Health Tech Prep I

443G – Health Tech Prep I – 3 credits

· Full Year – Select – Grade 11 – Fee

Health Tech I focusses on basic skills for all health care workers and explores available careers in the health care industry. Students spend their mornings learning to assist in caring for patients in a variety of health care settings. Within the course, students will be enrolled in the Ohio Department of Health, Training and Competency Evaluation Program for Nursing Assisting. They will also learn infection control and hazardous waste management, medical terminology; first aid; CPR; HIPAA rules. Students must enroll and pass Chemistry as a requirement of this course. At the end of the course students will be able to take the state exam to become a nursing assistant.