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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Corequisite: HCM 3010 and 3020 This course is designed to analyze human resource management functions as they affect employee productivity and satisfaction in health service organizations. The course stresses functions, structures, laws, and principles that are significant in human resource management in health care organizations. Discussion emphasizes managing health care personnel shortages, usage of nonlicensed assistive personnel, and other clinical personnel.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: HCM 3010, HCM 3020, ACC 2010, and a departmentally approved computer course; or Permission of instructor This course surveys the organizational and operational aspects of fiscal analysis and control of health care institutions. Particular attention is given to the importance of third-party payer and reimbursement issues. Emphasis is placed on the practical processes involved in the determination and analysis of tax status, revenues, costs, charges, inventory/materials management, working capital levels, budgets, and financial reporting.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: HCM 3010 and ECO 2020 This course examines the major economic issues facing the health care industry. Emphasis is on the major elements of economic theory from a microeconomic perspective and how these theories are applied in the health care sector. Policies that enhance access to care and contain medical costs are explored. Other key issues include: analysis of medical care markets; demand for health, health care, and health insurance; supply of health care professionals; and the effects of societal and technological changes on the provision of health care services.
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5.00 Credits
2 (2 + 0) Prerequisite: All 3000-level HCM courses, HCM 4020, all required support courses (This course must be taken the semester prior to HCM 4510) This is a preparatory course required of HCM majors prior to taking HCM 4510, the Health Care Management Practicum. Students are required to prepare a résumé, develop information interviewing skills, determine a health care placement agency and preceptor, and develop a proposal for a practicum project under faculty guidance.
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5.00 Credits
6 (1 + 10) Prerequisite: HCM 4500, plus either HCM 4030 or 4040 A capstone course designed to provide the student with the opportunity to integrate and operationalize previously learned health care management knowledge and skills. The student completes a health management project. The management area of study and the practicum setting are mutually agreed upon by the student, the faculty member, and the health facility preceptor. Practical management topics are emphasized in seminar sessions. (Senior Experience)
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5.00 Credits
1 (1 + 0) Prerequisite: All required 3000-level HCM courses; HCM 4020; and all required support courses Corequisite: HCM 4605 This course is the first step in preparing HCM majors for internship. Students are required to develop information interviewing skills, determine a health care placement agency and preceptor, develop a personal strategic plan, and prepare for the first phase of the internship.
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5.00 Credits
1 (0.2 + 5) Corequisite: HCM 4600 This is the first part ofthe HCM major's internship experience. It is intended to acquaint the student with the organization in which the internship is being conducted, to allow students to explore areas of interest within the organization, and to evaluate options relating to how the remainder of the internship will be carried out. This course must be taken the semester prior to taking HCM 4610, HCM Internship II. Students are required to prepare a proposal pertaining to the specific projects that will be performed.
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5.00 Credits
6 (1 + 15) Prerequisite: HCM 4605 This capstone course provides students with the opportunity to integrate and operationalize previously learned health care management knowledge and skills. The internship provides an opportunity for students to learn first-hand about working with others in a professional setting. Students complete management projects in a health-related organization. (Senior Experience)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing, and mathematics preassessment placement tests An introductory course that investigates contemporary health issues. Emphasis is placed on those health issues that most frequently confront the college student. Subjects surveyed are current biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural factors that influence health in a changing society. Personal involvement in planning health improvement behaviors is encouraged through experiential learning. (General Studies-Level II, Social Sciences)
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5.00 Credits
2 (2 + 0) This course introduces students to the basic Latin and Greek word parts that are combined to create medical terms and definitions of those terms. This will include terminology related to body structure, disease and treatment, and individual body systems. This course is a valuable introduction for any student interested in pursuing a career in a health-related field.
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