Curriculum to accompany Thomson Delmar Learning’s …



Curriculum to Accompany

Medical Assisting:

Administrative and Clinical Competencies,

6th Edition

Course:

Introduction to Health Care

Curriculum to Accompany Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies, 6th Edition

Course: Introduction to Health Care

Contents

Part A: A Brief History of Medicine

Part B: The Total Health Care Team

Curriculum to Accompany Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies, 6th Edition

Course: Introduction to Health Care

Course Overview

Medicine’s history leaves us with a rich heritage and a sound basis for the future of health care. There are few professions in our society as rich and complex as the health care profession. Health care is a dynamic, stimulating industry that requires for the learner to understand the structure of various health care providers, their professions, and credentialing of such individuals. Depending on the type of setting in which a medical assistant is employed, there are a variety of individuals that compose the overall health care team. Because all of these professionals are so important to quality and integrity of patient care, it is essential that the learner can identify the various professions and their respective credentials.

Resource List

Textbook: Thomson Delmar Learning’s Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical Competencies, Sixth Edition, by Lucille Keir, Barbara Wise, Connie Krebs, and Cathy Kelley-Arney. © 2007, Thomson Delmar Learning, ISBN 1-4180-6633-8. Chapter 2.

Student CD-ROM: CD-ROM that accompanies Thomson Delmar Learning’s Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical Competencies, Sixth Edition. This CD-ROM contains StudyWARE, The Critical Thinking Challenge, and an Audio Library.

Workbook: Workbook to accompany Thomson Delmar Learning’s Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical Competencies, Sixth Edition, by Lucille Keir, Barbara Wise, Connie Krebs, and Cathy Kelley-Arney. © 2007, Thomson Delmar Learning, ISBN 1-4180-3267-0. Chapter 2.

The Internet: It is strongly recommended that faculty and learners alike have a working knowledge of the Internet.

Learning Activities

(HW) Terminology Notebook. Assign chapter for reading and have students define key terms and retain in a key term notebook for future reference.

(ICD) History of medicine including early and modern medical pioneers

(ICD) Discuss controversial discoveries (stem cells and DNA)

(ICD) Discuss the impact of government on health care from the Table 1-2; poll the class to see how they feel about the legislation and why

(ICD) Discuss the need for consumers to have an impact on health care

(HW) Chapter 1, Unit 1 Workbook Assignment Sheet

(ICD) Allied health professionals and credentials

(ICD) Discuss physician specialties; see how many students can identify their scope of practice without reading the table

(ICD) Describe the differences among medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, nurse practitioner, and physician’s assistant

(ICD) Introduce students to non-physician specialties as well as types of practice for health care providers

(ICA) Have learners to research the different types of allied health care facilities along with the benefits of working in each setting.

(ICD) Describe what an HMO is and benefits associated with belonging to this type of organization.

(ICA) Refer to the Instructor’s Resource Manual for additional Classroom Activities as time permits.

(HW) The Critical Thinking Challenge, page 26 of the text

(HW) Chapter 1, Unit 2 Workbook Assignment Sheet

(HW) The StudyWare Challenge, Chapter 1. Have students take the Quiz in “Quiz Mode” and either email their scores to the instructor, or print the scores to turn in.

(ICA) Following review of the chapter and homework assignments, give a quiz on this chapter that includes the content and competencies listed for CAAHEP and ABHES as well as items from the Certification Connection.

Part A: A Brief History of Medicine

Learning Objectives

Cognitive

1. Define key terms presented in this section.

2. Explain how the caduceus may have been acquired as the medical symbol.

3. Explain the reason Hippocrates is known as the Father of Medicine.

4. State why many of Galen’s findings were invalid.

5. Explain the differences in the role of the physician, the surgeon, and the barber-surgeon.

6. Identify the contributions of Jenner, Pasteur, Lister, Roentgen, Reed, Barton, Blackwell, Nightingale, Curie, Papanicolaou, Domagk, Banting, Fleming, Salk, Sabin, and DeBakey.

Initial Questions and Activities

↙ History of medicine including early and modern medical pioneers

↙ Discuss controversial discoveries (stem cells and DNA)

↙ Discuss the impact of government on health care from the Table 1-2; poll the class to see how they feel about the legislation and why

↙ Discuss the need for consumers to have an impact on health care

|Key Concepts |References & Activities |Slides |

|Ancient history |Pages 3-6 |4-7 |

|The great diseases |Page 8 |8 |

|Modern medical pioneers |Pages 9-13 |12-14 |

|Controversial discoveries |Page 13 |15 |

|Organization and legislation affecting health care |Table 1-2 |16 |

| |Pages 14-15 | |

(ICA) In-Class Activities

1. Web Activity. Have students work alone or in groups and complete Activity 1 on page 27 of the textbook.

(ICD) In-Class Discussion

1. How many different cultures contributed to early medicine?

As early as 3000 BC, Egyptian physicians were studying medicine and surgery; later India established the world’s first nurses and hospitals. China, Greece, and the Roman empire all contributed to early medicine and its evolution.

2. What significant event occurred in Italy in approximately 850 AD?

The union of medical knowledge from the East and West produced an outstanding medical school in Salerno, Italy. The medical school was open to both men and women of all nationalities, and the institution taught medicine using a sound basis. By the 12 century, the school had developed a highly organized curriculum that issued degrees to “true” doctors.

3. Name the plagues that afflicted medieval history.

Typhus, tuberculosis, smallpox, leprosy, the bubonic plague (Black Death)

4. From Table 1-1, name the three medical pioneers that you think contributed most significantly to modern medicine and why.

Answers will vary – this is a critical thinking exercise for the students to read the accomplishments and how they feel modern medicine was impacted.

5. What ability are stem cells reported to have?

Repair brain cells damaged by Alzheimer’s disease; replace corneas; provide muscle or bone for any body part; replace heart valves; repair or replace damaged liver cells; repair spinal nerves; report or replace skin after burns; repair bone cartilage in joints.

6. When was Medicare established and what is its function?

It was established in 1966, it was established as a national health insurance for those 65 and over, or those blind, disabled or with certain kidney conditions. Part A covers hospitalization while Part B covers physicians and other health care providers.

(HW) Homework Assignments

1. Terminology Notebook. Assign the Unit for reading and have students define key terms and retain in a key term notebook for future reference.

2. Chapter 1, Unit 1 Workbook Assignment Sheet.

Presentation Tools

|Chapter 1, Slides |Introduce the course and unit. |

|1-3 | |

|Slides 4-6 |Ancient history, treatments, and cultures. |

| |Discuss the spread of infectious diseases as settlements became more widespread. |

|Slide 5 |Ancient history, treatments, and cultures. |

| |Talk about the fact that many of the ancient medicinal plants are still used today. |

|Slides 7-8 |Contributions by the Greeks. |

| |Point out about the caduceus and its origin. |

|Slides 9-10 |Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Galen. |

|Slide 11 |Contributions by the Romans. |

| |Talk about the importance of sanitation and how far ahead of their time the Romans were. |

|Slides 12-14 |Discuss the importance of the medical pioneers. |

|Slide 15 |Modern medicine and technology. |

| |Go into some detail about the modern scientific miracles. |

|Slide 16 |The role and impact of government on health care. |

| |Talk about how government impacts the health care system, including HMO, PPO, etc. for reimbursement and |

| |coverage for patients |

|Slide 17 |Have students answer the checkpoint questions on the slide to review the content in the unit. |

Part B: The Total Health Care Team

Learning Objectives

Cognitive

1. Define key terms presented in this section.

2. Discuss the role of the health care professionals listed.

3. Identify four types of medical practice.

4. Explain the titles of the seven types of doctors, identifying their designating initials.

5. Properly pronounce and define the area of expertise for each physician specialist.

6. Properly pronounce and define the area of expertise for each nonphysician specialist.

Affective

1. Explain why it is necessary to have a basic understanding of other health care team members.

Initial Questions and Activities

↙ Discuss allied health professionals and credentials available.

↙ Discuss physician specialties; see how many students can identify their scope of practice without reading the table

↙ Describe the differences among medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, nurse practitioner, and physician’s assistant

↙ Introduce students to non-physician specialties as well as types of practice for health care providers

↙ Describe what an HMO is and benefits associated with belonging to this type of organization.

|Key Concepts |References & Activities |Slides |

|Various members of the total health care team |Pages 17-20 |19-29 |

|Physician specialties |Table 1-3 |30-31 |

| |Pages 22-23 | |

|MD vs DO |Page 25 | |

|Non-physician specialties |Table 1-4 |32 |

| |Page 26 | |

(ICA) In-Class Activities

1. Have learners to research the different types of allied health care facilities along with the benefits of working in each setting.

2. Web Activity. Have students work alone or in groups and complete Activity 2 on page 27 of the textbook.

3. Yellow Pages Activity. Have students divide into groups and complete Activity 3 on page 27 of the textbook.

4. Following review of the chapter and homework assignments, use the Electronic Classroom Manager’s Test Bank to give a quiz on this chapter that includes the content and competencies listed for CAAHEP and ABHES as well as items from the Certification Connection.

In-Class Discussion

1. Within what type of health care setting is your health care provider employed? Do you see a provider other than a MD?

Discuss the various answers given by the class to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different providers.

2. How many different types of nursing credentials are there? What are the differences between them?

There are four different nursing credentials at the current time: RN, nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, and practical nurse. Primarily the differences between them are the levels of education that must be attained in order to proceed to a higher level of nursing practice.

3. How long does it take to become a physical therapist? What is the credential awarded to such a professional?

Five years – they must first have a bachelor’s degree and then complete a special 12 month certificate course. The credential is PT.

4. Describe what a respiratory therapist does in the health care field.

Respiratory therapists perform procedures or treatments that maintain or improve the ventilatory (lung) function of their patients.

(HW) Homework Assignments

1. Terminology Notebook. Assign the Unit for reading and have students define key terms and retain in a key term notebook for future reference.

2. Chapter 1, Unit 2 Workbook Assignment Sheet.

3. The Critical Thinking Challenge, page 26 of the text.

4. The StudyWare Challenge, Chapter 1. Have students take the Quiz in “Quiz Mode” and either email their scores to the instructor, or print the scores to turn in.

Presentation Tools

Note to Instructors: If you change Objectives or Assignments, don’t forget to change the slides accordingly.

|Chapter 1, Slide |Introduce the unit. |

|18 | |

|Slides 19-29 |Allied health professionals and their roles. |

| |Be sure to include abbreviations for various allied health care professionals during presentation, as well|

| |as credentials available. |

|Slides 30-33 |Physician and nonphysician specialties. |

| |Discuss what types of patients specialists would see. What types of problems patients would present with |

| |for each specialist? |

|Slide 33 |Types of medical practices. |

| |Talk about what type of practice is most common in your area. |

|Slide 34 |Have students answer the checkpoint questions on the slide to review the content in the unit. |

|Slides 35-36 |The Keys to Career Success slides emphasize the relationship of the material learned in the classroom to |

| |on-the-job success. |

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