Catalog of Entry | 2000
Health Unit Coordinator
Certificate
This Certificate in Health Unit Coordinating prepares the student for an entry-level position in a hospital or other inpatient facility (i.e. nursing home, extended care facility) as a health unit coordinator. The educational program includes introduction to the use of computers, body structure and function and medical terminology, business communications, oral communications, telephone techniques, medical record keeping, transcription of physician orders onto Kardex, charting, ordering supplies, keeping supply records, human relations, medical law and ethics, and financing health care. Actual on-the-job experience is provided through a non-paid externship at a hospital facility.
The Health Unit Coordinator Certificate has special admission requirements.
a. Course placement assessment - Students with an ACT composite of 18 and mathematics score of 18 meet the competencies and are exempt from course placement.
b. A completion of MOA 110, ITE 101, and MOA 112 or 6 months of experience working in a health care setting with department permission is required to register for MOA 207 and MOA 208.
c. Student must successfully pass (2.0 or better) the classroom/lab course, MOA 207 to be placed on hospital externship experience in MOA 208.
d. During the first semester, the student must meet with the program coordinator.
Note: This program is offered by demand of employers. Contact program advisor for dates.
Minimum credits: 30
Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0
Minimum JCC credits: 12
MACRAO agreement: No
Health Unit Coordinator Requirements (30 credits)
BUS 155
Or SPH 240
Or SPH 231 |
Human Relations in Business
Interpersonal Communications
Communication Fundamentals |
3 Credits
3 Credits
3 Credits |
ENG 131 |
Writing Experience |
3 Credits |
ITE 101 |
Intro to Information Technology |
3 Credits |
MOA 110 |
Medical Terminology |
2 Credits |
MOA 112 |
Insurance Reports, Law and Ethics |
3 Credits |
MOA 141
or LPN 141
Or BIO 155 |
Body Structure & Function
Human Anatomy and Physiology |
4 Credits
4 Credits
5 Credits |
MOA 207*
MOA 208 |
Health Unit Clerk
Health Unit Clerk Externship |
3 Credits
2 Credits |
*Program coordinator approval needed to register; 2.0 or better required in MOA 110, ITE 101, and MOA 112 or 6 months of experience working in a health care setting with department permission.
Electives - Take any 7 credits (not required)
(Except all CED, CEU, CFO, CJT, JTI, PDI, TEN)
Suggested electives:
BIO 225, HOC 110, MOA 241, NUR 121, SEC 230, LPN 132, MOA 242, SEC 109, SEC 241, BUS 131, HOC 130
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