Allied Health

This course introduces students to the field of public health: its historical evolution, fundamental theories, concepts and practice in the U.S. The structure of the public health system, the ten essential services, and the core knowledge areas (e.g., social and behavioral sciences, environmental health, and healthcare policy and administration) are covered in order for the students to design and implement effective communication/outreach strategies that promote public health.

This course will provide the allied health professional with the fundamental knowledge necessary for a basic understanding of the principles and practice of pharmacology. Emphasis will be placed on the safe preparation and administration of medications to patients of various age groups. Simulated problems and case scenarios will be based upon situations that the allied health professional may encounter in a general medical office or clinic setting. It is essential that the student have an understanding of basic mathematical processes in order to perform practice problems with accuracy. Prerequisite: AHLT110M and BIOL106M. Note: A grade of "C" is required to pass this course for Medical Assistant and HLIM majors.

Healthcare professionals support the concept of holistic care and recognize the need to understand the client's background in order to provide comprehensive care that respects personal values and individuality. Transcultural Healthcare provides a framework for all Healthcare providers to learn inherent concepts and characteristics of culture and provide the background necessary to interact knowledgeably and competently with ethnic populations. Prerequisites: AHLT110M, BIOL106M or BIOL110M. Corequisite: AHLT123M.

Ethics and law play a critical role in effective healthcare practice. This course provides essential legal principles related to healthcare delivery, a framework for decision-making grounded in ethical standards, and a foundation in the inter-related dynamics of medical ethics and law for students studying nursing and allied health professions. The course will emphasize the necessary steps for ethical analysis and decision-making, together with the healthcare provider’s legal responsibilities in providing care. We will review major ethical questions confronting healthcare providers and medical institutions, as well as applying methods of ethical analysis to ethical dilemmas.

Medical Terminology provides students with a foundational understanding of the language of healthcare and prepares them to communicate accurately and professionally in a variety of clinical and allied health settings. Using a systems-based and clinically realistic approach, students learn the rules for building, analyzing, defining, spelling, and pronouncing medical terms through the study of word parts including prefixes, suffixes, roots, combining forms, and industry-recognized abbreviations.  Medical terminology is applied to the structure and function of the human body, with an introduction to basic anatomy, physiology, and common pathologies across all major body systems.  Terminology related to diagnosis, treatment, surgery, pathology, and clinical procedures is emphasized.