1. Health Science Completers will have taken a minimum of
1 unit in HS1, and 1 unit in HS2
+plus Health Science 3, Medical Terminology, PLTW HBS, or Dual Credit AHS 102, AHS 104
Certifications Available: BLS, First Aid, FAST, Paid Feeding Assistant, OSHA Safety Certification, National Health Science Technical Skills Assessment
2. Sports Medicine Completers will have taken a minimum of
1 unit of SM1 and 1 unit of SM2
+plus Sports Med 3, Health Science 3, Medical Terminology, PLTW HBS or Dual Credit AHS 102, AHS 104
Certifications Available: Adult/Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED, BLS, FAST, OSHA Safety Certification
Develops professional written and oral communication plans and addresses the foundation standards including health maintenance, employability skills, teamwork, and safety practices to ensure effective patient-centered outcomes between healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers. Introduces basic medical terminology roots, prefixes, and suffixes to communicate body systems, diseases, and disorders.
Builds on curriculum introduced in Foundations of Healthcare Professions. Develop enhanced written and oral communication skills and medical math principles. This course applies basic medical terminology roots, prefixes, and suffixes to communicate body systems, diseases, and disorders. Identifies how key systems affect services performed and quality of care. Defines legal responsibilities, limitations, and implications on healthcare worker actions. Investigates accepted ethical practices with respect to cultural, social, and ethnic differences within the healthcare environment. Instructs technical skills for measuring and recording vital signs.
Sports Medicine 1 emphasizes sports medicine career exploration and the prevention of athletic injuries, including the components of exercise science, kinesiology, anatomy, first aid, and CPR. Students interested in healthcare careers associated with sports medicine such as athletic training and rehabilitation careers would benefit from this course.
Sports Medicine 2 emphasizes the recognition and care of common injuries and illnesses sustained by a physically active population. The subject matter will include discussion of specific sports medicine conditions, concepts of therapeutic modalities, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries.