12-13 Course Catalog - Oconee County Schools

25.52500 General
Medicine
25.59100 Medical
Terminology in
Healthcare
Systems
accomplishments through a variety of venues locally,
regionally, and nationally such as the American Red
Cross, American Heart Association, Health Occupations
Students of America (HOSA), and the National
Consortium on Health Science and Technology
Education (NCHSTE).
10-12 The course is designed to offer students the opportunity
to become effective and efficient multi-skilled healthcare
providers as they develop a working knowledge of each
of the major departments of the average acute care
setting/hospital, including but not limited to:
Orthopedics, Cardiology, Diagnostic Imaging, MedSurg,
Gastroenterology, Urology, and Customer Care Services.
Students focusing on a career path in medicine (Pre-
Med) or on a career in one of the ancillary departments
noted above will apply classroom/lab knowledge and
skills in the clinical setting as they participate in direct
client care.
11-12 This course provides students with further development
of the fundamentals of medical terminology as it relates
to health informatics. Included in this course is a basic
study of the disease process with emphasis on diagnosis
and treatment in which students are able to enrich the
medical terminology study in an applied manner. The
knowledge and skills gained this course will provide
students entering many aspects of healthcare with a
deeper understanding of the application of the language
of health and medicine. The course concludes with
students demonstrating their abilities to accurately locate
and interpret information on clients’ health record, as
well as interpreting and transcribing medical
orders/reports.
Application of
Therapeutic
Services
Introduction to
Healthcare
Science
Healthcare
Science teacher
Healthcare
Science teacher
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