Orientation to the health care delivery system, including history, economics, medical/legal issues, professionalism, ethics, sociological aspects and wellness concepts. Orientation to the use of technology in the health care system will also be provided, including user interfaces, telecommunications and networks. The development of health care team skills, including critical thinking and problem-solving strategies and multicultural health care perspectives, will be presented. One classroom, three lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Orientation to safe and effective basic health care practice including medical scribe, community health worker, patient assessment and documentation, infection control, body mechanics, and environmental safety considerations. Two classroom, two lab hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
This course provides strategies and techniques to maximize individual test performance through prioritized learning and focused study time for the Health Sciences programs. Test-taking strategies and techniques are presented using simulated testing situations. Techniques learned will help improve thinking and discrimination skills to enhance test performance.
1 Credit Hour
This course provides strategies and techniques to maximize individual test performance through prioritized learning and focused study time for the Health Sciences programs. Test-taking strategies and techniques are presented using simulated testing situations. Techniques learned will help improve thinking and discrimination skills to enhance test performance.
1 Credit Hour
Holistic models of health and wellness; value of integrating holistic models in traditional healthcare settings; overview of specific holistic health models such as aromatherapy, reflexology, guided imagery, supplements, and neuro linguistic programming; efficacy data; indications and contraindications.
2 Credit Hours
Holistic models of health and wellness; value of integrating holistic models in traditional healthcare settings; overview of specific holistic health models such as aromatherapy, reflexology, guided imagery, supplements, and neuro linguistic programming; efficacy data; indications and contraindications.
2 Credit Hours
The course will introduce core concepts of public health, including analytical methods, biomedical basis of public health, social and behavioral factors in health, environmental issues, medical care and public health and the future of public health.
3 Credit Hours
Principles of electrocardiography, including equipment operation, recording and troubleshooting, as well as fundamental principles of the cardiovascular physiology and basic ECG interpretation. Students will also gain knowledge and skills to provide CPR for victims of all ages and will practice CPR in a team setting. Students will receive an American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider card upon successful completion of skills. One classroom, three lab hours per week. A simulated clinical rotation will be completed during the course.
3 Credit Hours
Introduction to the fundamental and clinical methods and practices of phlebotomy, including basic hematology, venipuncture and microcollection techniques, along with routine processing and special testing procedures. One classroom, three lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Introduction to the phlebotomy clinical setting involving structured observation and participation in the blood collection aspects of patient care under the supervision of a phlebotomist; performing venipunctures and microcollection techniques on adult and pediatric patients. One hour seminar on main campus and 105 hours un-paid practicum per term.
2 Credit Hours
Provide education to individuals in the basic skills necessary to provide personal care services and activities, under the delegation and supervision of a registered or licensed practical nurse, to residents in a long-term care facility. Three classroom, three clinical lab hours per week.
4 Credit Hours
Acute Care Nurse Aide will provide a supplement to nurse aide training and provide the student with the knowledge and skills required for care of the patient within an acute care facility as a Patient Care Technician. One classroom, two lab, three clinical hours per week.
3 Credit Hours
This course is the first of two core courses in the Pharmacy Technician Program and will help prepare students for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Exam. Course content includes the duties and responsibilities of the pharmacy technician, as well as the mathematical components and the pharmacology foundation necessary to become a successful pharmacy technician. Scope of pharmacy practice including handling of infectious and hazardous waste, interpersonal skills and beginning pharmacology and dose calculations.
5 Credit Hours
This course is the second of two core courses in the Pharmacy Technician Program and will continue to help prepare students for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Exam. Course content will continue to include the duties and responsibilities of the pharmacy technician, as well as the mathematical components and the pharmacology foundations necessary to become a successful pharmacy technician. Additional skills learned will include sterile compounding, non-sterile compounding and inventory control. Course contains a simulated directed practice.
5 Credit Hours
This course will provide the students with real world experience in a pharmacy (i.e. hospital and retail pharmacy). Students will be provided with a valuable learning experience and potential contacts and/or references for employment. This course will also provide the student with additional review for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Exam. Students will complete 210 hours of non-paid, supervised directed practice in a hospital and retail pharmacy. Background checks will be required prior to attending the directed practice.
2 Credit Hours
This course will introduce the public health student to assessing a healthcare problem, plan for intervention, and implement and evaluate the results.
3 Credit Hours
The American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP) is designed to train participants to save lives of victims in cardiac arrest through high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This course prepares healthcare professionals (those currently working in a healthcare setting or potential for working in a healthcare setting) to know how to perform CPR in both in- and out-of-hospital settings. The course includes adult, child, and infant rescue techniques, administration of the AED, and first aid. Those who successfully complete the course will receive an AHA Heartsaver First Aid Provider Card and AHA BLS for Healthcare Provider card, valid for two years.
1 Credit Hour
The American Heart Association (AHA) Heartsaver First Aid with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated or Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) course is designed for the individuals who are not working or planning to work within a healthcare environment. The course provides students with training in basic first aid procedures, including the first aid skills recommended by OSHA, CPR and AED. Students who complete the course qualify for the AHA Heartsaver First Aid with CPR and AED course completion card.
1 Credit Hour
Pathological changes associated with the most commonly occurring diseases of each body system. Correlates changes with patient's response, diagnostic studies, and treatment modalities.
3 Credit Hours
This is a laboratory course designed to provide pharmacy technician students with simulations to practice a variety of pharmacy technician's activities and responsibilities, such as product preparation, sterile compounding, non-sterile compounding, inputting prescriptions, calculations, pharmacy tools and equipment. Six lab hours per week.
2 Credit Hours
Enhances practicum skills in health concepts and resources related to the role and responsibility of Healthcare professional. Emphasis on working in community-based settings, publicly and privately funded health and social services. One classroom hour per week;Â 210 unpaid practicum hours are required. Background check, health certificate, immunizations, and student health insurance will be required to complete the practicum portion of this course.
3 Credit Hours
Introduction to basic repairs in a healthcare simulation environment. Students learn to use tools to apply the principles and guidelines for troubleshooting issues and maintenance of the equipment used in healthcare simulation. Two lab hours per week.
1 Credit Hour
Overview of the conventional drug classes presenting only the more commonly prescribed preparations primarily emphasizing common effects and indications for use.
2 Credit Hours
General principles of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, actions and effects presented according to conventional drug classification with emphasis on the prototype of each class; for registered nursing and medical assistant technology students but may be of interest to other allied health students or general studies students majoring in biological sciences.
3 Credit Hours
Study of human disease using a system approach emphasizing abnormal physiological processes that result in the signs and symptoms of each disorder.
3 Credit Hours
Varied content offering of special interest to the discipline but not covered within existing courses; may be scheduled in a classroom/seminar setting or in nontraditional format.
0.5 - 9 Credit Hours
The Simulation Technology Seminar will provide an assessment of the student’s knowledge, experience and skills as Simulation Technologist. Preparation and presentation of qualifications through written resume and portfolio. Guidelines and preparation for employment interview. Investigation into simulation issues.
1 Credit Hour
Survey of the current U.S. healthcare system in relationship with delivery, organization, financing, and outcomes. Exploring the connection between the healthcare professional and ethical issues affecting healthcare.
3 Credit Hours
Explores cultural effect on health and illness, and analyzes the learner's attitude, knowledge, and value of diverse populations. Emphasis on heightened cultural awareness for the healthcare professional providing care and applying knowledge to identify at risk cultural groups to influence health promotion and disparity reduction within these groups.
3 Credit Hours
Discusses the healthcare professional's role and professional responsibility in utilizing health information systems (HIS). The course addresses the use of HIS and technology to support patient care and to enhance safe, effective, and quality patient outcomes. Ethical, legal, cultural, and financial issues surrounding information systems are also explored.
3 Credit Hours
Survey of the healthcare needs and healthcare delivery within the context of the changing demography of the United States. Covers the methods and principles of epidemiological investigation focusing on both infectious and non-infectious diseases to support study of global health and well-being of individuals across the lifespan.
3 Credit Hours
Survey of conceptual styles of interprofessional practice in community, healthcare, and educational settings. Exploration of healthcare concentrations and preparation for capstone/senior project and career planning.
3 Credit Hours
Evaluate patterns of health in community and global human populations. Analyze contributing factors of poor health outcomes including access to healthcare, genetics, lifestyle, and habitat. Identify and evaluate regional health promotion programs. Plan health outcomes for a select population.
3 Credit Hours
The theory and practice of health assessment and health promotion within the community and global framework across the lifespan. Assessment of patient's health status for health promotion, health protection, and disease prevention. Concepts, theories, and research on human development and genetics; prevention of disease, detection of risk factors.
3 Credit Hours
Review attributes and responsibilities of the healthcare educator in the various academic roles of a healthcare program. Compare and contrast learning theories pertinent to healthcare education. Discuss aspects of program development, evaluation, and quality improvement. Identify educational practice changes driven by evidence-based findings in the academic setting.
3 Credit Hours
Focus is on leadership and management roles of healthcare professionals. The course emphasizes leadership concepts as they relate to the ethical decision-making process in implementing high quality healthcare, healthcare team coordination, and the leadership/management process in diverse multicultural healthcare settings.
3 Credit Hours
Introduce the basic principles of instructional design and implementation, as well as types of healthcare learners in a variety of healthcare settings.
3 Credit Hours
Survey of concepts related to management and leadership within healthcare. Explore the theoretical foundations and application of quality improvement methods, tools and strategies needed to increase organizational effectiveness.
3 Credit Hours
The capstone course is a culminating educational experience that allows students to demonstrate and apply mastery of program outcomes and promotes the application of knowledge acquired in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Sciences degree curriculum with previous knowledge and experience to identify and implement a scholarly project. The project must address the analysis of, and strategies to address improvements in, community and global health, leadership/management, and/or educational practices with the assessment of one's knowledge and experience regarding the healthcare professional's role in healthcare settings. One classroom and 14 practicum hours per week.
3 Credit Hours