4/29/2024 11:38:34 AM	HLC 121L Course Outline as of Fall 2016	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HLC 121L	Title:  HEALTH CAREERS LAB I
Full Title:  Health Careers Academy Lab I
Last Reviewed:2/22/2016

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	.75	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	.75	Lab Scheduled	0		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	2.50			Contact DHR	43.75
		Contact Total	2.50			Contact Total	43.75
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 43.75

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

This course is designed to introduce students to health care and healthcare careers through  laboratory and fieldwork experiences. Career exploration will focus on the following health career profiles: medical-surgical, laboratory, pharmacy services, diagnostic imaging, and health information. Performance oriented self-regulation skills will be taught using the Heart Math curriculum.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion or Current Enrollment in HLC 121

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:
Due to hospital requirements students must be 16 years of age or older and meet the following immunizations and vaccination requirements; MMR, Varicella-Zoster, Hepatitis B, Tdap, seasonal influenza, and current TB clearance.

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course is designed to introduce students to health care and healthcare careers through  laboratory and fieldwork experiences. Career exploration will focus on the following health career profiles: medical-surgical, laboratory, pharmacy services, diagnostic imaging, and health information. Performance oriented self-regulation skills will be taught using the Heart Math curriculum.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion or Current Enrollment in HLC 121
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:Due to hospital requirements students must be 16 years of age or older and meet the following immunizations and vaccination requirements; MMR, Varicella-Zoster, Hepatitis B, Tdap, seasonal influenza, and current TB clearance.
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Explore focused health career profiles: medical-surgical, laboratory, pharmacy services, diagnostic and imaging, and health information.

2.  Utilize Heart Math curriculum to participate in community clinics teaching stress management techniques and cardiac disease prevention.

 

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Implement techniques of current infection control precautions in a clinical setting.

2. Demonstrate understanding of focused health career profiles: medical-surgical, laboratory, pharmacy services, diagnostic and imaging, and health information.

3. Explain the makeup and function of a healthcare team and discuss the importance of teamwork and communication.

4. Perform vital signs' measurements.

5. Demonstrate understanding and skill in self-regulation techniques using the Heart Math curriculum.

Topics and Scope

I. Overview of healthcare facilities and agencies:

    A. Hospitals

    B. Subacute care

    C. Extended care

    D. Outpatient clinic

    E. Home health

    F. Rehabilitation centers

    G. Mental health

    H. Hospice

    I. Volunteer

II. Healthcare professionals in:

    A. Patient care

    B. Laboratory and pharmacy

    C. Diagnostic imaging

    D. Therapy and rehabilitation

    E. Health information and administration

III.  Health care teams:

    A. Team members

    B. Collaboration

    C. Clinical significance

IV. Procedures and skills:

    A.  Techniques to control spread of infection:

         1. Current infection control precautions

         2. Medical asepsis and gloving

    B. Principles of body mechanics

    C. Vital sign measurement:

         1. Blood pressure.

         2. Pulse.

         3. Temperature.

         4. Respiration.

    D. Heart Math assessment and skills:

         1. Physiology of stress.

         2. Application of self-regulation techniques.

    E. Communication skills-AIDET (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thanking).

Assignments:

1. Health careers fieldwork:  job shadowing at local hospitals, clinics, community outreach 20-30 hours.

2. Lab competencies in infection control precautions, vital signs, and Heart Math.

3. Write 5-10 medical taxonomy worksheets based on student shadow experiences recorded in journals.

4. Fieldwork: students co-lead Heart Math mobile clinics with healthcare providers using the Heart Math curriculum to teach physiology of stress, stress management techniques, and heart disease prevention.

5. Complete 2-5 quizzes.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
Medical taxonomy worksheets, student shadow journals.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 5 - 20%
Apply stress-management techniques appropriately to simulated scenarios.
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 40%
Vital signs measurements, infection control skills, Heart Math self-regulation techniques, AIDET (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thanking).
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 15 - 30%
Quizzes, exams.
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 25%
Class participation in fieldwork experiences (mandatory), attendance.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

The College De-Stress Handbook, Goelitz, J. and Rees, R., 2011

Instructor prepared materials

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