Health Care Careers2011-2012

Working Together

• Parents• Students from East, South and West• Teachers• Advocate Lutheran

General Hospital• Oakton Community

College

Course Highlights

• Job shadow experience at Lutheran General Hospital

• OCC- Cadaver Lab• Guest Speakers• Field Trip IMSS• Career Research

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 Exploration

Possible LGH Job Shadow Rotations

• Adult Rehabilitation

• Ambulatory Surgery

• Human Resources• Mom and Baby

Nursery and Floor• Neonatal

Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

• Operating room• Outpatient

Rehabilitation• Pediatrics-NCT• Pharmacy• Radiology• Social Work• Surgical Intensive

Care Unit (SICU)

Advocate LGH Small Group Tours

• Respiratory Care• Fitness Center• MRI and Nuclear Medicine• Emergency Room

Class Tours

• Hyperbaric Chamber• Emergency Room• Cancer Care Center• Respiratory Care• Labor and Delivery

Field Trips - IMSS

Field Trips – NUHS Cadaver Lab

Guest Speakers

• Transmission Based Precautions Expert

- Learn how to effectively prevent the spread of disease while in a hospital setting

Guest Speakers

• Park Ridge E.M.T’s

- Emergency Medical Technicians from Park Ridge let you tour their ambulance and offer information on first aid and vital signs

Guest Speakers

Previous HCC Students and Alumni

Students from years prior will talk about their experiences and how it has affected their choice to go into healthcare. These include nurses

and pharmacists. .

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.

Guest Speakers

• Gift of Hope Organ Donation

• Guests include a transplant recipient as well as someone still on the waiting list to receive an organ