Health Care Careers

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Health Care Careers
Pat Zelikoff and Julie Basile
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Working Together
Parents Teachers Students Lutheran General
Hospital
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Course Highlights

• Job shadow experience at Lutheran General
  Hospital
• Articulated Credit in Medical Terminology through
  OCC
• Lab Experiences at OCC
• Guest Speakers
• Field Trips
• Career Research

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Units Of Study

• History of Medicine
• Communication, Cultural Diversity, Teamwork
• Medical Terminology
• Health Care Delivery System and Insurance
• First Aid and Vital Signs
• Diseases and Pathogens
• Body Systems
• Medical Ethics
• Lifecycle and Aging
• Career Research

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Lutheran General Job ShadowRotations

• Adult Rehabilitation
• Ambulatory Surgery
• Surgical Intensive Care
• Respiratory Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• Fitness Center
• Mom and Baby Nursery and Floor

• MRI
• Nuclear Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Operating Room
• Pediatric Therapies
• Outpatient Rehabilitation

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Lutheran General Group Tours

• Cancer Care Center
• Labor and Delivery
• Lifesource Blood center
• Virtual Nursing Lab at OCC

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Field Trips

• Museum of Surgical Science
• Cadaver Lab at the National College of Health
  Sciences

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Guest Speakers
Transmission Based Precautions Expert Learn how
to effectively prevent the spread of disease
while in a hospital setting
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Guest Speakers
GIFT OF HOPE ORGAN DONATION CENTER Guests include
a transplant recipient as well as someone still
on the waiting list to receive an organ
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Guest Speakers
Medical Ethicist Speak directly with a medical
ethicist from Lutheran General Hospital about
what it is like to help families faced with life
and death decisions every day.
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Guest Speakers
Office Team Staff Receive pointers on finding a
job in the medical field, interviewing and resume
writing
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Guest Speakers
Park Ridge E.M.Ts Emergency Medical Technicians
from Park Ridge let you tour their ambulance and
offer information on first aid and vital signs