CAREER PATHWAYS HEALTH CAREERS ACADEMY STUDENT PACKET

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1 CAREER PATHWAYS HEALTH CAREERS ACADEMY STUDENT PACKET A Cooperative effort between Genesee Community College and Genesee Valley Educational Partnership

2 What is the Career Pathways Health Career Academy? It is a program that: Provides a unique opportunity to be academically and technologically challenged. Is geared to rigorous academics integrated with health technology. Has a multi-disciplinary design providing a sense of closure to their high school education and a direct transition to their next level of professional development into a specific health career profession. Provides work-based learning experiences that are focused and relevant and assist in creating a health career network. Encourages business and community involvement in education by extending the classroom beyond the traditional four walls. Provides a foundation in accessing health information, problem solving, working teams and communicating through oral and written expressions. Ideal for self-motivated students who are able to master time management skills. Students earn up to 18 college credits. o Dansville Health Academy students earn all 18 credits o Batavia Health Academy students earn 15 credits. HED 204 is not offered

Has a multi-disciplinary design providing a sense of closure to their high school education and a direct transition to their next level of professional development into a specific health career

3 Genesee Community College Courses BIO104 - Fundamentals of Cell Biology Catalog Description: Introduces basic chemistry, the structure, function, and biochemistry of cells, and the scientific method. Laboratory exercises develop skills including use of binocular microscopes and measuring. Two class hours and two lab hours. This is a preparatory course, for students with little or no recent experience in biology and chemistry, who plan on taking additional biology courses. Class taken on the Genesee Community College campus PSY 101 General Psychology Catalog Description: Introduces the scientific study of human and animal behavior. Topics include basic methodology, motivation, emotion, learning, memory, human development, personality, psychological disorders, and therapy. Class taken on the Genesee Community College Campus CEP Health Career Planning Catalog Description: Explores health career opportunities and their educational requirements. Includes decision-making, goal-setting, and self-assessment skills as related to career choice. Successful completion of the course enables students enrolled in the Health Studies certificate program to complete their mandatory educational plan. Portfolio A portfolio is a purposeful and meaningful collection of a student s work over a one year period used for professional and academic advancement. The portfolio can contain work representative of a student s achievements in the Tech Prep Health Career Academy. OFT116 - Medical Terminology Catalog Description: Analyzes and applies comprehensive study of medical word to the continual learning of new terminology. Includes root words, prefixes, suffixes, and emphasis on the newly learned words in a variety of exercise formats. Medical terminology skills may be applied to various allied health fields.

This is a preparatory course, for students with little or no recent experience in biology and chemistry, who plan on taking additional biology courses.

4 HED Introduction to Healthful Living (not offered at the Batavia campus) Catalog Description: Emphasizes reasons and strategies for assuming responsibility for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Focuses on lifestyle factors and their relationships to well-being, behaviors, and disease. Includes health and wellness, stress, drug, alcohol and tobacco use and abuse, nutrition and weight control, cardiovascular health, physical fitness, healthy relationships, sexuality, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, safety education (identifying dangerous environments, preventing child abduction, fire and arson), communication skills for productive relationships (i.e., conflict resolution), identifying and reporting suspected child abuse and maltreatment, and Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Legislation Certification. Certifications are available in: a. Child Abuse and Neglect b. SAVE (Safe Schools Against Violence in Education) c. DASA - Antibullying HED205 - Responding to Emergencies Catalog Description: Presents emergency techniques used to maintain health, alleviate suffering and sustain human life until advanced medical care is available. Studies safety and prevention as they relate to home, school, industry, and the highway. Provides Red Cross certification in Responding to Emergencies, Community CPR and AED Essentials upon successful completion of requirements. Three class hours, one laboratory hour. Certifications are available in: a. 1 year CPR b. 3 years First Aid c. 1 year AED Automatic External Defibrillator

Includes health and wellness, stress, drug, alcohol and tobacco use and abuse, nutrition and weight control, cardiovascular health, physical fitness, healthy relationships, sexuality, birth control,

5 Miscellaneous Information Students are responsible for payment of college tuition. Credit hour cost for academy students is currently $55 which is 1/3of the regular GCC tuition rate. This can change without notice. The cost of tuition should not be a deterrent to apply for the academy. Students will receive a GCC ID and have access to college facilities including: computer labs athletic facilities library databases GCC Job Shadow Rotations are available in hospital departments that may include: Physical Therapy Dental Social Worker Respiratory Therapy Medical Records Radiology Dietician Operating Room Occupational Therapy Cardiac Rehabilitation Nursing Units Bio-medical Equipment Technology Pharmacy Information Resource Management Recreation Therapy Acute Care Med/Surg. Patient Care Ambulatory Care Clinics Maternity/Nursery Echocardiogram/EKG Emergency Room Pediatrics Ambulatory Surgery Intensive/Coronary Care Classrooms as well as job shadows and internships are hosted at a number of professional sites across the GLOW region. Lab coats, college textbooks, materials and supplies are provided by Genesee Valley Educational Partnership and the ACE Department at Genesee Community College. Rev

Students will receive a GCC ID and have access to college facilities including: computer labs athletic facilities library databases GCC email Job Shadow Rotations are available in hospital

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1 of 5 TUITION AND FEES Page 11 Number of Quarter Credit Hours(QCH)/ Program Graduation Total Program Clock Hours Tuition Fees Fee Costs Clinical Medical 53/780 $ 13,621 $ 1,800 $ 50 $ 15,471 Assisting