Essential Skill Alignment Chart: Health & Medical Sciences – CIP Code 51.2604

This chart is designed to help students and parents understand the educational and physical expectations and/or recommendations for the Health & Medical Sciences program at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute. For additional information, please visit the program webpage.

Program Safety & Physical Considerations

  • High degree of self-discipline and focus needed in the program and industry
  • Good personal hygiene
  • Stamina for prolonged standing, bending, and stooping
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds to waist level without restrictions
  • Must be able to work independently and with teams
  • Physical strength and trunk strength required to lift patients for transfer
  • Must follow HIPPA with patient confidentiality
  • Emotional and mental stability
  • Empathy towards others
  • Not disturbed by incidences such as bodily fluids, surgeries, injections, traumatic situations, and willingness to safely handle various bodily fluids and medical waste

Essential Aptitudes Recommended

  • Manual and finger dexterity
  • Eye/hand coordination
  • Color discrimination
  • Clerical perception
  • Arm-hand steadiness
  • Multi-limb coordination
  • Ability to multitask
  • Ability to use the various tools in the Healthcare industry

Reading & Language Arts Levels

  • College Prep Reading and Language Arts
  • Text and manuals written on a 12th-grade plus reading level
  • College level resources
  • Must be able to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
  • Oral expression and comprehension
  • Written expression

Math Level

  • Basic math skills
  • College Prep Algebra I
  • College Prep Geometry
  • Use of Metric System
  • Decimals, fractions, percentages, conversions, multiplication, measuring skills, use of formulas and calculations

End of Year – 12th Grade Assessment Test

  • NOCTI

Industry Certifications

  • Students will have the opportunity to earn industry certifications in the program

Program Requirements & Related Costs

  • Uniform:
    • Lab Coat – Optional
    • Scrub Shirt | $25
    • Scrub Pants | $25
    • Sneakers or Medical Professional Shoes | $20-50

Cooperative Education

  • Students who meet all the requirements, including teacher recommendation, grades, attendance, and discipline record
  • Students must provide their own transportation to and from the job site

Articulation Agreements

  • Lehigh Carbon Community College
  • Lincoln Technical Institute
  • Statewide Articulation Agreements

Other Skills

  • College Prep Biology with lab strongly recommended
  • Intense memorization of medical processes and vocabulary (medical terminology and anatomy and physiology)
  • Ability to follow detailed directions and protocols with accuracy
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Basic computer and keyboarding skills
  • Demonstrate initiative, teamwork, cooperation, and responsibility
  • Time management
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Active listening
  • Provide emotional support

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Schnecksville, PA
18078

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