|
Health Occupations is
designed to be a career awareness course with skills learned for diverse
medical jobs. Units of instruction include career search, health and
disease, anatomy and physiology, human growth and development,
communication, health care responsibilities, and job seeking skills.
Dexter Health Care, Hibbard Nursing Home, and Mayo Regional Hospital
provide sites for clinical experience. Students choose of several
health careers that they are interested in for clinical rotation, and
then are placed on the job with a professional from that area. During
clinical rotation, students apply skills learned in the classroom.
Students wishing to obtain state certification as a Nurse assistant (CNA)
or Personal Support Specialist (PSS) may do so through this program.
Students must maintain an 80 average to be eligible for certification.
Health Occupations students participate in the national student
organization Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) and attend
annual state and national conventions. Outcomes: Competency
Certificate, Skill Profile, CNA Certification and PSS Certification.
|
