This course is designed to provide the core didactic components for an urban Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) practitioner. Through interactive modules consisting of textbook reading, video lectures, group discussions, and assignments, the participants will have a better understanding of: MIH program implementation and development, motivational interviewing, disease and clinical management, behavioral health, and end-of-life care and the hospice and home health population.

Module 1 will explore the past, present and future of EMS in relation to healthcare and where Mobile Integrated Healthcare comes in to play. The student will have a better understanding of the need for MIH in their community, the role of the MIH provider, the importance of outcomes, and various programs within MIH.