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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the health careers degree and certifi cate programs offered at Pierpont C&TC. A case study approach may be used to examine various fi elds in health careers. This course will cover requirements and prerequisites, necessary skills and qualities for successful program completion, and provide individualized exposure to selected occupations. This course is offered on a credit/noncredit basis and can be used as an elective.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the disease process, terminology and association with the body structure. PR: HCLA 1100 and BIOL 1170
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce pre-physical therapist assistant and pre-radiology students to basic physics concepts including motion, forces, energy, heat, sound, electricity, light, and radioactivity. The class will include on-line activities and in-class activities.
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1.00 Credits
The course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of professionalism, credentialing, the importance of consent and confi dentiality, safety issues, infection control and the overall structure of a typical hospital. Students will learn basic techniques of venipuncture and capillary puncture through lecture videos, class activities and demonstration. PR: MLT or Lab Assistant majors only.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Special topics will be studied, to be determined by the instructor and approved by the school’s dean. Credits earned will be applicable as free electives in degree and certifi cate programs.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the student with practical experience in blood drawing techniques. Students will spend about 6 to 8 hours in student laboratories practicing phlebotomy techniques on model arms and on volunteers prior to being placed in clinical facilities. Students will be expected to obtain up to 100 venipunctures and 10 capillary sticks and must schedule suffi cient time to accomplish this at the clinical facility. Hours at clinical facilities will vary throughout the day. PR: HLCA 1105.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
This course will provide an opportunity for students to further their study of principles and concepts in the fi eld and to apply their knowledge in a variety of applications both in the traditional classroom setting and in work/job related experiences. The class will be an individualized, arranged course, with learning outcomes determined by the instructor in consultation with the student and permission of the school’s dean.
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3.00 Credits
Students will examine the fi eld of healthcare informatics, the current state of the science, present and future applications, and major issues for research and development. Topics include information processing and management, computer-based patient records and information systems, evaluation methods, standards and codes, privacy and security, and the generation and management of knowledge.
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3.00 Credits
Students will examine the fi eld of healthcare informatics, the current state of the science, present and future applications, and major issues for research and development. Topics include healthcare decision support, integration of information systems, public health informatics, patient and consumer informatics, strategies for overcoming organizational barriers to change, computers in healthcare education, uses of telehealth and the world wide web, economic impacts of healthcare information technologies, ethical and social issues, evaluation and technology assessment, strategic planning, project management, leadership and team building, and future trends in healthcare information technologies.
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3.00 Credits
Students will examine the fi eld of coding and classifi cation. Their appropriate use for each health care setting will be discussed. Healthcare taxonomies, clinical vocabularies, terminologies and nomenclatures (such as ICD-9-CM, ICD-10, CPT, SNOMED-CT, DSM-IV) will be reviewed. Students will also be discussing the importance of severity of illness systems.
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