Course Offerings

This course covers math concepts as applicable in healthcare occupations, including basic operations, fractions, metric system conversion, reading gauges and graphs, recording measurements, temperature conversion, skip counting, medication dosage calculations, and much more. Upon completion, students should have a stronger foundation for using math in their chosen healthcare occupation.

Course Objectives

Students will be able to:
- perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- simplify fractions
- perform metric system conversion
- read a gauge (i.e. sphygmomanometer)
- read a scale (pounds, kilogram),
- plot and read a graph,
- read measurements using a ruler (mm, cm, inches, feet),
- convert from inches to feet/ feet to inches,
- convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius/ Celsius to Fahrenheit (temperature conversion)
- convert from pounds to kilograms/ kilograms to pounds,
- skip counting by twos, tens: (2) i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8 …. (10) i.e. 10, 20, 30
- perform household system conversion and
- calculate medication dosage

Outline of Instruction

Topic 1: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and division numbers
Topic 2: Simplify fractions
Topic 3: Perform metric system conversion
Topic 4: Plot and read a graph
Topic 5: Read measurements using a ruler (mm, cm, inches, feet) and convert from inches to feet/ feet to inches,
Topic 6: Read a thermometer and convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius/ Celsius to Fahrenheit (temperature conversion)
Topic 7: Read a scale and convert from pounds to kilograms/ kilograms to pounds
Topic 8: Skip counting by twos, tens: (2) i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8 …. (10) i.e. 10, 20, 30
Topic 9: Perform household system conversion
Topic 10: Calculate medication dosage

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

1

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

None.

Learning Supplies Needed

TBD

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

None.

Requirements for Successful Completion

80% attendance

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

Future Medical Assisting students.

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

Medical Assistant

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Course Contact Information

Health Science Non-Degree Programs http://cehealth.waketech.edu
919-747-0140
[email protected]