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Health Care Core
Course of Study
HCC130: Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery (3 credits)
Overview of current health care professions including career and labor market information. Health care delivery systems, third party payers, and facility ownership, health organization structure, patient rights and quality care, health care and life values. Definition and importance of values, ethics, and essential behaviors in the workplace, worker rights and responsibilities. Healthful living practices to include nutrition , stress management and exercise. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard precautions and facility safety. Use of principles of body mechanics in daily living activities. Basic communication skills which facilitate team work in the health care setting. Focus on development of personal communication skills and an understanding of how effective communication skills promote team work. Focus on intercultural communication strategies. Prerequisites: None.
HCC145: Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers (3 credits)
Medical terminology used in health care, with special care populations and in special services. Body systems approach to terms related to structures, functions, diseases, procedures, and diagnostic tests. Building and analyzing terms using word parts. Medical abbreviations and symbols and term spelling. Prerequisites: None.
HCC145AA: Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers (1 credit)
Introduction to medical terms used in health care. Body systems approach to terms related to structures, functions, diseases, procedures, and diagnostic tests. Building and analyzing terms using word parts. Medical abbreviations and symbols and term spelling. Prerequisites: None.
HCC164: Pharmacology for Allied Health (.5 credits)
Chemical, generic, and trade names for drugs. Use of drug references, pharmacological principles of drugs, routes of drug administration, Federal and Arizona regulations. Classification of drugs, abbreviations and symbols for drug measurement, administration, and prescription. Prerequisites: HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, HCC130AF), or equivalent.
HCC204: Clinical Pathophysiology (3 credits)
Causes of disease and their impact on the human body. Common physiological effects of disease on body systems. Roles of the multidisciplinary health care team in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Cultural implications in prevention and treatment of disease. Prerequisites: HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE and HCC130AF), or equivalent and (BIO160 or BIO162AB, or BIO201).
HCC208: Health Care Leadership (1 credits)
Introduction to concepts and skills required of health care leaders. Discussion of leadership styles and conflict management. Application of motivation, delegation, and communication techniques to teamwork and leadership. Prerequisites: HCC130 or (HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, HCC130AF), or equivalent.
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