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PHB 160 - Foundations of Phlebotomy

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Overview of the role of phlebotomy in the healthcare profession. Includes the role of the phlebotomist within the culture of healthcare, conventions of laboratory organization and structure, the organization and purposes of laboratory departments, and the services a laboratory provides as an essential key to diagnosis. Also includes medical vocabulary, laboratory terminology, and basic anatomy and physiology with a focus on the circulatory system.

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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Discuss the culture of healthcare and how it applies to the phlebotomist and the laboratory.
  2. Explain healthcare terminology and identify abbreviations.
  3. Associate the major areas/departments of the clinical laboratory with the laboratory tests ordered to evaluate a patient’s condition/illness.

Performance Objectives:
  1. Explain the history and the role of the phlebotomist.
  2. Discuss the culture of healthcare and how it applies to the phlebotomist and the laboratory.
  3. Identify anatomical and physiological structures of body systems with importance to the circulatory system.
  4. Explain healthcare terminology and identify abbreviations.
  5. Associate the major areas/ departments of the clinical laboratory with the laboratory tests ordered to evaluate a patient’s condition/illness

Outline:
  1. History and Role
    1. History of phlebotomy
    2. Current practice and role of phlebotomy
    3. Role of the phlebotomist in different settings
  2. Healthcare Culture
    1. Overview
    2. Phlebotomists and how they fit into the culture of healthcare
    3. Laboratory and how it fits into the culture of healthcare
  3. Anatomy and Physiology
    1. Overview of body systems
    2. Relationship to the circulatory system
    3. Principles relevant to the phlebotomist
  4. Circulatory System
    1. Anatomical structures of the circulatory system and phlebotomy
    2. Physiological structures of the circulatory system and phlebotomy
  5. Healthcare Terminology
    1. Overview of common abbreviations
    2. Overview of weights, measures, and conversions
    3. Overview of basic terminology principles
  6. Laboratories
    1. Settings
    2. Operational structure and functions of departments
    3. Relation to other healthcare departments
  7. Laboratory Setting and the Patient
    1. Types of labs and departments
    2. Medical conditions related to labs and departments
    3. Relationship of the phlebotomist to departments


Effective Term:
Full Academic Year 2018/2019