Syllabus: Cert HCare

Programme details for the Certificate in Health Care

Courses Presented in This Programme

The Cert. HCare includes the following compulsory courses:

• Study Skills (No assessments)
• Health Care Profession
• ... and three recommended courses from other faculties:
• Psychology of Life
• Interpersonal Communication
• Introduction to Sociology

Duration of the Programme

This programme has a minimum learning duration of eight months before the qualification certificate can be issued. The maximum learning duration is normally two years.

Prerequisites

An applicant may be granted admission to this programme being in possession of one of the following certificates:

• A valid tertiary education entrance qualification
• Any other certificate deemed equivalent and which the CU Senate has approved

Study Skills

Credits: 13

Synopsis. This guidance course to study skills is essential for students going to university for the first time. Whether it is studied before or alongside a study skills module, Study Skills will enable students to gain the necessary skills and confidence to really make the most of time at university. The aim is to equip students with the key skills to enable success in the highly competitive era of mass higher education, and to cope with the increasing trend toward independent study and lifelong learning. It has been designed to help develop the skills necessary for working life as we move into the new millennium. Since this is primarily a self-study course, an active learning approach has been adopted.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• PREPARING FOR STUDY
  • Learning to learn
  • Managing stress and time
  • Group working skills
  • Finding information
  • Reading for study
  • Taking notes
  • Working with numbers
    
    
• ASSESSMENT SKILLS
  • Essay writing
  • Writing reports and dissertations
  • Case studies
  • Presentations
  • Examinations

Health Care Profession

Credits: 23

Synopsis. A course for health care occupations and medical occupations.

This course provides students with basic information and skills needed to enter the health care field. It equips students with the skills necessary to research many different occupations in the health care field and to become effective health care workers. Follows the National Health Care Skills Standards.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• I. BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
  • Introduction to Being a Health Care Worker.
  • Finding the Right Occupation for You.
  • Medical Ethics and Law.
  • Meeting Your Needs and the Needs of Others.
  • Effective Communications.
  • Medical Terminology.
  • Medical Math.
  • Your Body and How It Functions.
  • Human Growth and Development.
  • Nutrition.
  • Measuring Vital Signs.
  • Controlling Infection.
  • Patient and Employee Safety.
  • Employability and Leadership.
• II. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SKILLS.
  • Nurse Assistant/Patient Caregiver.
  • Home Health Aide.
  • Electrocardiogram Technician.
  • Laboratory Assistant/Medical Assistant Laboratory Skills; Phlebotomist.
  • Physical Therapy Aide.
  • Central Supply/Central Processing Worker.
  • Environmental Services Technician/Housekeeper.
  • Health Information Technician.
  • Clinical Medical Assistant.
  • Dental Assistant.

Access to Health

Credits: 23

Synopsis.

The course helps students make wise decisions about their health using the most current information available. Along with insightful self-assessments and behavior change commitments, it also includes a comprehensive supplements package.

The course speaks directly to students through its friendly and engaging style. The text Access to Health is comprehensive, readable, and generously illustrated, making it the text of choice for today's health and wellness instructors. Students are drawn in by an accessible approach and interactive supplements.

It includes the latest research and statistics, as well as hot topics of interest and importance to students. The material has been streamlined to keep the presentation upbeat and lively. New supplements make instruction easier, while practical tools enhance the behavior change approach of the main text and provide students with motivation for healthy living.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• I. FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE.
  Promoting Healthy Behavior Change. Psychosocial Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well. Managing Stress: Coping With Life's Challenges. Violence and Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments.
• II. CREATING HEALTHY AND CARING RELATIONSHIPS.
  Healthy Relationships: Communicating Effectively with Friends, Family, and Significant Others. Sexuality: Choices in Sexual Behavior. Reproductive Choices: Making Responsible Decisions.
• III. CHOOSING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
  Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health. Managing Your Weight. Personal Fitness: Improving Health Through Exercise.
• IV. AVOIDING RISKS FROM HARMFUL HABITS.
  Addictions and Addictive Behavior: Threats to Wellness. Drinking Responsibly: A Lifestyle Challenge on Campus. Tobacco and Caffeine: Daily Pleasures, Daily Challenges. Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse.
• V. PREVENTING AND FIGHTING DISEASE.
  Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk. Cancer: Reducing Your Risk. Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Risks and Responsibilities. Noninfectious Conditions: The Modern Maladies.
• VI. FACING LIFE'S CHALLENGES.
  Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Process. Dying and Death: The Final Transition. Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally. Consumerism: Selecting Health Care Products and Services. Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers.

Psychology of Life

Credits: 22

Synopsis. This course deals with the principles of management. It demonstrates the real-world applications of management concepts and makes management come alive by bringing real managers and students together. As it successfully integrates the various functions of management, this course establishes a dialogue with managers from a variety of fields.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• The Science of Health Care in Your Life
• Research Methods in Health Care
• The Biological Bases of Behavior
• Sensation and Perception
• Mind, Consciousness, and Alternate States
• Learning and Behavior Analysis
• Memory
• Cognitive Processes
• Intelligence and Intelligence Testing
• Human Development Across the Life Span
• Motivation
• Emotion, Stress, and Health. Emotions
• Health Care in Your Life: Why Are Some People Happier Than Others? Stress of Living
• Personality
• Psychological Disorders
• Therapies for Psychological Disorders
• Social Cognition and Relationships
• Social Processes, Society, and Culture

Interpersonal Communication

Credits: 18

Synopsis. Interpersonal Communication offers a blend of theory and skills that students can use to become “other-oriented”—mindfully considerate of the thoughts, needs, and values of others.

The course is guided by the conviction that “skills inform principles; principles inform skills,”Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others maintains a careful balance between a theoretical and a skills-oriented course. This course integrates a key emphasis on diversity with examples drawn from a variety of age and ethnic groups and special focus on gender and diversity issues. A lecture on intercultural communication supplements this integral course by relating it to the “other-oriented” approach.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• I. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION FOUNDATIONS.
• Introduction to Interpersonal Communication. Defining Interpersonal Communication. The Importance of Interpersonal Communication to Our Lives. An Evolving Model for Interpersonal Communication. Mediated Interpersonal Communication: A New Frontier. Principles of Interpersonal Communication. Interpersonal Communication Myths. How to Improve Your Own Interpersonal Communication Competence.
• Interpersonal Communication and Self. Self Concept: Who Are You? Self-Esteem: Your Self Worth. How to Improve Your Self Esteem. How Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Affect Interpersonal Communication and Relationships. Self Disclosure: Connecting Self to Others Through Talk. Understanding How We Learn about Ourselves from Others: The Johari Window Model of Self-Disclosure. Characteristics of Self-Disclosure.
• Interpersonal Communication and Perception. Understanding Interpersonal Perception. Perception and Interpersonal Communication. Perceiving Others. Identifying Barriers to Accurate Perception. Improving Your Perception Skills.
• Interpersonal Communication and Cultural Diversity: Adapting to Others. The Nature of Culture. Barriers to Effective Intercultural Communication. Improving Intercultural Competence.
• II. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
• Listening and Responding Skills. Listening Defined. Listening Styles. Listening Barriers. Listener Apprehension. Improving Listening, Comprehension, and Responding Skills. Improving Empathic Listening and Responding Skills. Responding to Confirm or Disconfirm Others. Improving Critical Listening and Responding Skills. Improving Your Responding Skills.
• Verbal Communication Skills. Understanding How Words Work. Recognizing the Power of Words. Avoiding Word Barriers. Using Words to Establish Supportive Relationships. Using Words to Be Appropriately Assertive.
• Nonverbal Communication Skills. Why Learn about Nonverbal Communication? The Challenge of Interpreting Nonverbal Messages. Nonverbal Communication Codes. Interpreting Nonverbal Communication. Improving Your Ability to Interpret Nonverbal Messages.
• Conflict Management Skills. What Is Conflict? Myths about Conflict. Types of Conflict. Conflict as a Process. Conflict Management Styles. Conflict Management Skills.
• III. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIPS.
• Understanding Interpersonal Relationships. An Interpersonal Relationship as a System and a Process. Relationships of Circumstance and Relationships of Choice. Intimacy and Attraction in Relationships. Interpersonal Power in Relationships. Relationships with Friends, Lovers, and Family.
• Developing Interpersonal Relationships. Stages of Interpersonal Relationships. Interpersonal Relationship Development Theories. Strategies and Skill for Developing Interpersonal Relationships.
• Managing Relationship Challenges. Relationship Challenges. The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication in Relationships. Relational De-Escalation and Termination.
• Interpersonal Relationships at Home, on the Internet, and at Work. Interpersonal Relationships at Home. Interpersonal Communication on the Internet. Interpersonal Relationships at Work.

Introduction to Sociology

Credits: 25

Synopsis. An introductory sociology course found in departments of Sociology.

A multi-media learning package, Sociology, offers students:

1. a global perspective to help them better understand their own lives,
2. the most current research in the field of sociology and relevant examples, and
3. the opportunity for students to explore social diversity while critically examining the issues and challenges facing society.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• I. THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY.
  • The Sociological Perspective. The Sociological Perspective. The Importance of Global Perspective. Applying the Sociological Perspective. The Origins of Sociology. Sociological Theory.
  • Sociological Investigation. The Basics of Sociological Investigation. Science: Basic Elements and Limitations. The Methods of Sociological Research. Putting It All Together: Ten Steps in Sociological Investigation.
• II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIETY.
  • Culture. What Is Culture? The Components of Culture. Cultural Diversity: Many Ways of Life in One World. Theoretical Analysis of Culture. Culture and Human Freedom.
  • Society. Gerhard Lenski: Society and Technology. Karl Marx: Society and Conflict. Max Weber: The Rationalization of Society. Emile Durkheim: Society and Function. Critical Evaluation: Four Visions of Society.
  • Socialization. Social Experience: The Key to Our Humanity. Understanding Socialization. Agents of Socialization. Socialization and the Life Course. Resocialization: Total Institutions.
  • Social Interaction in Everyday Life. Social Structure: A Guide to Everyday Living. Status. Role. The Social Construction of Reality. Dramaturgical Analysis: “The Presentation of Self.” Interaction in Everyday Life: Three Applications.
  • Groups and Organizations. Social Groups. Formal Organizations. The Evolution of Formal Organizations. The Future of Organizations: Opposing Trends.
  • Deviance. What Is Deviance? The Foundations of Deviance: Structural-functional Analysis. Labeling Deviance: Symbolic-interaction Analysis. Deviance and Inequality: Social-Conflict Analysis. Deviance and Social Diversity. Crime. The Criminal Justice System.
  • Sexuality. Understanding Sexuality. Sexual Attitudes in the United States. Sexual Orientation. Sexual Issues and Controversies. Theoretical Analysis of Sexuality.
• III. SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
  • Social Stratification. What Is Social Stratification? Caste and Class Systems. The Functions of Social Stratification. Stratification and Conflict. Stratification and Technology: A Global Perspective. Social Stratification: Facts and Values.
  • Social Class in the United States. Dimensions of Social Inequality. Social Stratification and Birth. Social Classes in the United States. The Difference Class Makes. Social Mobility. Poverty in the United States.
  • Global Stratification. Global Stratification: An Overview. Global Wealth and Poverty. Global Stratification: Theoretical Analysis. Global Stratification: Looking Ahead.
  • Gender Stratification. Gender and Inequality. Gender and Socialization. Gender and Social Stratification. Theoretical Analysis of Gender. Feminism. Looking Ahead: Gender in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Race and Ethnicity. The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity. Prejudice. Discrimination. Majority and Minority: Patterns of Interaction. Race and Ethnicity in the United States. Race and Ethnicity: Looking Ahead.
  • Aging and the Elderly. The Graying of the United States. Growing Old: Biology and Culture. Transitions and Challenges of Aging. Theoretical Analysis of Aging. Death and Dying. Looking Ahead: Aging in the Twenty-First Century.
• IV. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
  • The Economy and Work. The Economy: Historical Overview. Economic Systems: Paths to Justice. Work in the Postindustrial Economy. Corporations. Looking Ahead: The Economy of the Twenty-First Century.
  • Politics and Government. Power and Authority. Politics in Global Perspective. Politics in the United States. Theoretical Analysis of Power in Society. Power Beyond the Rules. War and Peace. Looking Ahead: Politics in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Family. The Family: Basic Concepts. The Family: Global Variations. Theoretical Analysis of the Family. Stages of Family Life. U.S. Families: Class, Race, and Gender. Transitions and Problems in Family Life. Alternative Family Forms. New Reproductive Technology and the Family. Looking Ahead: The Family in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Religion. Religion: Basic Concepts. Theoretical Analysis of Religion. Religion and Social Change. Types of Religious Organization. Religion in History. World Religions. Religion in the United States. Religion in a Changing Society. Looking Ahead: Religion in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Education. Education: A Global Survey. The Functions of Schooling. Schooling and Social Inequality. Problems in the Schools. Recent Issues in U.S. Education. Looking Ahead: Schooling in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Health and Medicine. What Is Health? Health: A Global Survey. Health in the United States. The Medical Establishment. Theoretical Analysis of Health and Medicine. Looking Ahead: Health in the Twenty-First Century.
• V. SOCIAL CHANGE
  • Population, Urbanization, and Environment. Demography: The Study of Population. History and Theory of Population Growth. Urbanization: The Growth of Cities. Urbanism as a Way of Life. Urbanization in Poor Societies. Environment and Society. Looking Ahead: Toward a Sustainable World.
  • Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Studying Collective Behavior. Localized Collectivities: Crowds. Dispersed Collectivities: Mass Behavior. Social Movements. Looking Ahead: Social Movements in the Twenty-First Century.
  • Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies. What Is Social Change? Causes of Social Change. Modernity. Theoretical Analysis of Modernity. Postmodernity. Looking Ahead: Modernization and Our Global Future.

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