203 Clock Hours

Program Division: Division of Applied Technology
Program Location: South City Campus, Highland Campus
General Information: 801-957-7522
Program Information: 801-957-3354
Program Website: http://www.slcc.edu/sat/programs/healthcare/healthunitclerk.aspx
Academic Advisor: Liliana Rodriguez 801-957-3469

Program Faculty:
Professors − Jeanne Noble, Dee Ann Jensen
Associate Professors − Sally Williams, Vonadean McFarland, Karl Jorgensen
Assistant Professors − Diego Pardo
Instructors - Juliann Olsen

Program Description:
This program prepares students to work at nursing stations in a hospital or in other medical office situations which deal with patient care records. Students learn to transcribe doctors’ orders using basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medical terminology and abbreviations. Keyboarding skills, use of the computer skills are included in the program. Students learn on a computer simulation program to order daily diets, laboratory tests and other diagnostic tests, order medication, maintain and organize patient charts, perform non-clinical tasks for patient admissions, transfer, discharge, as well as preoperative and postoperative procedures. Students learn how to maintain the nursing unit supplies; communicate effectively with patients, visitors and professional health care teams; and operate the nursing unit communications systems (i.e., computer terminal, telephone, intercom, pagers).

Career Opportunities:
For state and national occupation information, visit http://online.onetcenter.org/find/ and enter the following O*Net code(s):

• 43-6013.00 Medical Secretary

Program Entry Requirements:
Students must demonstrate basic education skills as assessed by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE):

• Vocabulary: 8.0
• Reading: 10.0
• Math: 6.

MUST obtain prior to enrolling:

• Utah Bureau of Criminal Investigations personal criminal background check (BCI)

Immunizations (Prior to enrolling):

• Hepatitis B Series -started
• MMR or Titer
• PPD - Tuberculosis (TB) Manitou Test or X-Ray
• Varicella (Chickenpox), or verification of disease
• TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) - within past 10 years

Estimated Cost for Students:
Please visit the following program website for up-to-date cost information: http://www.slcc.edu/sat/programs/healthcare/healthunitclerk.aspx

Estimated Time to Completion:
203 Clock Hours

Program Student Learning Outcomes	Related College-Wide Student Learning Outcomes
	1 - Acquire Substantive Knowledge
	2 - Communicate Effectively
	3 - Develop Quantitative Literacy
	4 - Think Critically and Creatively
	5 - Civic Engagement
	6 - Work Professionally and Constructively
	7 - Develop Computer and Information Literacy
Students will demonstrate how to maintain nursing unit supplies and communicate effectively with patients, visitors and professional health care teams.	1, 2, 6
Students will demonstrate entry level skills in basic office equipment and software.	1, 7