Health Care Technology

Certificate
30 Credit Hours

Purpose
The Health Care Technology Certificate Program prepares graduates as multi-skilled flexible health care workers, who work under the direction of licensed professionals such as, medical laboratory technologists, registered professional nurses, radiologic technologists, surgical technologists, and physicians. Students may work in a variety of health care settings. The graduate will receive a certificate specific to the option in the program they choose to complete: electrocardiography or medical laboratory assistant (phlebotomy).

Certification exams may be available for all options and students are expected to take appropriate national certification exams, if available. The Health Care Technology Program graduate is not intended to be a medical laboratory technician or other professional, but will serve to assist health care professionals in appropriate ways to carry out their responsibilities.

Both options of the Health Care Technology Program are available on the Logan Campus. The Boone/Lincoln, Williamson, and Wyoming/McDowell campuses offer the program support courses only.

Electrocardiography Option:

Dept/No.	Title	Credit Hours
Support Courses
BS 124	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BS 125	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4
EN 101	English Composition I	3
MT 121	College Math for General Education	3
PY 218	Life-Span Developmental Psychology	3

Major Courses
AH 100	Patient Care Technology	3
AH 102	Introduction to Electrocardiography	3
AH 104	Advanced Electrocardiography	3
AH 105	Electrocardiography Clinical Practicum	2
AH 108	Medical Terminology	2

To be eligible to take the NHA exam for national certification, students in the Electrocardiography Option must successfully complete both AH 104 and AH 105.

Medical Laboratory Assistant Option:

Dept/No.	Title	Credit Hours
Support Courses
BS 124	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BS 125	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4
EN 101	English Composition I	3
MT 121	College Math for General Education	3
PY 218	Life-Span Developmental Psychology	3
Major Courses
AH 100	Patient Care Technology	3
AH 103	Principles of Phlebotomy	3
AH 108	Medical Terminology	2
AH 112	Basic Medical Laboratory Procedures	3
AH 113	Phlebotomy Clinical Practicum	2