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Health Care Assistant
Program Description: Health Care Assistant is a three (3) semester technical certificate of credit that provides academic foundations at the diploma level in communications, mathematics, and human relations, as well as technical fundamentals. Program graduates are trained in the underlying fundamentals of health care delivery and are well prepared for employment and subsequent upward mobility.
Student Learning Outcomes:
• Students will be able to perform one of the following items dependent on their concentration.
• Pharmacy: Students will interpret prescription/medication orders.
• Surgical Technology: Students will demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of preoperative routine care of the surgical patient by scoring 80% or higher on the Preoperative Routine Exam.
Length of Program: 3 Semesters
Cost of Program: Click Here for Pharmacy Technology Track. Click Here for Surgical Technology Track.
Entrance Dates: Beginning of each semester.
Entrance Requirements: Refer to Admissions procedures. Click for Entrance Score Requirements.
Age: Applicant must be 16 years of age or older.
Education: An applicant must be a high school graduate or the equivalent (GED). College transcripts will be evaluated on an individual basis.
Advisor: A program advisor should be consulted prior to enrolling in any course. An advisor will be assigned by admissions.
Additional Requirements: Students will be expected to attain an American Heart Healthcare Provider CPR Certification, First Aid, Dental, Drug Toxicology, Physical Exam, and a Criminal Background Check prior to attending the Healthcare Science Concentration Courses or before completing the competitive admissions process for other allied health programs of study.
Program Final Exit Point: Health Care Assistant, Technical Certificate of Credit.
Credits Required for Graduation: 31 minimum semester hour credits required for graduation.
For more information regarding this program including job placement rate, on-time graduation rate, costs, occupational information, etc., please click here.
Curriculum |
Credit Hours |
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| 1. Basic Skills Courses (9 hours) | |||||
| ENGL | 1010 | Fundamentals of English I | 3 | ||
| PSYC | 1010 | Basic Psychology | 3 | ||
| And one of the following (3 hours) | |||||
| MATH | 1012 | Foundations of Mathematics | 3 | ||
| MATH | 1013 | Algebraic Concepts | (3) | ||
| MATH | 1015 | Geometry and Trigonometry | (3) | ||
| 2. Occupational Courses (22-24 hours) | |||||
| COMP | 1000 | Introduction to Computers | 3 | ||
| and one of the following Concentrations (19 - 21 hours) | |||||
| Pharmacy Technology Concentration (21 hours) | ||||||
| ALHS | 1040 | Introduction to Health Care | 3 | |||
| ALHS | 1090 | Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences | 2 | |||
| ALHS | 1011 | Anatomy and Physiology | 5 | |||
| PHAR | 1000 | Pharmaceutical Calculations | 4 | |||
| PHAR | 1010 | Pharmacy Technology Fundamentals | 3 | |||
| PHAR | 1040 | Pharmacology | 4 | |||
| Surgical Technology Concentration (19 hours) | ||||||
| ALHS | 1011 | Anatomy and Physiology | 5 | |||
| ALHS | 1040 | Introduction to Health Care | 3 | |||
| ALHS | 1090 | Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences | 2 | |||
| SURG | 1010 | Introduction to Surgical Technology | 6 | |||
| SURG | 1120 | Surgical Technology Clinical I | 3 | |||
