Medical Professions Education
CP = Certificate of Proficiency | 12 hours

Campuses Offered At
D = DeWitt Campus
H = Helena-West Helena Campus
S = Stuttgart Campus
In Person

Possible Careers

Campus Contacts

Savanna Bisswanger | Director, Public School Relations
DeWitt
Michelle Blasengame | Director, Public School Relations
Stuttgart

End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes

  • Introduce students to a diverse range of healthcare professions and educational pathways to gain insight into the many career opportunities in the healthcare industry.
  • Students will gain understanding of the critical importance of healthcare worker and patient safety.
  • Students will learn medical terminology and the proper use in the professional setting.
  • The students will receive a comprehensive Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology, providing them with an in-depth understanding of the body's organization system and how all the systems work together. 
  • In a diverse range of hands-on simulated patient care activities and assessments students will have a realistic understanding of the health care environment.
Students will demonstrate knowledge in the following outcomes:
  • Proficiency in the study of health and medical abbreviations, symbols, and Greek and Latin word part meanings taught within the context of body systems.
  • Skills in pronouncing, spelling, and defining new words encountered in verbal and written information.
  • Students have the opportunity to acquire skills in interpreting medical records and communications accurately and logically.
  • Emphasis is on forming a foundation for a medical vocabulary including meaning, spelling, and pronunciation.
  • Medical abbreviations, signs, and symbols are included.
  • Define terminology related to safety in medical procedures. 
  • Outline the basic rules of good body mechanics. 
  • Identify safety regulations used for equipment and solutions in healthcare. 
  • Discuss regulations for patient safety when performing procedures in the laboratory or clinical setting. 
  • Discuss regulations to observe for personal safety. 
  • Outline fire safety and evacuation guidelines. 
  • Perform First Aid & CPR proficiently   
  • Discuss classification of microorganisms. 
  • Discuss elements in the chain of infection. 
  • Distinguish between antisepsis, disinfection and sterilization. 
  • Describe how pathogens affect the body. 
  • Outline the correct procedure for washing hands. 
  • Outline universal blood and body fluid precautions. 
  • Discuss methods of infection control. 
  • Differentiate between