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HLTH 57A First Aid for the Community, Home, Wilderness, and Disasters
1 Unit
HTEC 72 Medical Office Financial Procedures 1 1/2 Units
Corequisite: HTEC 101D.
Advisory: HTEC 60A.
One hour lecture, two hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
Fee determination, billing, diagnostic and procedural coding,commercial and government health insurance programs, health insurance specialist as a career.
HTEC 73 Medical Law and Ethics 3 Units
Advisory: HTEC 60A.
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
Medical ethics, medical practice acts, legal relationship of patient and physician, legal responsibilities of the health technology team member, professional liability, physician’s civic duties and arbitration.
HTEC 74A Medical Transcription with Editing I 1 1/2 Units
(Formerly HTEC 74.)
Prerequisite: HTEC 61.
Corequisite: HTEC 101H.
One hour lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (30 hours total per quarter). This course focuses on the development of basic medical transcription skills for a facility using actual dictation from Gastroenterology and Dermatology specialties; along with the basic skills for speech recognition editing.
HTEC 74B Medical Transcription with Editing II 1 1/2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 74A.
Corequisite: HTEC 101J.
One hour lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (30 hours total per quarter). This course focuses on the development of advanced medical transcription skills for a facility using actual dictation from orthopedics, cardiology, and urology specialties; along with the basic skills for speech recognition editing.
HTEC 74C Medical Transcription with Editing III 1 1/2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 74B.
Corequisite: HTEC 101K.
One hour lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (30 hours total per quarter). This course focuses on the development of advanced medical transcription skills for a facility using actual dictation from OB/GYN, endocrinology, and neurology specialties; along with the basic skills for speech recognition editing.
HTEC 75 Electronic Health Records 1 1/2 Units
Advisory: HTEC 60A and HTEC 72.
One hour lecture, two hours laboratory (36 total per quarter).
Electronic Health Records (EHR) documentation through industry-standard software, basic technology used in EHR implementation, setup EHR software using clinical and administrative tools, create new documentation in EHR, importing documents in a patient’s chart, creating templates for procedures and diagnoses.
HTEC 76A Advanced Medical Coding I 1 1/2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 72.
One hour lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (30 hours total per quarter). This course introduces advance concepts and guidelines from the (AHA) American Hospital Association, (AHIMA) American Health Information Association, and (AMA) American Medical Association: ICD-10-CM Coding System.
HTEC 76B Advanced Medical Coding II 1 1/2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 76A.
One hour lecture, one and one-half hours laboratory (30 hours total per quarter). This course introduces the advanced concepts and guidelines from the (AHA) American Hospital Association, (AHIMA) American Health Information Association, and (AMA) American Medical Association: ICD-10-CM Coding Systems. (AMA) American Medical Association CPT4 (Current Procedural Terminology) and HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems) Outpatient procedure coding systems.
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Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.
One hour lecture (12 hours total per quarter).
Designed for certification in American Red Cross First Aid. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced medical personnel take over. Adaptations for delayed help in situations such as a wilderness environment or after an earthquake. Upon successful completion of the course, each participant will receive an American Red Cross certification in Standard First Aid (valid for three years).
Health Technologies
HTEC 50 Introduction to Health Technologies
2 Units
HTEC 61 Medical Communications
1 1/2 Units
Corequisite: HTEC 101C.
Advisory: HTEC 60A.
One hour lecture, two hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
Application of medical terminology, abbreviations, symbols, numbers, keyboarding appropriate formats in medical communications; medical chart notes, history and physicals, consultations and operative reports.
HTEC 64A Clinical Laboratory Procedures I
1 1/2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 60A.
One hour lecture, two hours laboratory (36 hours total per quarter).
Introduction to the clinical laboratory: infection control, bloodborne pathogen standard, safety standards, laboratory requisition, specimen requirements, patient preparation, patient identification, specimen identification, venipuncture and skin puncture equipment.
HTEC 64B Clinical Laboratory Procedures II 3 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 64A and HTEC 101A (may be taken concurrently). Students who have successfully passed HTEC 101A must enroll in either HTEC 101L or HTEC 101M concurrently.
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
Addresses blood collection procedures and includes: safety, infection collection, circulatory system, pre-analytical considerations, blood collection equipment and supplies, blood collection procedures for venipuncture and skin puncture, special collections, specimen processing and handling, quality assurance, and legal issues.
HTEC 77
HTEC 77X
HTEC 77Y
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and division dean.
Three hours laboratory for each unit of credit (36 hours total for each unit of credit per quarter).
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
Individual advanced projects in health technology.
HTEC 80 Clinical Hematology Laboratory 1 1/2 Units
Corequisite: HTEC 80A.
Four and one-half hours laboratory (54 hours total per quarter).
This course introduces the various techniques and safety procedures used in the clinical hematology laboratory. Students will prepare and stain blood slides, perform microhematocrits, hemoglobin analysis, ESR, and Sickle Cell Screening. Students will perform manual WBC’s and platelet counts using a hemacytometer. Students will evaluate printouts from the automated hematology analyzer. Students will determine the morphology and identification of common human blood cells. Special stains (Reticulocyte, giemasa, and Kleihaure-Betke) will be done. Correlating test results with disease states will be accomplished. Successful completion of this course and HTEC 80A, HTEC 81A, HTEC 81, HTEC 82A and HTEC 82 are required to enroll in Clinical Hematology/Urinalysis/Coagulation Practicum, HTEC 180. This course must be successfully completed in order to qualify for the clinical externship and take the exam.
HTEC 68 Medical Reception Externship
Prerequisite: HTEC 50, 60A, 61, 71, 72, 73, 75, 101C and 101D. Advisory: CIS 4 and HLTH 57A.
Six hours laboratory (72 hours total per quarter).
Practical medical reception experience in medical clinics.
HTEC 71 Medical Office Reception
2 Units 2 Units
Advisory: HTEC 60A.
Two hours lecture (24 hours total per quarter).
Duties of the medical receptionist with emphasis on oral communications, appointment scheduling, and telephone technique.
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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
 Advisory: EWRT 200 and READ 200, or ESL 261, 262 and 263.
Two hours lecture (24 hours total per quarter).
Pass-No Pass (P-NP) course.
Survey of health technology programs with an emphasis on the professions; designed to assist in identifying personal strengths and weaknesses related to health technology professions; assist students in health technology professions to learn basic principles of human behavior.
HTEC 60A Basic Medical Terminology 3 Units
Advisory: HTEC 50 (may be taken concurrently).
Three hours lecture (36 hours total per quarter).
Orientation to medical terminology; basic structure of medical terms and their components-prefixes, suffixes and roots with emphasis on analysis, definition, spelling and pronunciation.
HTEC 60G Advanced Medical Terminology I 2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 60A.
Two hours lecture (24 hours total per quarter).
Application of medical terminology to the following body systems: digestive, urinary, reproductive, nervous, integumentary, sensory organs, and radiology.
HTEC 60H Advanced Medical Terminology II
2 Units
Prerequisite: HTEC 60A.
Two hours lecture (24 hours total per quarter).
Application of medical terminology to the following body systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, blood and lymphatics, musculoskeletal, endocrine, oncology, pharmacology, psychiatry.
Special Projects in Health Technology
1 Unit 2 Units 3 Units

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