Feb 05, 2025  
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025

HLTSC 115 - Introduction to Health-Care Professions


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENGL 090  and RDG 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
Session Cycle: FWSU

The purpose of this course is to develop an increased awareness of multiple health-care professions. Students will examine the principles of health care including ethics, patient-centered care, communication, informatics, patient safety, and quality improvement in health care. Students will also learn techniques for obtaining a career in health care. Students will complete a Basic Certificate in Quality & Safety through the Institute for Health Care Improvement.