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Sep 07, 2024
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CG 155 - Exploring Careers in Health Care 3 Credit(s)
Prerequisite(s): RD 90 and WR 90 or WR 91 (WR 91 substitutes for both RD 90 and WR 90 ), or designated placement.
Corequisite(s): BT 113 or WR 115 or designated placement.
Recommended Prerequisite(s): CIS 120
Course Description: Introduces students to a comprehensive range of professions in health care. Students will explore career choices including educational requirements, job outlooks, occupational requirements, wage ranges, and professional requirements. Students will also explore some of the current issues and potential ethical dilemmas that health care professionals face. In addition, students will complete self-assessments in the Oregon Career Information System (CIS) to help determine which health careers are a good match for their interests and skills.
Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate
Course Learning Outcomes:
- CLO#1: Explore and explain the delivery of health care services and related career paths.
- CLO#2: Describe key qualities of effective healthcare workers and perform a self-assessment of key qualities to determine careers of interest/compatibility.
- CLO#3: Recognize and identify differences in international healthcare systems and identify trends in the health care industry and their related effect on health care professions.
- CLO#4: Identify and explore specifics about health care professions and explore pathways including educational and licensing requirements, wage outlook, employment outlook, and employer expectations.
- CLO#5: Identify and explain issues related to equity and diversity in healthcare. Synthesize information to explain how this can impact quality of patient care. (ILO: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Global Consciousness)
- CLO#6: Apply knowledge to create targeted health care career plan of action.
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