HLTH310: Healthcare Program planning & evaluation

Welcome to HLTH310! I am very excited to be working with you. This site provides you general information about the course and what to expect during the first week.

Please feel free to just call me “Dr. C.” If you have a preferred name other than your legal name, please update your profile in Canvas so that your classmates and I know to address you as such.

Just so you know I'm a real person, I have also included a welcome video (right below this), some pics of me traveling (one of my greatest passions) and of my dog, Comet. Since this is an online course, there are some pics of the campus too, just so you do not forget what it looks like!

Our Pact

To be successful in this class, you and I have to work together as partners. As we start this course together, I want our expectations of one another to be clear. Please read through these and be sure to make a commitment to uphold them:

My Teaching Philosophy

This class is a community; you are not alone in this journey! To be successful, each member must be regularly present in the course, be willing to learn, and challenge themselves. Each of us is different and brings different strengths from our individual and diverse experiences.

I recognize many of you are balancing work and family responsibilities with your school work. Please remember what your education will mean to you and your families in improving your lives. This journey is not just about completing this course or checking off a specific assignment; it is about understanding the content so that you can become a valuable member of the healthcare field. This and your other classes should be a priority.

As like many of you, I was a first-generation college student: my father mowed lawns for a living and my mother was a homemaker. They did not know how to support me as I started my college journey; there were many challenges and obstacles that I had to navigate without any support. I am here to help you with this class, career decisions, or the college experience in general.

Week 1 Success Kit

To get started on the right foot for this course, please be sure to complete these activities the first week of class:

• Review the Start Here Module

• Review the syllabus

• Complete the Syllabus Quiz

• Introduce yourself in the Getting to Know Each Other activity

• If you want to get a head start, take a look at your Module 1 readings and mini-lectures

My Advice for Success

This class is a little different than the other Health Sciences courses you have taken. You will be applying what you learn in this course and have learned in previous courses (specifically, HLTH101: Overview of the Health Care Industry, HLTH102: Community Health Organizations, & HLTH301: Introduction to Public Health Administration) to a real-world setting. To be successful, you will need to read through all of the material, watch the mini-lectures, and reach out to me whenever you need help!

The three written assignments in Modules 2, 3, and 4 build upon one another and are combined into your final course project. It is essential that you read through the feedback on the individual assignments thoroughly...and then implement it! If there is any feedback you do not understand, please come to me and ask for clarification!

Communication Options

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns at any points. I am here to help! There are a few different ways to get a hold of me if you have any questions.

• Virtual Office Hours Monday & Friday 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. via Zoom

• In-Person Office Hours on Campus Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

  • Solano Hall 1115

    • This office is hard to find, so do not give up! It is down one of the side hallways near the end of the building closest to the street. If you cannot find it, call me: 805-665-3765

• Make an appointment for a different time using this website if my office hours are not convenient for you

• Email: thomas.clobes@csuci.edu

• Phone: 805-665-3765