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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
HLC 121L | Title:
HEALTH CAREERS LAB I |
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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 |
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| 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:
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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:
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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
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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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:
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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
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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:
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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:
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The College De-Stress Handbook, Goelitz, J. and Rees, R., 2011
Instructor prepared materials
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