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Apr 14, 2026
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2026-2027 College Catalog
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CRC 100 - Leadership for Health Professionals 2 Contact Hours, 2 Credits 2 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Focuses on theory and concepts associated with self-leadership and professionalism and implementation strategies. Includes organizational strategies, effective communication, professional and leadership theories for ethical decision-making in the delivery of quality healthcare.
Information: Students must be admitted to or have conditional status of the Clinical Research AAS or Post-Degree Certificate program or obtain the consent of the instructor before enrolling in this course. Based on proven strategies, this course will help you learn, appreciate, and use your talents and strengths as new professionals and individual leaders. Aligns to the Joint Taskforce competency Domain 7: Leadership & Professionalism

Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply the principles and practices of leadership and mentorship to the clinical setting.
- Demonstrate cultural competency to improve communication and study engagement with a diverse patient population
- Synthesize ethical and professional conflicts and how they can be mitigated or prevented.
- Apply clinical professional guidelines and codes of ethics
Performance Objectives:
- Develop personal leadership values, strengths, and weaknesses
- Define Unconscious Biases
- Role-play Crucial Conversation Techniques
- Articulate the behavioral practices (patterns of action) of effective professionals
Outline:
- The Model of Psychology and Professionalism
- Model of Professionalism
- Accountability
- Altruism
- Duty and honor
- Integrity
- Respect for others
- Psychology associated with professional behavior
- Professional motivation
- Professional sensitivity
- Professional judgement
- Professional choices
- Personality
- Personality Traits
- Moral outrage
- Impairment among health practitioners
- Big 5 personality traits
- Core values
- Emotional Intelligence
- Four domains of emotional intelligence
- Emotional hijacking
- Expertise in relation to personal and professional growth
- Intuition
- Judgment
- Wisdom
- Practical thinking
- Six Hat thinking method
- Is thinking rational?
- Impressions as a professional
- First impressions
- Attitudes
- Biases
- Establishing credibility
- Social Media
- Implicit Bias
- Attitudes as a student
- Attitudes as a professional
- Toxic work environment
- Building Professional Relationships
- Types of professional relationships
- Social power
- Professional transactions
- Levels of difficult conversations
- Scripting
- Crucial Conversations
- Dialogue Model
- Application
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