Exploring Health Careers: Charting a Plan for Success.

Catalog description

This preparatory 4-credit course is designed for students who have an interest in healthcare. This course does not fulfill the requirements of a 4-credit lab course for transfer. The overall purpose of the course is for students to discern a healthcare career and formulate an integrated academic and career/life plan to meet that career objective. It will provide an exploration of healthcare careers, as well as deliver an overview of career planning as a lifelong process within the ever-changing medical landscape. Opportunities will be provided to explore, identify and align individual interests, attitudes, values, and skills with various healthcare occupational skills, requirements and work environments in healthcare. Topics may include, but are not limited to, Narcan training, HIPPA training and Blood-borne Pathogens/PPE training and QPR training; it will provide a minimum of 3 healthcare providers as guest speakers. Additionally, this course will introduce personal and academic success strategies, financial literacy and non-cognitive skill development in areas of cultural competency, communication, health disparities, conflict resolution and professional behaviors. This course will provide students with the necessary skills to conduct a successful job search. Topics to be addressed include development of focused and realistic career objectives, job market strategies, resume & cover letter writing, career networking and interviewing skills. Prerequisites: ENG 101 placement or successful completion of ENG 098 , FYE 101 , RDG 098 , or permission of division dean.