Describe how learning in this course helped you to meet Program Outcome 1: Provide high quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles (Holistic Health & Patient-Centered Care). Provide at least two specific examples. This course taught me that a holistic approach while caring for a patient is important for the healing process. Providers will be able to identify socioeconomic, behavioral, spiritual, and lifestyle impacts on mental health and treat them effectively.

 I have learned that interviewing the patient thoroughly is very important in providing high-quality and safe treatment. It helps us identify symptoms related to the disease, any risk factors, previous treatment, allergies, and contraindications. It is important to make a list of differential diagnoses to rule out possible diagnoses. A clinician should be mindful of patients' emotions, hesitancy, and fear of sharing personal information with them therefore a trustful patient-clinician relationship is important