AH 100    Professional Ethics of Health Team Members    1 Unit

Prerequisite: None.
Hours: 18 hours LEC
Description: This course is an introduction to professional and ethical behaviors of health team members. Students utilize a problem-solving process for analysis of common ethical dilemmas in health care. Emphasis is on integration of personal values, ethical principles, and legal regulations in ethical decision making.

AH 104    Aging and its Implications for Health Care    .5 Unit

Prerequisite: None.
Hours: 9 hours LEC
Description: This course introduces topics related to aging and their implication for health care providers. Emphasis is on socioeconomic and psychological aspects of aging, as well as normal age-related physiological changes. An overview of community resources that serve the older populations' health and dental needs is also included.

Schedule: Other Term, Apr 10-May 01
Sa           09:00AM-01:15PM   LEC   K.Allen              SCC MAIN MOH 35      14693
Class meetings will be held on the following Saturdays: April 10 and May 1.
On-Campus

AH 106    Communication for Allied Health Careers    2 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Hours: 36 hours LEC
Description: This course is an introduction to communication as a therapeutic intervention for health care team members. Aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication that impact interactions with patients, family members, and other health care providers are explored. Cultural differences and the need to adjust communication approach with sensitivity to ethnicity, religion, gender, age, sexuality, and disability/health status are included. The course requires both personal reflection and class participation in role-play activities.

Schedule: Other Term, Jan 30-Apr 24
Sa           09:00AM-03:20PM   LEC   M.Steele             SCC MAIN MOH 31      15655
Class meetings will be held on the following Saturdays: January 30; February 20; March 6 and 27; April 10 and 24.
On-Campus

AH 110    Medical Language for Health-Care Providers    3 Units

Prerequisite: None
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course is an orientation to medical language; basic structure of medical terms and their components-prefixes, suffixes, roots, and combining forms with emphasis on analyzation, meaning, spelling and pronunciation. The course builds a medical vocabulary applicable to the specialties of medicine, the systems of the body, names of major diseases, and terms used in physical examination, diagnosis, and treatment.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 16-May 19
MW           11:00AM-12:20PM   LEC   A.Hoerl              SCC MAIN LIH 103     11557
This section is recommended for students with no previous coursework in anatomy and physiology (ex. Biology 100 or 430).
On-Campus

MW           07:00PM-08:20PM   LEC   R.Asuncion           SCC MAIN MOH 35      13075
TTh          04:00PM-05:20PM   LEC   A.Hoerl              SCC MAIN MOH 35      12471
On-Campus

TTh          04:00PM-05:20PM   LEC   TBA                  Davis Cntr Davis 105 14237
Off-Campus - Davis Center, 1909 Galileo Court, Davis.

F            01:30PM-04:35PM   LEC   C.Cassell            West Sac WSC 114     12147
Off-Campus - West Sacramento Center, 1115 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento.

AH 301    Health Care in a Multicultural Society    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: ENGRD 110 and ENGWR 100 with grades of "C" or better.
General Education: AA/AS Area VI
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: In all health professions and settings, culture is factor that affects communication, compliance, and outcome. For best practice, cultural competency is a clinical skill that improves the relationship between patient and provider, and is a skill desired by health care organizations. This course is designed to establish fundamental elements of cultural competency. Topics include cultural self-awareness and sensitivity, exploration of cultural beliefs about health and illness, health traditions and rituals, folk medicine, communication strategies, the use of language interpreters, and the influence of family roles.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 16-May 19
MW           04:00PM-05:20PM   LEC   A.Hoerl              SCC MAIN MOH 21      15657
On-Campus