| HS 100 Introduction to Health Professions |
(1:1:0)
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| A survey course for students majoring in one of the Health Professions. Education requirements and information about health careers will be discussed. |
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| HS 105 |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: HS 280 & Bio 264/265 |
| Provides instruction in the basic purposes, techniques, and recording of procedures used to care for the ambulatory patient in a physician's office, clinic, or outpatient facility. |
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| HS 105L Clinical Skills in Medical Assisting I Lab |
(1:0:2)
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| Prerequisite: Concurrent with MA 105
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| Provides opportunity for a Medidal Assisting student to practice and become proficient in the basic procedures learned in MA 105. |
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| HS 106 Medical Law and Ethics |
(2:2:0)
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| Introduction to the legal aspects of medical care including fundamentals of the statutes and common laws that govern the physician-patient relationship, medical ethics and federal and state regulatory agencies. |
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| HS 107 Administrative Skills in Medical Assisting I |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: HS 280 |
| Provides instruction for Medical Assisting students in the fundamentals of medical front office management. |
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| HS 111 Medical Billing & Coding |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: HS 280
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| Provides instruction to enable Medical Assisting students to master skills needed to accurately complete and process billing records and insurance forms for a physician's office, clinic or other medical facility. |
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| HS 131 Personal Health & Wellness |
(2:2:0)
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| Fullfills GE Basic Skills requirement. |
| This Personal Health and Wellness course is designed to provide scientific health information which promotes desirable attitudes and behavior toward health and wellness. This course includes lecture and outside of class activities. This class satisfies the Basic Skills Option requirement. |
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| HS 131W Women's Health Issues |
(2:2:0)
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| Fullfills GE Basic Skills requirement. |
| Prerequisite: You must be a woman. |
| Introduction to women's issues. A multi-disciplinary study of women's emotional and physical issues in today's society, including health care, identifying groups at risk, and learning to maintain a healthy life style. |
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| HS 205 Clinical Skills in Medical Assisting II |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: MA 105 & 105L |
| Provides instruction in Medical Assisting procedures utilized in medical speciality practices. |
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| HS 205L Clinical Skills in Medical Assisting II Lab |
(1:0:2)
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| Prerequisite: MA 105 & 105L, concurrent with MA 205. |
| Provides opportunity for a Medical Assisting student to practice and become proficient in the procedures utilized in specialty medical practices as learned in MA 205. |
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| HS 207 Administratie Skills in Medical Assisting II |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: MA 107 |
| Provides instruction for Medical Assisting students in more advanced procedures of medical front office management. |
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| HS 222 Advanced First Aid |
(3:3:0)
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| First Aid is the immediate care given to a person who has been injured or who suddenly becomes ill. It includes self-help and home care if more advanced medical assistance is not needed or is delayed. In Advanced First Aid, the student is trained to provide emergency medical care in a wide range of acute care situations. There will be many opportunities for hands-on simulated training throughout the course of this class.
At the successful completion of this course, each qualifying student will receive a First Aid card and a CPR Certification card. |
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| HS 223 Wilderness First Aid |
(3:3:0)
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| Fee: $13.00 |
| First Aid is the immediate care given to a person who has been injured or suddenly becomes ill. Wilderness First Aid teaches protocols followed if a person is more than two hours from advanced medical support. This does not always have to be in a wilderness setting. Many times natural disasters will place individuals in situations where accessibility to advanced medical support is greatly limited or non-existent. At the completion of this course, the student will receive national certification in Wilderness First Aid & CPR. There will be one overnight field trip during the semester to engage in a mock First Aid activity. |
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| HS 280 Medical Terminology |
(2:2:0)
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| This class is an introduction course into the language of medicine. |
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| HS 298M Medical Assisting Externship |
(2:0:0)
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| Prerequisite: All program requirements. |
| Provides a minimum of 200 hours of directed work experience in an ambulatory medical office or clinic. Students, under supervision and with on-going evaluation of performance exhibit skills and perform procedures relative to the responsibilities of a Medical Assistant. Students shall not receive pay for the externship hours as mandated by the criteria for AAMA/CAAHEP accreditation. |
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| HS 299 Professional Experience Seminar |
(1-3:0:0)
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| This class is designed to offer credit to students ready for "hands-on" experience in helping with teaching, recording, and organizational experiences. Credit is to be determined according to the workload arranged by you and the supervising professor. |
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| HS 300 Environmental Health for Secondary Teachers |
(3:3:0)
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| Introduction to the field of environmental health. This course investigates the impact on our environment of water pollution, air pollution, solid and hazardous waste, resource recovery and reuse, energy sources, and population and how the environment impacts personal health. It is designed to prepare teachers for classroom teaching. |
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| HS 320 Introduction to Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases |
(3:3:0)
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| Introduction to the general principles of disease. Etiology, signs, symptoms, treatment and management of diseases that affect individuals and their various body systems. |
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| HS 340 Introduction to Community Health |
(3:3:0)
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| Introduction to agencies, facilities, and programs playing a role in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health in the community. Special emphasis is placed on the competencies needed for community health professionals and health educators to function in a variety of community and teaching settings. |
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| HS 349 Sports Medicine |
(3:3:0)
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| Designed for health professional students i.e. athletic trainers, coaches, health and physical educators, physical therapists, EMT's and premedical students for recognition, evaluation, and care of injuries. Techniques in prevention, and rehabilitation of injuries will be presented. |
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| HS 349L Sports Medicine Lab |
(1:0:2)
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| Fee: $35.00 |
| Numerous prevention and therapeutic techniques will be presented i.e. taping, bracing, skin care, nausea and basic sports related illnesses. |
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| HS 350R Current Health Issues |
(1:1:0)
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| This course is designed to give students an opportunity to meet on a weekly basis and discuss current health issues. The course requires out of class research on a weekly basis and presenting information obtained in a small group setting. Each student will also be required to do in depth research into the topic of their choice and put together a Powerpoint presentation. It can be repeated for credit. |
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| HS 351 Gerontology |
(2:2:0)
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| This class is designed to include the scientific study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging. |
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| HS 355R Athletic Training Clinical Experience |
(1-3:0:0)
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| May be repeated for a maximum total of 5 credits with no more than 3 or less than 2 credits per semester. The contact hours per week to be arranged with instructor. Practical application and clinical experience in health skills and use of therapeutic and health evaluation modalities. A maximum of 3 credits will apply toward graduation. |
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| HS 360 Community & Public Health Administration |
(3:3:0)
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| Functions of local, state, and federal agencies that provide guidelines and funding to health care facilities. Emphasis will be placed on the factors that have a major impact on health care agency programs and services. |
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| HS 365 Kinesiology |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: BIO 264 & BIO 265 |
| Study of functional anatomy with application of basic kinesiological and biomechanical principles in the analysis of human structure and movement. |
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| HS 375 Wilderness Health Promotion |
(2:2:0)
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| Utilization of nature and non-traditional class room settings to instruct others in the improvement of personal wellness. Emphasis on getting individuals out of the office and into the outdoors to experience the healing and rejuvenating power of nature. |
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| HS 380 Hospital and Health Services Administration |
(3:3:0)
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| Introduction to Hospital and Health Services Administration for Health Sciences majors and Business majors who contemplate careers in administration - hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, specialty hospitals and integrated health systems. Emphasis will be placed upon preparing students to understand career oppotunities and core academic focuses for such a career. |
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| HS 400 Environmental Health |
(3:3:0)
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| Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health including quality of life that are determined by physical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the environment. This course provides a concise knowledge base of how our environment including air, water, food, and environmental agents may effect human health. |
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| HS 401 Health Promotion Skills |
(3:3:0)
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| This course is designed to give the student skills in activities that an individual in Health Promotion will find useful. The students will be required to engage in a behavior modification assignment, a class presentation and the students will also participate in producing the BYU-Idaho Wellness Newsletter. Other assignments may be given. |
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| HS 405 Health Teaching Methods |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: HS 131 or 131W, BIO 264, BIO 265. Must be a declared Health Education Major or Minor in junior or senior year. Health Minors are not required to have BIO 265. |
| This class is for Health Education majors and minors emphasizing his or her role as a health educator, methodologies of teaching, and a wide variety of strategies for teaching health education. |
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| HS 405L Health Teaching Methods Lab |
(1:0:2)
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| Prerequisite: HS 405 taken concurrently. |
| This lab is provided to give Health Education Majors more realistic teaching opportunities where they will be teaching for an entire class period. They will also administer and give tests. |
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| HS 410 Health and Fitness Appraisal & Prescription |
(3:3:0)
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| Fee: $25.00 |
| Prerequisite: BIO 264, and BIO 265.
Either HS 131 or ESS 177 |
| Methodologies and techniques for evaluations of health and fitness values including body composition, maximal oxygen consumption, antropometric measurements, blood values, blood pressure, stress, nutrition, posture, lifestyle habits, etc. Principles of health and fitness program prescription based on individual values and recommended improvements. |
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| HS 430 School Health Programs |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: Must be a declared Health Education major or minor in their junior or senior year. |
| This class is designed to inform the Health Education majors and minors about the comprehensive health education environment including both the school and the community health programs and procedures. The class also prepares students for recognizing and dealing with "at risk" students. Introduction to needs assessment, program development, finances evaluation, and implementation of school health programs will be covered. |
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| HS 450 Environmental Sanitation and Water Quality Management |
(3:3:0)
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| Fee: $20.00 |
| Comprehensive study of the environmental health and safety practices, procedures and laws as applied to food establishments, recreation sites, housing facilities, medical institutions and industrial sites throughout the United States. Field trips will be required to local facilities. Engineering, biological and management principles of community water supply and water treatment. |
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| HS 455R Health/Fitness Clinical Experience |
(1-2:0:0)
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| Prerequisite: Concurrent or past registration in HS 410. CPR certified staff. |
| Practical application of health and fitness assessment protocols. Skills are applied in a clinical setting. May be repeated for a maximum of 5 credits with no more than 2 credits/semester and only 3 credits applied toward graduation. |
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| HS 460 Drugs of Use and Abuse |
(3:3:0)
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| The nature and effects of alcohol and other drugs on human beings, considered from physiological, psychological, and sociological viewpoints as well as the educational and legal aspects. |
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| HS 470 Epidemiology |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: Statistics is highly recommended. |
| The study of the distribution of diseases and pathophysiological conditions of humans and of factors which influence their occurrence. The course requires an understanding of the statistical principles. |
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| HS 480 International Health |
(3:3:0)
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| Explores meaning of "health" as it applies to people of many different cultures throughout the world. Provides an international evaluation of the health status of these many different cultures, including their morbidity and mortality rates. Evaluates the many health promotion methods used to create healthy lifestyles and environmental concerns among these cultures. |
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| HS 485 Toxicology |
(3:3:0)
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| Prerequisite: Chemistry 101 or 105, may be taken concurrently. |
| Presents a survey of the impact of toxic chemicals found in the environment and workplace. Discussion of the basic principles of toxicology, the environmental and biological impacts of toxic chemicals, and the regulatory guidelines for working with these chemicals. |
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| HS 486 Occupational Safety and Risk Management |
(3:3:0)
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| This course is designed to develop an understanding of basic occupational safety and health terminology, principles and practices through education and practical activities. |
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| HS 490 Planning, Implementing and Evaluation of Health Programs |
(3:3:0)
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| Individual, school, and community involvement in the concepts and skills needed in the prevention of disease, improvement of healthy lifestyles and the health promotion techniques throughout the entire life-span. Emphasis is placed on needs assessments, health planning and health marketing. |
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| HS 498 Internship |
(1-3:0:0)
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| Students will be placed in a job related experience with various settings (e.g.) hospital, doctor's office, medical clinic, state health department, industrial/corporation, nursing home, etc. This class is normally taken during your off track of your senior year. |
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