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Health Care Assistant (HA21) Certificate

Campus Availability and Advisement:

  • Catoosa County Campus Advisor: Katie Hall
  • Floyd County Campus       Advisor: Katie Hall
  • Gordon County Campus          Advisor:  Katie Hall
  • Walker County Campus Advisor: Katie Hall
  • Whitfield Murray Campus           Advisor: Katie Hall

(Note: Some classes may only be available on the Floyd, Gordon, and Walker County Campuses)

Program Description:

The Health Care Assistant Certificate of Credit is a program that provides academic foundations at the diploma level in communications, mathematics, and human relations, as well as technical fundamentals. Program graduates are trained in the underlying fundamentals of health care delivery and are well prepared for employment and subsequent upward mobility.

Entrance Requirements:

Age: 17 years old for entrance into Health Technology pre-occupational curriculum
18 years old for entrance into Health Technology programs

Note: All required courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better in order to graduate from this program.

Pre-Occupational Curriculum (22 credit hours)

ALHS 1011Structure and Function of the Human Body

5
ALHS 1040Introduction to Health Care

3
ALHS 1090Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences

2
COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3
PSYC 1010Basic Psychology

3
ENGL 1005Applied Technical Communication

3
OR
ENGL 1010Fundamentals of English I

3
 
MATH 1012Foundations of Mathematics

3
OR
MATH 1013Algebraic Concepts

3

And completion of ONE of the following sets of occupational curriculum for a specialization:

Nurse Aide Specialization (7 Credit Hours)

NAST 2100Nurse Aide Accelerated

7

Phlebotomy Specialization (8 Credit Hours)

PHLT 1030Introduction to Venipuncture

3
PHLT 1055Accelerated Phlebotomy Clinical Practice

5

Medical Coding Specialization (14 Credit Hours)

(Floyd and Walker County Campuses Only)

BUSN 1440Document Production

4
OR
BUSN 1460Keyboarding and Document Formatting

4
 
OR
MAST 1120Human Diseases

3
 
MAST 1510Medical Billing and Coding I

2
MAST 1520Medical Billing and Coding II

3
MAST 1530Medical Procedural Coding

2

Central Sterile Supply Processing Specialization (13 Credit Hours)

(Walker County Campus Only)

CSSP 1010Central Sterile Supply Processing Technician

5
CSSP 1020Central Sterile Supply Processing Technician Clinical I

4
CSSP 1022Central Sterile Supply Processing Technician Clinical II

4

Total Credit Hours: 29 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation