HCP 105 Careers in Health Care
Credits: 1.00
Professions in the health care industry offer students a wide range of career opportunities. This course will provide an overview of the health care industry and the variety of disciplines that support it. The course will investigate health care careers, focusing on the nature of the work, legal and ethical responsibilities, as well as required abilities, educational preparation and credentialing. Understanding the impact of current trends in health care on employment will assist students toward planning and pursuit of their own career goals. An opportunity to interface with a variety of health care practitioners encourages discussion and examination of professional activities.
HCP 114 Med Law and Ethics for Health Professional
Credits: 3.00
This course provides the student with a deeper understanding of legal and ethical issues in healthcare. Students explore the legal, ethical and moral dilemmas currently faced by healthcare professionals, and identify issues related to potential legal liability in the workplace. Cross-listed with MAS 114 This course meets General Education Core Goal 13: Ethical Reasoning and Behavior
HCP 116 Medical Business Practices
Credits: 4.00
This course is cross-listed with MAS 116 Medical Business Practices. It enable students, other than those in the Medical Assisting program, to explore administrative assisting concepts, procedures, and skills necessary to succeed in a medical office setting. Updating the course description and learning outcomes reflect the most current health care language and practices. This course builds a solid foundation in Medical Office Administrative Assisting and introduces students to the administrative procedures and business practices commonly performed in medical business practices. Emphasis on medical ethics, communication skills, operational functions and workplace dynamics will help prepare the student for entry level office management. Course specific competency evaluations must be successfully completed by the student.
HCP 120 Ethical Issues—Consumer and Heathcare Profess
Credits: 3.00
This course addresses the needs of the health care consumer and the provider alike. Stemming from a philosophical base, this course will examine controversies emerging from rapid technological advances and modern health care practice. Conflicts discussed range from the person's right to choose or refuse a particular course of treatment to issues of euthanasia, genetic research, and human experimentation. Students are encouraged to participate in discussions of ethical problems reported in the popular media and to develop a personal decision-making system which can be applied to a variety of ethical issues. Emphasis is on critical analysis and the incorporation of theory to ethical deliberations. The course is interactive, therefore, open discussion format and familiarity with use of the computer is essential. Cross listed with PHI 120. This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills; Core Goal 5: Information Literacy; Core Goal 6: Intellectual Heritage; Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives and Diversity; and Core Goal 13: Ethical Reasoning and Behavior
HCP 185 Issues in Women's Health
Credits: 3.00
This survey course will introduce students to the unique needs of women in issues related to health and wellness. The relationship of historical, political, biological, socio-cultural and psychological factors that influence women's health and wellness will also be examined. Topics such as reproductive and sexual health, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer, stress and abuse will be explored from a holistic perspective. Students will complete an individualized plan to improve their personal health and wellness as the final activity for this course. Cross listed with ESW 185. This course meets General Education Core Goal 10: Exercise and Health Sciences and Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives and Diversity
HCP 220 General Pharmacology
Credits: 3.00
Designed for the student who has a basic understanding of the human body and how it works. This course emphasizes the major drug classifications, related legal/ethical considerations, pharmakokinetics, pharmakodynamics, drug toxicity and therapeutic monitoring. Cross listed with NUR 220.
HCP 224 Medical Terminology
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to develop a basic understanding of human body systems and the medical vocabulary associated with these systems. While attaining a working knowledge of human anatomy, students will experience a word-building system comprised of medical prefixes, suffixes and word roots which will allow them to write and to develop fundamental concepts for the meaning of various medical nomenclature. Accurate spelling, medical definitions, and medical abbreviations are key elements. Prerequisite: ENG 011 or ESL 011 or permission of the coordinator.
HCP 225 Health Insurance and Professional Billing
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to introduce the student to the health insurance industry and the accurate processing of health insurance claims. The course will explore the basic concepts of health insurance and related federal healthcare legislation, and examine several health insurance models. Students will develop a basic knowledge of national diagnosis and procedural coding and learn the process of completing insurance claims.
HCP 226 Medical Coding I
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to provide an introduction to medical coding incorporating the standards of medical billing. Using the most current data sets required by the Health Care Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), students will learn to assign codes to a patient's diagnosis as well as to the medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures performed by physicians. The course also addresses the coding systems used by non-physician medical suppliers and for durable medical equipment.
HCP 227 Medical Coding II
Credits: 3.00
This course is designed to expand the student's knowledge of the medical codes used in billing and reimbursement. The course addresses how physicians use diagnosis and procedure codes for reimbursement for professional services and explores the coding systems used for reimbursement of facility services (inpatient hospital and outpatient surgery center). The relationship between these facility coding systems and the codes used for diagnosis and physician procedures will also be investigated.
HCP 228 Electronic Health Records
Credits: 3.00
The course provides the student with a comprehensive understanding of electronic health record management and utilization. Emphasis on the creation, use, and maintenance of electronic health records, along with an introduction to the terminology and technology associated with the operational use of these records provides the student with the necessary skills to perform these operations in a medical office setting.
HCP 246 CPR for the Health Care Professional
Credits: 1.00
The Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for the Health Care Professional course is designed to teach the skills of CPR for victims of all ages including ventilation with a barrier device, a bag-mask device, and oxygen; use of an automated external defibrillator (AED); and relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (FBAO). It is intended for individuals who provide healthcare to clients in a wide variety of venues. These healthcare providers include but are not limited to various health career students, nurses, emergency medical technicians, respiratory therapists, medical assistants, public safety officials and other health care personnel. Cross listed with ESW 246.
Last Updated: 05-09-2011
