Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

126 ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING I 4 credits
Theory and practice in administrative competencies such as legal and ethical concepts, professionalism,
telephone skills, scheduling and managing appointments, organizing/filing the
patient's medical record.
127 ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING II 4 credits
Prerequisite: 126. Theory and practice in competencies including financial administration utilizing
computerized billing software program. Posting, encounter forms, claims, statements, and aging
of accounts will be generated.
135 CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING I 4 credits
Prerequisite: 125. Introduction to medical laboratory, theories and procedures essential for a
medical assistant’s career.
226 MEDICAL BILLING 4 credits
Prerequisite: 120. Theory and practice in maintaining the patient financial/medical record, diagnosis
and procedural coding, electronic data interchange, filing insurance claim forms, and collection.
230 BASIC PHARMACOLOGY 3 credits
Overview of drugs used in a medical setting
235 CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING II 4 credits
Prerequisites: 125, 135. Advanced medical laboratory theories and practices essential for a medical
assistant’s career.
240 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION I 3 credits
Prerequisites: 2540:119, 151; 120. Designed to correlate word processing and typing skills necessary
for the transcription of a physician’s dictation.
245 MEDICAL EXTERNSHIP 4 credits
Prerequisites: 2030:130; 2440:103; 2540:151, 256; 2780:106, 107; 2740:120, 125, 135, 235,
2302.0 accumulative GPA; permission from Medical Assisting Program Director. Corequisites:
121, 240, 241; 2420:211; other courses required for program completion. A seminar course
including 200 hours of practical experience in ambulatory medicine where the student can apply
administrative/clinical procedures with actual patient contact.
290 SPECIAL TOPICS: MEDICAL ASSISTING 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics or workshops of interest in medical assisting technology.
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
2760:
161 PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY I 2 credits
Prerequisites: 2030:130 or 2030:151 and permission. Introduction to systems of measurement.
Matter, force, motion, work, power, energy, basic electricity, and magnetism.
165 RADIOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES I 3 credits
Sequential. Prerequisite: 161. Elementary principles of ionizing radiation and their application in
medical setting. Radiographic accessories and chemical processing of exposed x-ray film.
261 PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY II 3 credits
Prerequisite: 161. Fundamentals of electricity and radiation physics. Principles of x-ray equipment
and other radiation sources used in medical setting.
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY
2770:
100 INTRODUCTION TO SURGICAL ASSISTING TECHNOLOGY 4 credits
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Study of basic principles which underlie patient
care in the operating room. Role of operating room technician and legal and ethical
responsibilities defined.
221 SURGICAL ASSISTING PROCEDURES 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to the program. Corequisite: 100. Covers principles and practices of surgical
asepsis, surgical patients, procedures, maintenance of equipment and materials, immediate
postoperative responsibilities and emergency situations in the operating room.
222 SURGICAL ASSISTING PROCEDURES II 4 credits
Prerequisite: 121. Corequisite: 232. Principles of surgical asepsis, surgical patients, surgical procedures,
maintenance of equipment and materials, immediate postoperative responsibilities and
emergency situations in the operating room.
231 CLINICAL APPLICATION I 2 credits
Prerequisite: Formal admission to the Surgical Technology Program. Corequisites: 100 and 121.
Student assigned to surgical service of affiliated hospitals. Emphasis on aseptic techniques and
skills associated with their implementation.
232 CLINICAL APPLICATION II 5 credits
Prerequisite: 131; corequisite: 222. Student assigned to surgical service of affiliated hospitals.
Emphasis on “scrubbing” on general surgery and gynecology procedures.
233 CLINICAL APPLICATION III 5 credits
Prerequisites: 232 and 222. Student assigned to surgical service of affiliated hospitals. Emphasis
on “scrubbing” in the specialty areas.
248 SURGICAL ANATOMY I 3 credits
Prerequisites: 2780:107 and 120. Corequisite: 100. Emphasis on human anatomy and understanding
the body in its three dimensions and the relationships of parts to one another in the various
surgical specialties.
249 SURGICAL ANATOMY II 3 credits
Prerequisite: 148. Emphasis on human anatomy and understanding the body in its three-dimensions
and the relationships of parts to one another in the various surgical specialties.
2820:General Technology 2005-2006 223
290 SPECIAL TOPICS: SURGICAL ASSISTING 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics or workshops of interest in surgical assisting technology.
ALLIED HEALTH
2780:
106, 107 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR ALLIED HEALTH I, II 3 credits each
Prerequisite: permission. Introduction to the study of human structure and function. No laboratory.
290 SPECIAL TOPICS: ALLIED HEALTH 1-2 credits
(May be repeated for a total of four credits) Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics or subject
areas of interest in allied health.
RESPIRATORY CARE
2790:
121 INTRODUCTION TO RESPIRATORY CARE 3 credits
Prerequisite: admission to program. Basic science and laws governing gases as well as appliances
to administer and monitor oxygen. Covers equipment used to generate and give aerosol
therapy. Lecture/laboratory.
122 RESPIRATORY PATIENT CARE 3 credits
Prerequisites: 2780:106 (or equivalent) 2790:121. Corequisite: 2780:107 (or equivalent). Covers
basic hospital practices in sterile technique, suctioning and postural drainage. Lecture/laboratory.
123 MECHANICAL VENTILATORS 3 credits
Prerequisite: 122, 131, 141. Introduction to different brands of ventilators and their functions.
Airway and airway complications.
131 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS I 3 credits
Prerequisites: 121, 2780:106. Corequisite: 2780:107. Full admission to the program. (Implies the
student has a clinical space. Students identified as Alternates do not have a clinical space.)
Introduction to work in hospital and hands-on experience on hospital equipment. Laboratory.
132 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS II 2 credits
Prerequisites: 122, 131, 141, 2780:107 (or equivalent). First of several rotations through hospitals.
Mechanical ventilation is stressed.
133 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS III 5 credits
Prerequisites: 123, 132, 201. Semester is broken into three, five-week rotations, one at each
hospital to cover specialty area for that site. Laboratory.
134 CLINICAL APPLICATIONS IV 5 credits
Prerequisites: 133, 223, 242. Semester has three, five-week sessions. They will be spent at different
clinical sites working on their specialty areas. Laboratory.
141 PHARMACOLOGY 2 credits
Corequisites: 2820:105 and 3100:130. Drugs administered by respiratory therapy and effect,
route of action in the body. Lecture.
201 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEMS 3 credits
Prerequisite: 2780:107 (or equivalent). Study of normal anatomy and physiology of heart and
lungs. Lecture.
223 ADVANCED RESPIRATORY CARE 3 credits
Prerequisites: 123, 201. Covers EKG, Pulmonary functions, research studies and radioactive pulmonary
function studies. Lecture/laboratory.
224 PULMONARY REHABILITATION AND THE RESPIRATORY 2 credits
CARE DEPARTMENT
Prerequisites: 223, 242. Covers area of pulmonary rehabilitation. Includes essentials of establishing
a respiratory therapy department. Lecture/laboratory.
242 PATHOLOGY FOR RESPIRATORY CARE 3 credits
Prerequisites: 201, 3100:130. Discussion of disease processes, diseases of lung and heart, their
effect on respiratory therapy.
290 SPECIAL TOPICS: RESPIRATORY CARE- 3 credits
(May be repeated for a maximum of three credits) Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics or
subject areas of interest in respiratory therapy technology.
GENERAL TECHNOLOGY
2820:
100 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 2 credits
This introductory course stresses skills needed for academic success. Discussion of fields in
engineering technology, job searches, calculators and data measurement and analysis are
included.
105 BASIC CHEMISTRY 3 credits
Prerequisite: 1020:052 or one year of high school mathematics and placement test. Elementary
treatment of facts and principles of chemistry emphasizing biological application. Elements and
compounds important in everyday life, biological processes and medicine. Introduction to laboratory
techniques. Primarily for medical assistant, criminal justice and allied health students.
Laboratory.
111 INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY 3 credits
Corequisite: 2030:152. Facts and theories of general chemistry. Elements and compounds and
their uses. Elementary treatment of atomic structure, gaseous state, periodic table, water, solutions.
Laboratory.