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Benefits of Completing the Program
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Industry Certification
First year students are required to successfully complete CPR training in the classroom.
Articulation
Medical Office Technology Health-Care Data Technology Certified Nursing Assistant | BOT 1613 Medical Terms I |
Health Sciences Core
Unit | Title |
1 | Course Orientation and Professional Organizations |
2 | Safety and Standard Precautions |
3 | Health Care Systems, Legal, and Ethical Practices |
4 | Communication and Teamwork |
5 | Body Organization, Covering, Support, and Movement |
6 | Vital Organs and Protection |
7 | Intake and Elimination |
| 8 | Coordination, Sensory and Reproduction |
The emphasis of the second course is primarily to expose students to advanced skills in the various health occupations and the basic health-care sciences. Students may participate in shadowing experiences in selected health-care facilities. Upon completion of this advanced course, students will be trained to work as entry-level assistants in various health occupations and will be certified in CPR at the health-care provider level. This course offers 2 Carnegie units. Students who complete Healthcare and Clinical Services may count one of the credits earned in this course as one science credit toward graduation requirements if they complete both years of the Health Sciences program. This program includes a minimum of 100 hours of clinical-type experience during the second course. This clinical-type experience can include tours of health-care facilities, guest speakers, laboratory practice/demonstration in the classroom, and observation experiences in medical facilities.
Healthcare and Clinical Services
Unit | Title |
1 | Course Orientation, Safety Review, Clinical Policies and Employability |
2 | Emergency Services and Technical Skills |
3 | Human Growth and Development |
4 | Rehabilitative Services |
5 | Medical and Nursing Services |
6 | Therapeutic Services |
| 7 | Pharmacological and Diagnostic Services |
| 8 | Information Technology, and Health Informatics |