PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH SCIENCE

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The Principles of Health Science courses is an honors level course, assignments will be writing intensive and require critical thinking skills. Students will complete group, paired and individual projects to reinforce learning and demonstrate understanding.

Principles of Health Science provides an overview of the therapeutic, diagnostic, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development systems of the healthcare industry. Students learn that to pursue a career in the health science industry, they must be able to reason, think critically, make decisions, solve problems, and communicate effectively. They learn that quality health care depends on the ability to work well with others. Students identify and research employment opportunities, technology, and safety requirements of the different systems within health science field. They apply knowledge and skills needed to pursue a health science career. Students are expected to employ their ethical and legal responsibilities, identify limitations, as well as understand the implications of their actions. This course will also introduce students to the structure of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, singular and plural forms, and medical abbreviations.

In addition to the regular course curriculum, students in this honors course will complete a project using the five phases of project management used in the business and industry environment.