course discusses how to effectively create high-quality presentations with proper formatting, design elements (color scheme, layout, etc.), and organization. The learner will identify the appropriate presentation format and software for their audience. Learners will have the opportunity to utilize the skills gained to create an engaging PowerPoint presentation. Learners will also use their skills to create a professional handout with infographics and record a video presentation, graded by staff, as part of their final project in the course.

What You’ll Learn:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

● Evaluate the organizational steps of a presentation

● Examine various supporting materials for presentations

● Evaluate and discuss various presentation software

● Examine design principles for presentations

● Discuss storytelling for presentations

● Develop a presentation

Present via video a polished presentation

Meet Your Instructor:

Debora Sepich

EdD MBA at Doane University

Debora Sepich is an entrepreneur turned educator who has spent the last 15 years blurring the lines between the world of work and the halls of education. Debora is the Director of Graduate Business and Technology Programs at Doane University. Prior to working at Doane University, she founded Dolphin Software, an environmental health and safety software company focused on supporting pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and other highly regulated industries focus on protecting people, the planet while also making sustainable profits. Debora is delighted to be marrying her years of applied business experience with online education.

About This Course:

The Business and Professional Communications for Success program will provide learners with the essential knowledge to create appropriate business messages and apply proper business writing techniques in their written business communications, all while working in diverse environments. This program also examines the various types of business presentations in the work environment and allows learners to apply their knowledge to create and present their work.

Business Writing Techniques will expand on the different communication styles of business writers. We will discuss business writers’ best practices by providing real-world scenarios and applications such as proofreading and rewriting. Learners will examine how to use the 6 C’s to enhance their business messages. Learners will also discuss the proper etiquette of business writing and examine the use of emoji in business communications.

What You’ll Learn:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

● Identify Parts of a business letter

● Examine the 6 C’s for business messages

● Evaluate Direct Vs. Indirect messages

● Examine the use of emojis in the business setting

Meet Your Instructor:

Debora Sepich

EdD MBA at Doane University

Debora Sepich is an entrepreneur turned educator who has spent the last 15 years blurring the lines between the world of work and the halls of education. Debora is the Director of Graduate Business and Technology Programs at Doane University. Prior to working at Doane University, she founded Dolphin Software, an environmental health and safety software company focused on supporting pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and other highly regulated industries focus on protecting people, the planet while also making sustainable profits. Debora is delighted to be marrying her years of applied business experience with online education.

About This Course:

The Business and Professional Communications for Success program will provide learners with the essential knowledge of effective business communications to aid in their company’s success. Learners will create appropriate business messages through business letters and messaging and apply proper business communications techniques and business writing techniques. Learners will examine the basics of business communication while working in diverse business environments with diverse team members. This program also examines the various types of business presentations in the work environment. It allows learners to apply their knowledge to create and present their work for internal and external communication.

Learners will engage with the fundamentals of business communication. Learners will discover different communication styles and how to address them in a business setting. Learners will also assess their listening styles and emotional intelligence and how both can affect their communication skills.

What You’ll Learn:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:
Define communication
Examine the communication principles
Identify the Communication Model
Identify ways to effectively listen
Identify their communication style
Examine Emotional Intelligence and its use in communication

Meet Your Instructor:

Debora Sepich

EdD MBA at Doane University

Debora Sepich is an entrepreneur turned educator who has spent the last 15 years blurring the lines between the world of work and the halls of education. Debora is the Director of Graduate Business and Technology Programs at Doane University. Prior to working at Doane University, she founded Dolphin Software, an environmental health and safety software company focused on supporting pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and other highly regulated industries focus on protecting people, the planet while also making sustainable profits. Debora is delighted to be marrying her years of applied business experience with online education.

About this course

This course is part of the Certified Lifestyle Medicine Executive MicroMasters program which consists of 9 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the program here).

Executives in healthcare systems must have an understanding of healthcare legal and regulatory issues surrounding finance and risk as well as compliance within the law in order to navigate and change the system.

This course is a survey course that covers a wide range of important issues in health law.

What you’ll learn

Discuss health law and how it shapes physician-patient relations
Explore the subgroup of laws that control access to health care
Examine the principles of informed consent for medical treatment
Evaluation of basic medical malpractice suits
Examine bioethics in healthcare

Meet your instructor

Susan Sapp

JD at Doane University

Susan Sapp has a general civil trial practice which includes labor and employment issues, medical and legal malpractice defense and insurance defense. She represents school districts, hospitals, doctors, employers and insurance companies in all aspects of legal representation. She also handles all aspects of adoption proceedings. In addition, Susan serves as mediator in personal injury and employment cases. Susan is admitted to practice law in Nebraska, Iowa, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

About this course

This course is part of the Certified Lifestyle Medicine Executive MicroMasters program which consists of 9 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the program here).

The connections between prevention, wellness and behavioral health science with healthcare delivery, quality and safety, lifestyle medicine-based disease management and economic issues of value and risk—all in the service of specific populations and subpopulations – need to be made in order that disease can be prevented and managed within these populations.

Learners who take this course will come away with the knowledge to be able to identify key socio-economic and cultural determinants of population health outcomes, analyze the impact of socio-cultural factors on access to health care and adjust health promotions and interventions accordingly.

What you’ll learn

Identify the three types of disease prevention care/management
Identify determinants of health and their effect on healthcare outcomes and access.
Discuss the social and economic imperative of health promotion.
Define the concept of lifestyle medicine-based disease management and understand the economic case.
Identify the need for and value of integrating lifestyle medicine into the community, including worksites and healthcare institutions.
Characterize the differences between chronic care and preventive care management.
Identify key characteristics and components of a successful lifestyle medicine-based population health model as they pertain to disease prevention and management.
Describe the factors that play a role in the shift to population health management and leverage points in the system for intervention.

Meet your instructor

Amanda McKinney

Associate Dean of Health Sciences & Executive Director of the Institute of Human & Planetary Health at Doane University

Amanda McKinney is a physician with a passion for Lifestyle Medicine and environmental issues who recognizes the intimate relationship between our food and the health of both humans and the planet. She is both a Fellow and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Director of Doane University's Institute for Human and Planetary Health (IHPH). She founded the IHPH to improve human health by transforming medical education and healthcare delivery and creating healthy, resilient communities. Creating a culture of healthy food, grown sustainably, will have a positive impact on human and planetary health.

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

About this course

This course is part of the Certified Lifestyle Medicine Executive MicroMasters program which consists of 9 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the program here).

Health informatics technology (HIT) is the field of study that focuses on acquiring, storing, and retrieving healthcare data. In order to address the challenges of safety, quality, effectiveness, and efficiency in healthcare systems for population health, HIT is essential. Electronic healthcare records and data are dynamic and at a population level, HIT enables the use of aggregate data to refine and enhance our understanding of what interventions are most clinically and cost effective for subsets of patients within a population.

While most health informatics texts take a hospital-centric approach, this course focuses on how to operationalize informatics solutions to address important public health challenges impacting individuals, families, communities, and the environment in which they live.

This course is part of the Certified Lifestyle Medicine Executive MicroMasters program. For an introduction to lifestyle medicine, see the Lifestyle Medicine Competencies Professional Certificate program.

What you’ll learn

Define Population Health, Health Informatics and Public Health
Describe the difference and connection between Population Health and Informatics
Compare how population health is being managed through Health Informatics
Apply the concepts of informatics to understand how healthcare is changing the health of the population
Discuss emerging trends in health informatics
Recognize informatics solutions for public health challenges

Meet your instructor

Nicholas King

MS at Doane University

Nicholas King's background is in the field of Technology and Healthcare. He works for Cerner Corporation and implements Fetal monitoring interfaces on a day to day basis. Nick received his Masters in Health Informatics from the University of Missouri, Columbia. His undergraduate field of study was Management Information Systems. He enjoys working in Healthcare Technology because he gets to help in hospitals and work with technology at the same time. Through his job, Nick has had the privilege of experiencing healthcare in many different regions of the world including (UAE, UK, Ireland, and Australia). He finds it extremely rewarding to be able to learn and compare the styles healthcare across the world.

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

About this course

This course is part of the Healthcare Administration MicroMasters program which consists of 7 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the program here).

In order to be a leader/administrator in the healthcare industry, you must have a basic understanding of healthcare finance, risk, legal and regulatory issues in order to navigate and change the system. Managing risk is one of the primary responsibilities of a leader. This requires a basic understanding of the financial health and regulatory constraints one operates within to anticipate and address changing dynamics.

This course will focus on healthcare economics and finance to help you articulate new approaches to managing costs and improving access, quality and safety. You will learn how to assess the fiscal status of a healthcare organization. Strategic planning, marketing, quality assurance and risk management initiatives for healthcare organizations will also be explored.

What you’ll learn

How to evaluate the relevance of economics in all aspects of healthcare.
How to analyze economic concepts and models as they apply to healthcare.
How to identify the diverse aspects of healthcare financing.
How to assess economic problems in order to develop and implement economic policy.
How to evaluate the economic advantages and policy options of healthcare market reform.

MicroMasters® in Healthcare Administration

Pay as you go – start the first course for $99. Learn about healthcare delivery models, how to assess economics and risk within healthcare finance, and gain skills in the ever-growing field of health informatics.

Healthcare Organization and Delivery Models

Health Informatics and Technology in Decision Making

Healthcare Finance, Economics and Risk

Health Law, Policy, and Advocacy

Vulnerable Populations

Organizational Culture and Change in Healthcare

Strategic Leadership in Healthcare

Healthcare Administration Comprehensive Exam

8 Courses 7 months 5 - 10 hours per week

Complete Program $1,253.70

Program Details

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

Meet Your Instructor

Jody Woodworth

PhD at Doane University Dr. Jody Woodworth attended the University of Nebraska Medical Center and graduated with an Associate and later a Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Medicine Technology. She worked for nine years as a Lead Nuclear Cardiac Technologist. She continued her education with a new career focus and earned a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and worked as a Project Analysts applying her knowledge in economics and management. She graduated with her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 2009 in Higher Education Administration. For the past 18 years she works in higher education as a professor and administrator.

About this course

Lifestyle Medicine is an increasingly crucial element to transforming disease care systems to healthcare systems. Current medical services are unable to restore health because they do not address root causes.

In this course, you will learn the deficiencies within traditional Western Medicine and more effective lifestyle based treatment protocols used to prevent and treat chronic diseases of lifestyle.

You will learn about lifestyle medicine based treatments for the following chronic diseases:

Prostate and Colorectal Cancer
Osteoarthritis/Gout/Fibromyalgia
Multiple Sclerosis/Rheumatoid Arthritis/Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Irritable Bowel Syndrome/Fructose Intolerance/Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
Depression/ Anxiety
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and PCOS Associated Infertility/ Anovulatory Bleeding
Pregnancy
Menopause/Osteoporosis

What you’ll learn

Recognize the core competencies of Nutrition, Tobacco Cessation, and Alcohol and their interaction with chronic diseases
Explain the difference in efficacies of traditional treatments vs. lifestyle based treatments
Identify effective lifestyle based treatment protocols used to prevent and treat chronic diseases of lifestyle

Professional Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine

Pay as you go – start the first course for $149. Learn the fundamentals of lifestyle medicine, how to treat chronic disease, and how to apply what you learn when caring for patients.

Lifestyle Medicine Fundamentals

Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 1

Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 2

Applying Health Coaching in Patient Care

4 2 months 8 - 13 hours per week

Complete Program $635.40

Program Details

Prerequisites

Lifestyle Medicine Fundamentals and Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 1 (recommended)

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

Meet your instructors

Amanda McKinney

Associate Dean of Health Sciences & Executive Director of the Institute of Human & Planetary Health at Doane University

Amanda McKinney is a physician with a passion for Lifestyle Medicine and environmental issues who recognizes the intimate relationship between our food and the health of both humans and the planet. She is both a Fellow and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Director of Doane University's Institute for Human and Planetary Health (IHPH). She founded the IHPH to improve human health by transforming medical education and healthcare delivery and creating healthy, resilient communities. Creating a culture of healthy food, grown sustainably, will have a positive impact on human and planetary health.

About this course

Lifestyle Medicine is an increasingly crucial element to transforming disease care systems to healthcare systems. Current medical services are unable to restore health because they do not address root causes.

In this course, you will learn the deficiencies within traditional Western Medicine and more effective lifestyle based treatment protocols used to prevent and treat chronic diseases of lifestyle.

You will learn about lifestyle medicine based treatments for the following chronic diseases:

Hypertension
Hyperlipidemia
Angina/ Atherosclerosis
Type II Diabetes/ Obesity
Liver Disease
Kidney Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
Breast Cancer

What you’ll learn

Recognize the core competencies of Nutrition, Tobacco Cessation, and Alcohol and their interaction with chronic diseases
Explain the difference in efficacies of traditional treatments vs. lifestyle based treatments
Identify effective lifestyle based treatment protocols used to prevent and treat chronic diseases of lifestyle

Professional Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine

Pay as you go – start the first course for $149. Learn the fundamentals of lifestyle medicine, how to treat chronic disease, and how to apply what you learn when caring for patients.

Lifestyle Medicine Fundamentals

Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 1

Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 2

Applying Health Coaching in Patient Care

4 2 months 8 - 13 hours per week

Complete Program $635.40

Program Details

Prerequisites

Health Informatics Technology in Population Healthcare Analytics (recommended)

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners from one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. EdX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

Meet your instructors

Nicholas King

MS at Doane University

Nicholas King's background is in the field of Technology and Healthcare. He works for Cerner Corporation and implements Fetal monitoring interfaces on a day to day basis. Nick received his Masters in Health Informatics from the University of Missouri, Columbia. His undergraduate field of study was Management Information Systems. He enjoys working in Healthcare Technology because he gets to help in hospitals and work with technology at the same time. Through his job, Nick has had the privilege of experiencing healthcare in many different regions of the world including (UAE, UK, Ireland, and Australia). He finds it extremely rewarding to be able to learn and compare the styles healthcare across the world.

About this course

In this course, you will explore the core Lifestyle Medicine principles that form the foundation of this emerging field of patient care and learn why the application of lifestyle medicine is needed.

Lifestyle Medicine involves the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, to prevent, treat, and, oftentimes, reverse the root causes of lifestyle-related, chronic disease that’s all too prevalent.

This course will review the role of oxidative stress, microbiome, and epigenetic as root causes of chronic disease and how environmental factors contribute. We will also explore the core lifestyle principles of exercise, sleep, and stress management.

What you’ll learn

Define the key concepts of Oxidative Stress, Microbiome, and Epigenetics
Identify the role that the Oxidative Stress, Microbiome, and Epigenetics play in human health
Recognize the interaction of exercise with our overall health
Recognize how sleep and stress management interacts with our overall health
Comprehend how the physical environments impact chronic diseases of lifestyle

Professional Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine

Pay as you go – start the first course for $149. Learn the fundamentals of lifestyle medicine, how to treat chronic disease, and how to apply what you learn when caring for patients.

Lifestyle Medicine Fundamentals

Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 1

Lifestyle Medicine Treatments of Chronic Disease – Part 2

Applying Health Coaching in Patient Care

4 2 months 8 - 13 hours per week

Complete Program $635.40

Program Details

Prerequisites

none

Meet your instructors

Amanda McKinney

Associate Dean of Health Sciences & Executive Director of the Institute of Human & Planetary Health at Doane University

Amanda McKinney is a physician with a passion for Lifestyle Medicine and environmental issues who recognizes the intimate relationship between our food and the health of both humans and the planet. She is both a Fellow and a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Director of Doane University's Institute for Human and Planetary Health (IHPH). She founded the IHPH to improve human health by transforming medical education and healthcare delivery and creating healthy, resilient communities. Creating a culture of healthy food, grown sustainably, will have a positive impact on human and planetary health.