Healthcare Fundamentals*

Prepares students to enter the workforce with basic healthcare skills including medical terminology, first aid, CPR, infectious disease transmission prevention, and understanding of medical office functions such as Electronic Health Records. Enables performance of administrative functions and meets the medical office CPR training requirement. Take alone or complete with the Clinical Patient Care microcredential to sit for the National Center for Competency Testing certification exams.

* Microcredentials marked with an asterisk are eligible for part-time TAP financial aid.

Current Microcredential Costs (pdf)

Credit or Non-Credit

Credit

Number of Credits

Who is Eligible

All learners

Instruction Method

Online and In-Person

Time to complete

1 semester

Division

Health Sciences

Skills You’ll Acquire

Identify medical terminology in order to effectively perform functions within the ambulatory care setting
Perform CPR and first aid procedures following American Heart Association guidelines
Perform medical office administrative procedures, including appointment scheduling and management, insurance coding and billing, and professional correspondence
Utilize the EHR while protecting patient confidentiality

Stackable to

Combine with the Clinical Patient Care microcredential to sit for the National Center for Competency Testing certification exams.
Credits from these courses apply toward Health Studies AAS

Requirements

Needed to earn this Microcredential

Final grade of C or better in HIT 106
Final grade of C or better in HST 114 including CPR and first aid certification
Final grade of C or better in HST 206

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