May 20, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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HTCH 1000 - Principles of Health Technology


Introduces a wide range of health care concepts, careers, and systems. Reviews health care and how different health care professionals are integrated into the entire health care delivery system. Examines professional responsibilities for a myriad of health professionals and requirements for their certification/licensure/registration. Discusses the historical and futuristic implications of health care professionals and their relationships to patients.

Requisites: Fr or Soph
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to discuss the importance of professionalism, safety, and patient rights within the US health care system.
  • Students will be introduced to the history of health care and the implications of future changes in health care.
  • Students will explain the differences between certification, licensure, and registration of health professions.
  • Students will list and explain basic health care infection control, documentation and organizational structures of health care.
  • Students will list the major stages of human development and discuss each stage’s relationship to health care provision.
  • Students will understand and discuss professional responsibilities for a myriad of health professions.



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