HLUC 1150: HUC Practicum 2
Department
Health Unit Coordinator
Description
The final practice course integrates knowledge and skills from all previous courses and provides students the practical setting to demonstrate effective professional communication behaviors, use operating systems and health forms accurately, to complete the beginning tasks of a health unit coordinator (HUC). This course also prepares students to utilize resources to work safely and confidently in HUC practice.
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
HLUC 1105, HLUC 1115, HLUC 1125, HLUC 1135, HLUC 1140, HLUC 1145.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Practice professional communication in the health care setting to facilitate patient safety.
- Demonstrate health authority standards, policies and procedures in health unit coordinator practice.
- Collaborate with health care professionals to coordinate patient transitions and process orders on electronic or patient health records.
- Practice safely, ethically and responsibly as a health unit coordinator.
- Create personal practice resources to demonstrate independent and professional skills.
- Apply information literacy skills in the health care setting by utilizing resources in HUC practice.
- Demonstrate initiative and responsibility as an emerging health care professional.
- Apply organizational, time and stress management skills effectively in HUC practice.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 140
Total Hours: 140
Instructional Strategies
The student and preceptor health unit coordinator work together to facilitate the students learning goals in the health care setting. Faculty collaborate with the student and preceptor to facilitate student's ability to practice safely, accurately and independently as a beginning health unit coordinator. Students will reflect on their learning goals in person or online.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Evaluation Plan
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Assessment activity
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Assignments
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S/U
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Satisfactory completion of weekly online journals, self reflective evaluations (as per rubrics) which may include praxis hours.
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Course topics
- Hospital orientation
Unit orientation
Professional health care roles and responsibilities
Communication:
-Verbal and non-verbal
-Utilize all communication devices
-Charts, health forms, operating systems (general competencies)
Process prescribers' orders
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.