Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences

Course Number 8302
Short Title
INT HLT MED
Subject Area Concentration
Credits 1.0
Grades Offered
10,
11,
12
CTE
Yes
This course introduces the student to a variety of health care careers and develops basic skills required in all health and medical sciences. It is designed to help students understand the key elements of the U.S. health care system and to learn basic health care terminology, anatomy and physiology for each body system, pathologies, diagnostic and clinical procedures, therapeutic interventions, and the fundamentals of traumatic and medical emergency care.