Duration
10 Months
Prerequisites
None
Requirements
None
Course Summary
This course covers key healthcare skills, including the healthcare system, diagnostic services, stress management, infection control, and disease prevention. It includes lessons, Unit Activities, and assessments to prepare students for careers in health science.
This course will help you meet the following goals:
Analyze US health care delivery systems, inequalities, and access in health care in the
United States.
Appraise the roles and responsibilities of various healthcare and therapeutic professions,
including the necessary skills, education, and credentials.
Inspect the roles of various medical services and therapies as well as technological impacts and advances in each.
Employ professional skills essential to health care professionals such as leadership, communication, critical thinking, stress-management, and problem-solving skills.
Measure the impact of diversity, cultural beliefs, and stereotypes on interpersonal relations and healthcare treatment.
Examine patient rights, policies, laws, professional standards, and the ethical treatment of patients and their information.
Analyze US health care delivery systems, inequalities, and access in health care in the United States.
Appraise the roles and responsibilities of various healthcare and therapeutic professions, including the necessary skills, education, and credentials.
Inspect the roles of various medical services and therapies as well as technological impacts and advances in each.
Employ professional skills essential to health care professionals such as leadership, communication, critical thinking, stress-management, and problem-solving skills.
Measure the impact of diversity, cultural beliefs, and stereotypes on interpersonal relations and healthcare treatment.
Examine patient rights, policies, laws, professional standards, and the ethical treatment of patients and their information.
Analyze safety and emergency procedures that reduce injuries and control the spread of disease and infection in health care facilities.