Health Care, Nutrition, & Fitness

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Medical Terminology: A Word Association Approach
Instructor: Doug Best

This course teaches medical terminology according to each body system. Multiple graphics, study tips and unusual facts make for a most enjoyable course.

Human Anatomy and Physiology
Instructor: Holly Trimble

Human Anatomy and Physiology focuses on the structure and function of the human body. In this course, you'll gain an understanding of basic chemistry, the human cell, and the anatomy of the body's organ systems and the jobs that they do. You'll also learn how our organ systems work together to allow us to process sensations, think, communicate, grow, move, reproduce, and stay alive. In addition, we'll talk about different disorders, recent advances in medicine, and ways to take care of our bodies.

Become a Veterinary Assistant
Instructor: Jeff Grognet

Do you like animals? Would you like to prepare for a career as a veterinary assistant? This course, taught by a practicing veterinarian and college instructor, will give you the information you need to counsel veterinary clients on pet nutrition, vaccinations, worms, fleas, first aid, euthanasia, and alternative medicine. You will also get a taste of how a veterinary hospital ticks as a small business by focusing on billing, workplace safety, and marketing through client education programs.

Become a Veterinary Assistant II: Canine Reproduction
Instructor: Jeff Grognet

This course is the definitive guide to the principles of sound dog breeding practices leading to the production of healthy puppies. If you're a veterinary assistant or preparing to become one, this course will help you understand the essential facts so you can knowledgeably converse with clients on the complexities of canine reproduction. This course covers every essential facet of dog breeding, including assessing the health of candidates, common reproductive problems, determining pregnancy, finding out why a pregnancy fails, postpartum complications, caring for puppies, and more.

Become a Veterinary Assistant III: Practical Skills
Instructor: Jeff Grognet

Learn the practical skills you'll need to be a valuable veterinary assistant or educated pet owner. Taught by a practicing veterinarian, this course is the third installment in our "Become a Veterinary Assistant" series. Exciting videos and interactive graphics will put you right in the hospital. You'll learn restraint techniques and examination procedures, as well as how to collect and interpret blood and urine samples, assist in surgery, perform basic hygiene, take radiographs, and administer medications and vaccines.

Luscious, Low-Fat, Lightning-Quick Meals
Instructor: Donna Acosta

Do you want to save money and prepare home-cooked meals that are fast, easy and so delicious your family won’t even realize they’re healthy? If so, then this is the cooking class for you! Find out just how simple it can be to prepare meals that are both nutritious and delicious. You’ll discover dozens of easy ways to make lowered-fat food taste terrific. You’ll learn a dietitian’s trade secrets for getting in and out of the kitchen quicker, and explore her tricks of the trade for encouraging reluctant family members to eat more healthfully. Get ready to discover over 50 exciting and easy lowered-fat recipes for tasty entrees, side dishes, desserts, and garnishes!

Introduction to Natural Health and Healing
Instructor: Theresa Snyder

This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to promote wellness, balance and health in their daily lives. It will give students a basic understanding of the field of natural health.

Handling Medical Emergencies
Instructor: Bryan Scyphers

Medical emergencies occur suddenly and with little warning. Would you know how to confidently react if someone needed your help? This course will identify common medical emergencies affecting children and adults, help you recognize signs and symptoms, and show you how to render appropriate care.

Assisting Aging Parents
Instructor: Marsiea Warren

Are your parents in their golden years? Learning how to help parents or other loved ones through their transition can prepare us for our own. This compassionate and comprehensive class will give you the tools, techniques, and insights for this passage. You'll learn to handle most of the challenges you will face while coming to appreciate and cherish the privilege of the journey.

Legal Nurse Consulting
Instructor: Neal Bevans

Are you a registered nurse or other medical professional looking for extra income or a new career opportunity? Attorneys are increasingly relying on experienced nurses to help them understand and resolve complex medical cases or claims. If you're interested in sharing your expertise in nursing and health care with law firms and insurance companies, this course will introduce you to the specific legal fields where your skills and knowledge are most needed. You'll also learn how to create your very own legal nurse consulting practice from the ground up.

Medical Coding
Instructor: Jennifer Della'Zanna

Take your first step toward a lucrative career as a medical coder! In this course, you'll learn how to find medical codes for any disease, condition, treatment, or surgical procedure. We'll discuss how medical coding works in the real world, and then we'll go over the different types of codes you'll need to understand to describe every aspect of a patient's visit and report that information to an insurance company. From there, you'll be ready to begin putting it all into practice. By the end of this course, you'll know how to find your way through both the CPT manual and the ICD-9-CM manual, and you'll be well on your way to becoming a medical coder.

HIPAA Compliance
Instructor: Carline Dalgleish

Demystify the complexities of HIPAA! If you're a health care professional, it's mandatory that you know the ins and outs of HIPAA compliance. This course focuses on the Administrative Simplification portion of HIPAA. We'll cover transactions, code sets, and identifiers; the Privacy Rule; and the Security Rule. By the end of the course, you'll feel confident in your ability to bring your organization into compliance with HIPAA's requirements.

Become a Physical Therapy Aide
Instructor: Holly Trimble

Prepare for a rewarding career as a valued member of the physical therapy team while learning all about the human body, specific disorders, and the way physical therapists treat these disorders. You'll get training in physical therapy terminology and communication skills. And by the end of the course, you'll know the legal and ethical issues that are becoming increasingly important for every physical therapy aide to understand.

Become an Optical Assistant
Instructor: Beverly Smith

If you think you'd like to become an optical assistant, this is the course for you! You'll get a comprehensive look into the world of optical assisting—a world that's getting more exciting all the time. You'll see how rewarding it can be to help people solve their vision problems. And you'll find out how varied the field of optometry is becoming as we explore the skills it requires and the different settings to which this new career might lead you.

Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Instructor: Donna Acosta

Do you want to lose weight and keep it off? Now you can! In this course, you'll discover how to establish a healthy approach to successful weight loss and weight maintenance for a lifetime. You'll master how to set and achieve weight-loss and weight-maintenance goals that make sense for you. You'll also receive practical tips you can use immediately to develop healthier eating and exercise habits.

Medical Transcription
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Take your first step toward a lucrative career as a medical transcriptionist! You'll learn how to transcribe the most common medical reports used in both inpatient and outpatient settings. We'll review a lot of the grammar you might have forgotten since high school and apply it to the reports. You'll have the opportunity to listen to real dictation and transcribe it on your computer using the same tools real transcriptionists use. We'll also look at how you can further your education to take advantage of the new job markets available to transcriptionists and position yourself for the future in this exciting field. By the end of the course, you'll know the basics of the major reports and key clinical points of major disease processes.

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