College of Health Professions


department of Health Science

Faculty and Staff

Patricia Alt, Ph.D.

Professor (1987)
Chair of Towson University's Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Participants

Office:   Burdick Hall , Room 132
Phone:   410-704-4221
Fax:   410-704-4670
E-mail:   palt@towson.edu

Patricia Alt, Ph.D.

Educational Background

B.A. Duke University, 1967
M.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982
(dissertation title: The Influence of Consumers on Health Center
Administration)

Areas of Professional Interest

Ethical issues in health care and in human subjects research
Gerontology (particularly community-based care and dementia care)
State-level policymaking in health care
Board Member, Maryland Gerontological Association
Chair, Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research
Subjects, Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene

Courses Typically Taught (two year cycle)

Health 411/511 Health and Later Maturity
Health 315 Curriculum and Planning
Health 207 Health Care in the U.S.
Health 645 Health Care Policy
HCMN 441/541 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Administration
Health 421/422 Undergraduate Community Health Fieldwork
IDHP 741 Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Practice

Personal Interests
Music, Art



 

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