Allied Health (CTE)

Allied Health Teacher

Name	Phone Ext.	Room
Linda Sapienza	269119	J119

Pathway Description

The Allied Health Pathway is designed to provide students with foundational healthcare concepts, as well as knowledge and skills that will inspire them to continue their education towards entry-level, and higher level, education to become a health career professionals. Healthcare Pathway students are offered the opportunity to obtain an internship and take an exam that provides them with an industry-recognized Certificate of Proficiency with the National Consortium for Health Science Education.

Fundamentals of Health Sciences

Fundamentals of Health Sciences introduces students to careers in healthcare and is a prerequisite to the other Allied Health pathway courses. This course will explore the National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE) National Health Science Standards, entry level healthcare skills, as well as the language of medicine. This course focuses on medical terminology which includes prefi xes, suffi xes, roots, abbreviations, names of diseases, and surgical terms. Further, this course will be off ered as an articulated course with Delaware Technical Community College. Students begin preparation for the National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE) National Health Science Assessment.

Essentials of Health Careers (EHC)

This course offers students the opportunity to become effective and efficient healthcare providers as they develop a working knowledge of various healthcare opportunities. As students identify the various areas of Allied Health, they will discuss the potential of education, advancement, employment opportunities, employment sites, and financial rewards. Students will focus on careers in the healthcare fi eld by applying classroom/lab knowledge and skills to clinical settings as they participate in direct or simulated patient care. This course reinforces and builds upon medical terminology skills learned in the Fundamentals of Health Sciences course and is a prerequisite to the Anatomy and Physiology I course. Students will participate in CPR/First Aid certification through The American Heart Association. This course is offered as an articulated course with Delaware Technical Community College.

Dual Enrollment Courses

DTCC: Essentials of Anatomy (BIO: 110)

DTCC: Essentials of Anatomy (BIO: 110)

Delaware Technical Community College
Grades 11-12

This DTCC articulated course is the final level of the Allied Health Pathway. The class dynamic mirrors DTCC Bio110, Essentials of Anatomy. The successful completion of this capstone course (final grade 80% or above) will award future DTCC students advanced standing at all three campuses. This course is not a dual enrollment course to earn college credit for other institutions. The Essentials course focuses on the structure and function of the human body with an emphasis on gross anatomy as well as all organ systems and their relationship to homeostasis. The course highlights the integrated nature of body systems that work together to keep the human body alive. Coordinated laboratory activities, such as dissections, are an integral part of this course. Success in the course will require some out-of-class commitment from enrolled students. This course is open to ALL students that have an interest in understanding the structures and functions of the human body.