Healthcare Professions
Our college-pathway Healthcare Professions program introduces students to the healthcare profession and prepares them for additional study in a variety of health-related fields. We’ve designed this program for a student’s junior year, and as a pathway for lab assistant, pharmacy technician, and medical assistant.
Where Do Healthcare Graduates Work?
Students who complete GIFT’s Healthcare Professions college pathway are ready for entry-level positions in hospitals, doctor’s offices, and nursing homes. With additional schooling, they may also find work as a nurse, lab assistant, pharmacy technician, or medical assistant.
Class Offerings
We proudly offer the following courses from Eastern Arizona College. For additional information about individual courses, please review the EAC’s academic catalog or speak with your guidance counselor. (Most course info is on pages 158–160.)
Fall Semester
- Basic Health Care and Concepts (HCE100)
A four-credit introductory course for students interested in health occupations. The course focuses on health care systems, careers in health care, legal responsibilities, and basic care functions. - Basic Life Support (HCE101)
Two credits of patient assessment and basic life support in medical emergencies in and outside a health care provider’s office. - Medical Terminology (HCE112)
The study of medical terms, abbreviations, and symbols used in the healthcare profession. Two credits. - Medication Calculations (HCE114)
Learn to read medication orders and make calculations of medicine dosages and solutions in this two-credit course.
Spring Semester
- Bioscience for Health Care Professionals (HCE156)
An introduction to biology including the chemistry of life, cell makeup and reproductions, embryonic development, and human tissues. Four credits. - Human Body in Health and Disease (HCE190)
Four credits that encompass the basic concepts of human biology, including organ function and growth, development, and aging concepts.
