Duration
10 Months
Prerequisites
None
Requirements
None
Course Summary
This course explores healthcare careers in various fields, covering healthcare history, job opportunities, qualifications, and essential skills like communication, ethics, and wellness. It also covers human body systems, medical terminology, anatomy, and professional skills needed for success in healthcare.
By the end of this course, you will be able to do the following:
Describe the history of health care in the United States and the factors that influence it.
Examine the technology used in different healthcare systems.
Analyze the impact of cultural diversity on health care.
Describe careers in therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
Describe how multidisciplinary teams collaborate to deliver quality health care.
Identify effective communication that is crucial in health care.
Discuss the responsibilities, attributes, and skills of effective leadership in health care.
Analyze the ethical and legal responsibilities of the healthcare industry and healthcare professionals.
Identify wellness strategies and examine an individual’s rights and choices regarding their health and wellness.
Describe how to control infection and implement hygiene in the workplace.
Identify safety hazards, practices, and standards in the healthcare industry
Interpret medical terminology used in health care.
Describe the human body’s structure, systems, and body mechanics.
Describe the biological and chemical processes that maintain homeostasis in the human body.
Describe development and health concerns throughout the stages of childhood.
Describe development and health concerns throughout the stages of adulthood.
Demonstrate effective reading and writing skills by reading and interpreting workplace documents and writing clearly.
Demonstrate effective speaking and listening skills by communicating effectively with patients and staff and following directions.
Demonstrate a positive work ethic.
Demonstrate integrity by abiding by workplace policies and laws and demonstrating honesty and reliability.
Demonstrate positive self-representation skills by demonstrating dependability, dressing appropriately, and using language and manners suitable for the workplace.
Demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness.
Demonstrate conflict-resolution and conflict-management skills.
Demonstrate critical-thinking and problem-solving.
Demonstrate time and task management skills.
Apply mathematical skills to job tasks in health care.