Credits: 10 (semester) 2 periods

Semesters: 2 @ 2 periods

Application process: Applications can be obtained
from ROP technician or counselor

Required: Own transportation to job shadowing site
Must be 16 by September 1 or a Jr.

Course Description: This course is intended as an introductory program for the health care industry. The student will have both an academic and clinical understanding of the operation of local medical facilities. The student will also have the fundamentals to enter other job training programs, technical or higher education. Training procedures mimic professional settings by requiring students to actively demonstrate the skill taught to the standard required. Students will job shadow in health care facilities.

Competencies
*Demonstrate professionalism in a medical environment
*Identify major body systems by anatomy & physiology
*Define complex medical terms
*Pass AHA BLS CPR certification and Advance First Aid
*Use proper body mechanics with patients and self
*Demonstrate taking vital signs
*Knowledge of metric and English measurements
*Identify elements of proper nutrition and diet
*Observe patient and prepare report
*Understand community health care organizations
*Prepare professional portfolio and transfer to CD-ROM
*Simulate suturing, injections and blood draws