Why Study Telehealth AT UNH?
Studying telehealth at UNH provides students with the practical information needed to provide distance healthcare within your career in the helping profession. You’ll learn from an interprofessional group of full-time faculty who are passionate about the topic of telehealth within their disciplines and who are connected to a network of local telehealth innovators within our area.
Our curriculum currently offers a cross-listed elective course which is online only. This course is taught by an inter-professional group of faculty from CHHS. This provides a great variety of perspectives on the potential of this emerging field. Future courses may include: Telebehavioral Health, Telehealth Field Seminar and Continuing Education Seminars.
Current Courses
HHS 798/898 Introduction to Telehealth: This course focuses on the ever-changing landscape of telehealth as it relates to Health and Human Services. Students will explore topics such as rural health, digital divides, assistive technology, innovations and current practices in telehealth. Ethical, legal and financial implications of the integration of technology into the helping professions will be explored throughout the course. Students will work collaboratively at a distance to create a multi-media project focused on a topic of interest within the area of telehealth.
This course uses Open Educational Resources (OER). No textbook is required.
Learning Objectives
- Apply the understanding of the roles and responsibilities of other health care professionals to discussions and assignments focused on telehealth practice.
- Practice mutual respect and shared values in the planning and execution of the group project
- Evaluate the experience of participating as a team member in a group project completed at a distance
Telehealth Internships
After taking our introductory course, many of students want to continue this experience out in the field. With an internship focused on Telehealth that it coordinated with your academic department, you’ll gain experience while making a difference at a distance through a Telehealth field internship. Our faculty also offer independent studies within the topic of Telehealth.
For more information contact Kelsey Sobel, clinical assistant professor, at (603) 862-5482 or Kelsey.Sobel@unh.edu.
