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PREREQUISITES: 8th grade reading level, strong science ad math background, excellent attendance, good attitude, caring and compassionate individual, interested in healthcare, student organization involvement and uniforms required.

Introduction to Allied Health Professions (36 week program)

This program is for students who are interested in exploring careers in the health care industry. It utilizes an in-school curriculum of theory and laboratory skills basic to all health careers. The curriculum includes occupational safety in health care, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, research on health careers and characteristics of professionalism in a health care worker. Activities connect academic course work to career fields and will include an unpaid community experience in a health care setting.

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Introduction to Allied Health Professions (18 Week program)

The 18 week option is for the highly motivated college bound student who is strongly committed to pursuing a degree in health care. This program is designed to help students prepare for pursuing a degree through thorough exploration of the admission, credit and course requirements for various health care degrees. The curriculum includes research, class and lab activities, interaction with local health care professionals and college personnel. In addition, students will receive hands on training in basic skills that are required in entry level jobs in a health care career and skills that will also be required in many college programs. The curriculum includes an overview of medical terminology and a brief review of Anatomy and Physiology. Students can become certified in CPR and FIRST AID and will receive dual credit through Ivy Tech Community College for internship experience in a health care setting will be offered.

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Dental Careers

Dental career students gain knowledge and skills that will enhance job opportunities in dental assisting or confirm a choice in the dental field. Students learn basic dental-assisting skills, dental terminology and laboratory and infection-control procedures. Second semester students get hands-on experience in a dental office two days per week.

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Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.)

This program is structured to the Indiana State Nurse Aide 105 Hour Training Program. In this program, the first semester is spent learning theory on occupational safety, nurse aide regulations, patient care skills, professionalism, resident rights and standard precautions. Second semester students complete 75 hours extended lab training in an approved health care facility. After successful completion of the exam, students will be placed on the ISDH Nurse Aide Registry and receive a certificate of completion. Students also gain knowledge in anatomy and physiology, human behavior and medical terminology.

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Introduction to Medical Assisting

A student must successfully complete a first year program in the Allied Health Careers Department to enroll in this second year program. The program utilizes an in-school curriculum of theory and laboratory skills basic to medical assistants. There will be an extended unpaid internship second term in area clinics, hospitals and medical offices. Students will build upon the skills they have learned in the first year to gain an understanding of administrative functions in a dental or medical setting. A component o Spanish in the health care industry is taught with one credit being awarded from Ivy Tech Community College.

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Dual credit may be obtained from Ivy Tech in C.N.A, Introduction to Allied Health Professions, Dental Careers and Medical Assisting.

For more information check out the Anthis Career Center website:

http://anthis.fwcs.k12.in.us

Last updated Monday, January 29, 2007