Welcome to AL: Health Sciences

Welcome to AL: Health Sciences

 

Overview of AL: Health Sciences

AL: Health Sciences: The Whole Individual provides a straightforward exploration of health sciences, covering topics such as cancer research, diabetes treatments, and disease diagnostics. Students will learn about various disciplines within the field, including toxicology, clinical medicine, and biotechnology. Emphasis is placed on the importance of diagnostics and research in identifying and treating diseases like meningitis, tuberculosis, and measles. Terminology and methodologies relevant to health sciences are also covered, offering students a solid foundation in the field. To successfully pass and complete this course, learners must read, watch, and interact with all course materials and components.

 

How long will this take?

Ask your community coordinator for details on your approximate completion time.

Credit Value: 1.0

Course content must be fully graded to be considered complete.

Grading Scale

Course Outline

The following will be covered in the Units of this Course: 

Unit 1

Unit 1: The World of Health Sciences

  • Lesson 1: Health Sciences
  • Lesson 2: The History of Health Sciences
  • Lesson 3: Health Science Systems
  • Lesson 4: Healthcare Delivery
  • Lesson 5: Healthcare Payments
  • Lesson 6: Health Science Trends

Unit 2

Unit 2: Careers in Health Sciences

  • Lesson 1: Florence Nightingale
  • Lesson 2: Types of Care
  • Lesson 3: Characteristics of Health Science Professionals
  • Lesson 4: Health Science Careers
  • Lesson 5: Licensing, Certification, and Continuing Education

Unit 3

Unit 3: The Life Span

  • Lesson 1: Development
  • Lesson 2: Prenatal Development
  • Lesson 3: Early Childhood
  • Lesson 4: Adolescence
  • Lesson 5: Middle Adulthood

Unit 4

Unit 4: Technical Skills

  • Lesson 1: Emergency Situations
  • Lesson 2: Vital Signs
  • Lesson 3: Temperature
  • Lesson 4: Systems of Measurement
  • Lesson 5: First Aid/Emergency Response
  • Lesson 6: Automatic External Defibrillators

Unit 5

Unit 5: Health and Wellness

  • Lesson 1: Health
  • Lesson 2: Preventive Medicine
  • Lesson 3: Preventing Disease, Promoting Health
  • Lesson 4: Alternative and Complementary Medicine
  • Lesson 5: Areas of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Lesson 6: Mind-Body Medicine

Unit 6

Unit 6: Teamwork and Leadership

  • Lesson 1: Teamwork
  • Lesson 2: Leadership
  • Lesson 3: Building Effective Teams
  • Lesson 4: Handling Team Conflict

Unit 7

Unit 7: Health Communication

  • Lesson 1: Health Communication
  • Lesson 2: Characteristics of Health Communication
  • Lesson 3: Self-Disclosure
  • Lesson 4: Effective vs. Ineffective Communication
  • Lesson 5: Body Language

Unit 8

Unit 8: Ethics and Legal Issues

  • Lesson 1: Medical Law
  • Lesson 2: The Legal Responsibilities
  • Lesson 3: The Patient
  • Lesson 4: HIPAA
  • Lesson 5: Health Science Ethics
  • Lesson 6: Privacy and Confidentiality

Unit 9

Unit 9: Safety

  • Lesson 1: Safety
  • Lesson 2: Organizations Governing Safety
  • Lesson 3: Common Safety Issues
  • Lesson 4: Hazardous Chemicals and Materials
  • Lesson 5: Ergonomics
  • Lesson 6: Infection

Unit 10

Unit 10: Informatics and Technology

  • Lesson 1: Medical Technology
  • Lesson 2: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Paper Data
  • Lesson 3: Threats to Electronic Information
  • Lesson 4: E-Mail
  • Lesson 5: Intercultural Communication