Medical Charter Academy Curriculum for 2014-15

 

CAREERS AND MEDICAL ARTS

 

First Semester, Grade Nine

Introduction to Health Care Science Careers;

General exploration of Health Care Science Careers;

Introduce personal career aspirations;

Understand employability skills related to Health care;

How do I know what I can be?

Employability Skills;

Intro to Being a Health Care Worker;

Understanding Health Care Systems;

Finding the Right Occupation for You;

Teamwork;

Effective Communication;

Mental Health;

Therapeutic Techniques and Sports Medicine;

Medical Assisting and Laboratory Skills;

Patient and Employee Safety;

Medical career examples;

Additional Considerations:

Universal Precautions

 

Health Plan Employer and Information Set

Obama Care

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Traditional career study – Introduction level not immersion

Current events and research medically related

Medical coding

 

Second Semester, Grade Nine

Medical Terminology – Mastering the meaning of vital medical terminology and applying it to appropriate circumstances and situations. Grade Nine students will be introduced to medical terminology by the study of word roots, prefixes, suffixes, homonyms, eponyms, directional planes, anatomic planes, body cavities, body positions etc.

 

First Semester, Grade Ten

Medical Office Computer Applications

Students must gain an understanding of technology use beyond introductory levels.

Advanced search – priority

MS Office

Excel

Power Point

Publisher

Google Calendar, Docs

Cloud technology

Apps for hand held devices

Other emerging technological uses

 

Second Semester, Grade Ten

Medical Terminology – A continuation of the study of vital medical terminology and applications will take place. Students will be introduced to a systematic review of terminology that is not included in the Science and Anatomy courses so as to avoid duplication.

 

First Semester, Grade Eleven, Twelve

Career Pathways

Delve into medical occupations that are evolving, see explorehealthcareers.org;

Use Internet to get up to date job descriptions and qualification requirements;

Practice letters of application for real positions;

Practice job application completions for real positions including on-line applications;

Letters of application for college;

Code of ethics understanding, AMA;

MCAT understanding for advanced students;

AHIMA;

Sacred Heart Hospital visits, exposure to components of hospital employment such as Radiology technician, Pathology lab. Oncology, Cardiology, Physical Therapy, Pharmacology technician, medical coding, marketing and finance. Follow-up visits for students with an interest in one of the areas of discovery.

Nursing Home visits;

Professional Organizations review

Current events, research in medicine;

Review of Employability Skills;

Weekly physician visits, October to June.

 

Second Semester, Grade Eleven, Twelve

A Certified Nurse Assistant Training program will be implemented so as to establish entry level eligibility for employment for students in the medical arts who are in need of such an arrangement. The training will give students with a higher aspiration than entry level employment an exposure to the work and tasks of such employment.

Instruction will be differentiated for the higher aspiring students so as to make the CNA program worthwhile for all participants.