GH 107 - Introduction to Health Care Careers

Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the many career options available in healthcare, as well as the variety of tools available to explore, evaluate, and select a career in the healthcare field. Students will explore employment opportunities in a variety of health professions, including the essential skills required for, and the legal/ethical considerations associated with, various roles. The course includes an overview of healthcare careers of the past, the present, current trends, and potential healthcare careers of the future.

Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
2. Communication: Demonstrate effective communication through listening, speaking, reading, or writing using relevant sources and research strategies, 6. Intellectual Curiosity: Seek and apply knowledge through discovery, experimentation, or research to advance academic, personal, and career growth
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Discuss the evolution of the health care industry from a historical perspective, including current and emerging trends, with a specific focus on the cost of health care.

2. Assess personal interests, values, personality and abilities as related to various health careers.

3. Demonstrate understanding of the academic preparation required for a career in various health fields, including certification and/or licensure; the competency and skills needed; and the ethical, legal and safety issues associated with health care careers.

4. Discuss the employment outlook for various health careers, including salary ranges.

5. Develop personal goals and an action plan for a primary and an alternate health career choice; consider the career path associated with, including the potential to cross-over between, these careers.
Course Outline:
I. Health Care: Past, Present and Future. Interpersonal dynamics systems and communications, safety, health, and environmental practices. Ethics and legal responsibilities

II. Culture in Health care. Employability and career development. Academic foundations. Wellness, growth and development. Professionalism

III. Medical math, medical terms, Biotechnical research and development, Clinical laboratory, and medical forensic careers

IV. Imaging careers, Emergency health care careers, Information Administration careers, and Environmental careers

V. Nursing careers, medical careers, Dental careers, Complimentary Integrative health careers

VI. Veterinary careers, Community and Social service careers, Mental health careers, and Rehabilitative careers

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 30-40%

Group Work/Activities: 10-20%

Facilitated Discussion: 20-25%

Papers and Projects: 20-25%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: ARW 100, IRW101

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 2
People Soft Course ID Number: 103599
Course CIP Code: 51.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 36
General Room Request: None

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: Yes
If yes, with which high schools?: Kent Career Technical Center
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Radiologic Technology
Discipline: GH
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Masters degree in a health related field is preferred. A minimum of 2 years of related work experience (4,000 hours) is required to satisfy Perkin’s Vocational Act requirements. Additionally, the Instructor must demonstrate the ability to work with a diverse student population.

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20220215T21:16:45
Course Review & Revision Year: 2026-2027