Medical Professions Preparation

Certificate of Competency Occupational and Noncredit Programs · Palomar College · 2026-2027 Catalog

This program is designed to help prepare students who are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare. Each course in this program was designed to assist the new student in areas that have been common areas of weakness (study skills, reading comprehension, medical terminology, medical math, pharmacology, cardiology and fitness and nutrition).

Learning Outcome(s):

  1. Discuss current research and clinical evidence supporting BLS and ALS practices and apply evidence-based principles to evaluate the effectiveness of different BLS and ALS assessment and treatment strategies.
  2. Apply pharmacological principles to make infomred decisions about medication use and develop effective treatment plans.
  3. Create a personalized nutrition and exercise plan.
  4. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of heart, identify cardiac emergencies, and interpret basic EKGs.
  5. Demonstrate medical math proficiency, and identify and explain proper medication administration techniques and explain the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of medications.
  6. Demonstrate effective reading techniques needed to read a medical text book and create effective study habits based on their identified learning styles.

Notes:

This program includes 4 courses: N MEDC 901, N MEDC 902, N MEDC 903 and N MEDC 997

CourseTitleUnits
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N MEDC 901Medical Professions Preparatory Module 10
N MEDC 902Medical Professions Preparatory Module 20
N MEDC 903Medical Professions Preparatory Module 30
N MEDC 997Special Topics in Prehospital Healthcare0
Total0

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