PHLT 1050 Syllabus

Subject Code

PHLT

Course Number

1050

Course Title

Clinical Practice

Prerequisites

Program admission, PHLT 1030 with a grade of C or higher

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Fall and Spring

Credit Hours

(0-15-5)

Course Description

This course provides work experiences in a clinical setting. Instructors place emphasis on enhancing students' skills in venipuncture techniques. Topics include an introduction to clinical policies and procedures and work ethics; routine collections as related to adults, pediatric patients, and newborns; and special procedures.

Course Outcomes

Introduction to Clinical Policies and Procedures and Work Ethics.
Order		Description
1		Explain the physical layout of the facility.
2		Explain and practice appropriate workplace safety procedures.
3		Explain and practice clinical codes, personnel policies, and departmental policies and procedures.
4		Demonstrate appropriate human relations/work ethics behaviors and characteristics that will promote harmony, productivity, accuracy, and effectiveness in a health care setting.
Routine Collections: Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn
Order		Description
1		Select and identify the various pieces of equipment used in blood collection procedures and describe their use.
2		Identify and process the various requests associated with the venipuncture procedure.
3		Identify the patient.
4		Demonstrate appropriate patient contact techniques.
5		Demonstrate appropriate communications skills in a health care setting.
6		Collect appropriate amounts of blood in the proper tube needed to perform each test, according to laboratory method.
7		Locate and identify the various veins used in venipuncture performance.
8		Collect specimens in a professional manner using the vaccutainer, syringe, and/or skin puncture methods, without causing undue discomfort to the patient.
10		Demonstrate skills learned on the job as relative to computerized patient routing and data entry in a health care setting.
Special Procedures
Order		Description
1		Perform appropriate specimen collections as relative to a health care setting.
2		Collect blood cultures using sterile techniques.
3		Collect micro samples for various chemistry and hematology tests on children and adults when appropriate.
4		Make peripheral blood smears (e.g., differentials, reticulocytes, and malaria smears).
5		Perform bleeding time and GTT.
6		Instruct a patient to collect a clean-catch urine specimen.
7		Process and prepare specimens for reference lab testing.
8		Demonstrate appropriate communication skills in a health care setting.
9		Demonstrate skills learned on the job as relative to computerized patient routing and data entry in a health care setting.