HRD3400 — Pathways Healthcare
This course introduces students to career opportunities within the healthcare sector. Through structured career exploration, job shadowing content, and digital tools, learners will explore careers in both direct patient care and healthcare support services. Students will identify entry-level competencies, workplace expectations, and credentialing options while building foundational employability skills aligned with healthcare settings. This course will transition students into a healthcare training program, apprenticeship, or short-term certification track. Learning Objectives: 1) identify a variety of career options within healthcare, including required education, credentials, and skills; 2) use labor market tools such as nccareers.org to evaluate job outlook, wages, and growth trends in healthcare occupations; 3) demonstrate awareness of entry-level competencies including confidentiality, patient communication, and teamwork; 4) create a basic career plan that includes education/training milestones and professional goals in a healthcare field.