Health

The course is designed for students who have a personal interest in individual and community health and wellness. Instruction utilizes a public health model of health education, promotion, and prevention. Students will choose health topic areas of their own passion and interest. They will be trained in public speaking, presentations, library research and health education. In turn, they will be qualified to participate as active Junior Public Health Educators serving the community through prevention and awareness presentations.

Explore careers in the health profession. Course content provides the student with knowledge regarding work description, work environment, employment opportunities, education, and skill requirements. Will also cover a brief explanation of the evolution of medicine, health problems and future health care trends.

This course defines the science of nutrition and discusses importance of nutritional adequacy and balance for optimal growth and health in a subsistence environment. Also identifies dietary subsistence sources of the major nutrients, their effects on health when there is a deficiency and excess and examine the inherent risks and benefits of a subsistence diet.

Study of medical terminology including analysis and origin of word roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Content presented by body systems, focusing on terms for anatomy, diagnostic, laboratory, and medical specialties. Use of medical dictionary, word pronunciation and abbreviations. Designed for health care providers and those preparing for further study in health-related fields.

Introduces basic concepts underlying various pathological processes in human diseases. Pathogenesis, etiology, and predisposing factors will be examined for the most common diseases and disorders of each body system. Discussion also includes diagnostic process, appropriate testing, and various treatment options.

This course is designed to give an overview of pharmacology, including how drugs are named, their classifications, routes of administration and mechanism of action. Course content and discussions will focus on giving participants a broad understanding of the discipline and the most frequently used terminology.

This course provides students an opportunity to apply knowledge in a workplace experience. Students spend 40 hours per credit hour working in a healthcare setting and under the supervision of both a qualified professional healthcare worker and a faculty advisor. Students will submit a written report evaluating their experience and grade will be pass/fail.

Essentials of Dentistry will provide an overview of dental assisting, oral health education, infection control, and patient record management, and Basic Life Support certification. It includes an introduction to basic dental procedures, safety, dental anatomy, and dental radiography. The course prepares graduates of the Dental Assistant Trainee program for entry-level positions in healthcare settings such as dent

Practical training and experience in beginning skills necessary to function as a chair-side dental assistant in a general dentistry practice. Emphasis on developing clinical skills in four-handed dentistry techniques. Training will occur in the dental clinic setting under the supervision of the SSMH Dental Clinic staff. Students will be required to spend 180 hours in training and pass competency-based performance assessments.