Medical and Health Careers
The Medical Assisting Program at New Utrecht High School is a career program designed and developed by certified CTE teachers with major contributions by our healthcare industry and post-secondary institutions partners. It features a four-year coherent sequence of academic and technical courses with emphasis on health care and medical assisting leading to a certificate in Medical Assisting as well as an opportunity to earn the NHA industry certification (CCMA—Certified Clinical Medical Assistant upon passing the examination. Students receive career training through Work-Based Learning experiences (Internships) by working alongside medical staff and professionals at hospitals, rehabilitation centers and various medical/dental offices. Postsecondary opportunities (advance placement/college credits, college advisement, campus visits etc.) are available to all students through articulations with 4-year colleges such as St. Francis and St Joseph.
9th Grade
Heath Careers
Due to today's major shifts in the delivery of healthcare services in this country, our Health Careers course has been designed to provide students with the basic understanding of today's healthcare industry from a stand point of career explorations, market opportunities, education and technical requirements as well
as a general knowledge and attitudes common to all present and emerging healthcare careers while allowing students to develop a personal appreciation of the need for wellness throughout an individual's life cycle.
as a general knowledge and attitudes common to all present and emerging healthcare careers while allowing students to develop a personal appreciation of the need for wellness throughout an individual's life cycle.
Health and Body Systems
Anatomy and physiology are essential studies for anyone who plans to enter a healthcare profession. By learning the form and function of the human body, students entering the healthcare/medical industry will be better prepared to address ailments and diseases while proposing changes for healthier lifestyles. Students will also examine the interactions of body systems as they explore identity, communication, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis.
Anatomy and physiology are essential studies for anyone who plans to enter a healthcare profession. By learning the form and function of the human body, students entering the healthcare/medical industry will be better prepared to address ailments and diseases while proposing changes for healthier lifestyles. Students will also examine the interactions of body systems as they explore identity, communication, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis.
10th Grade
Microbes and the Environment
Maintaining a safe environment at the work place is imperative for patients' welfare and for delivering competent health care. This course provides students with knowledge of possible causes of error that jeopardize patient's safety. Students will become familiar with the basic level of standard precautions needed for infection control when working in a healthcare facility. Knowing measures of prevention may help them avoid errors that may lead to transmission of harmful pathogens that represent a health threat to patient and to healthcare worker/practitioner.
Maintaining a safe environment at the work place is imperative for patients' welfare and for delivering competent health care. This course provides students with knowledge of possible causes of error that jeopardize patient's safety. Students will become familiar with the basic level of standard precautions needed for infection control when working in a healthcare facility. Knowing measures of prevention may help them avoid errors that may lead to transmission of harmful pathogens that represent a health threat to patient and to healthcare worker/practitioner.
Life Support Systems First Aid/CPR
The Life Support Systems course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED, and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. Students will be better prepared to enter the field of healthcare by becoming informed emergency respondents.
11th Grade
Career &Financial Management
This course will emphasize the business and economic system including its characteristics, operations, structure and evolving role within society. Students will gain the knowledge and skills needed for successful career planning and financial independence. Competencies covered in this course include, but are not limited to managing finances and budgeting, saving and investing, buying goods and services, banking, using credit, protecting against risks, mathematical foundations and number relationships as well as decision-making and problem solving applications.
This course will emphasize the business and economic system including its characteristics, operations, structure and evolving role within society. Students will gain the knowledge and skills needed for successful career planning and financial independence. Competencies covered in this course include, but are not limited to managing finances and budgeting, saving and investing, buying goods and services, banking, using credit, protecting against risks, mathematical foundations and number relationships as well as decision-making and problem solving applications.
Medical Office Practice
Medical Office Practices is a half-year course of the CTE Medical Professions Program. Students will be given the opportunity to apply skills to complete medical office tasks required of an administrative medical assistant through simulations with medical correspondence, medical forms and Medical Office Simulation Software that reflect practices in today’s medical/healthcare facilities.
Medical Office Practices is a half-year course of the CTE Medical Professions Program. Students will be given the opportunity to apply skills to complete medical office tasks required of an administrative medical assistant through simulations with medical correspondence, medical forms and Medical Office Simulation Software that reflect practices in today’s medical/healthcare facilities.
12th Grade
Medical Assisting 1
Medical Assisting 1 is a half year course of the CTE Medical Professions Program. Content includes principles of building medical vocabulary, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, infection control, aseptic technique, room preparation, patient assessment and education. Through class lectures, group activities and simulations of clinical procedures that reflect practices in today’s medical/healthcare facilities, students will be given the opportunity to learn introductory level procedures for assisting the physician with patient examinations.
Medical Assisting 1 is a half year course of the CTE Medical Professions Program. Content includes principles of building medical vocabulary, anatomy and physiology, microbiology, infection control, aseptic technique, room preparation, patient assessment and education. Through class lectures, group activities and simulations of clinical procedures that reflect practices in today’s medical/healthcare facilities, students will be given the opportunity to learn introductory level procedures for assisting the physician with patient examinations.
Medical Assisting 2
Medical Assisting 2 is a continuation of Medical Assisting 1 and is a half year course taken in the spring of the senior year of the CTE Medical Professions Program. Students focus on the clinical aspects of the patient assessment, education and skills such as obtaining vital signs, collecting and preparing lab specimens, and performing EKG. Through class lectures, group activities and simulations of clinical procedures that reflect practices in today’s medical/healthcare facilities, students will be given the opportunity to learn introductory level procedures for assisting the physician with patient examinations
Medical Assisting 2 is a continuation of Medical Assisting 1 and is a half year course taken in the spring of the senior year of the CTE Medical Professions Program. Students focus on the clinical aspects of the patient assessment, education and skills such as obtaining vital signs, collecting and preparing lab specimens, and performing EKG. Through class lectures, group activities and simulations of clinical procedures that reflect practices in today’s medical/healthcare facilities, students will be given the opportunity to learn introductory level procedures for assisting the physician with patient examinations
Internship
All our seniors are expected to be enrolled in the one-semester senior internship for program completion. Recommendation by the program and/or the WBL coordinator is needed. The Internship's overall objectives are two-fold: The WBL experience will see the student assigned to a medical facility where he/she will complete a minimum of 100 volunteer hours working side by side medical staff while the Academic component will require the student to create a Personal Portfolio that showcases sample work of financial literacy, achievements, work experiences, accomplishments and tracking of career plans.
All our seniors are expected to be enrolled in the one-semester senior internship for program completion. Recommendation by the program and/or the WBL coordinator is needed. The Internship's overall objectives are two-fold: The WBL experience will see the student assigned to a medical facility where he/she will complete a minimum of 100 volunteer hours working side by side medical staff while the Academic component will require the student to create a Personal Portfolio that showcases sample work of financial literacy, achievements, work experiences, accomplishments and tracking of career plans.
