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Oct 31, 2025
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HLTK 1560 - Introduction to Health Professions
This course introduces health profession fundamentals. United States health care systems and health profession career pathways are explored. Competencies and standards for providing client/patient-centered care include leadership, professional characteristics, roles, responsibilities and wellness; ethical and legal issues; effective communication and interprofessional collaboration; medical terminology and math; safety and quality improvement measures; health informatics, the scientific process and evidence-based practice. A health profession portfolio is developed.
Credits: 2
Instructional Method Lecture
Prerequisites:
none
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of HLTK 1560 Introduction to Health Professions, the student will be able to:
- explore client/patient-centered health care systems.
- examine health profession career pathways.
- analyze ethical and legal issues.
- communicate with inter-professional team members.
- illustrate evidence based practices.
- determine quality improvement strategies.
- use health informatics.
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