Lesson 1: Basic Math for Allied Health
By the end of this lesson, your learners will be able to:
- Solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems that contain whole numbers
- Solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems that contain proper and improper fractions
- Solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems that contain decimals
- Solve problems with percentages such as calculations for base rate, discounts, and sales tax
- Use the proper procedures for calculating deductions from a paycheck (federal, state, and local taxes, hospitalization, union dues, and pension costs) to find net pay
- Calculate simple and compound interest
- Convert measurements in the metric system and in foreign currencies using the appropriate conversion factor
Lesson 2: Basic Grammar for Allied Health
By the end of this lesson, your learners will be able to:
- Identify the parts of speech
- Recognize subjects, predicates, compound subjects, compound predicates, objects, and clauses
- Explain subject-verb agreement
- Use pronouns correctly
- Use modifiers correctly
- Identify how to write using parallel construction
- Apply the basic rules of punctuation
- Distinguish between words that need to be capitalized and words that do not need to be capitalized
Lesson 3: Professional Communications
By the end of this lesson, your learners will be able to:
- Identify how to handle incoming calls in an office setting
- Recognize how to use telecommunications technology to handle phone calls and to organize phone numbers
- Describe seven components of effective oral communication
- Identify benefits and drawbacks of using email as well as the standard parts of an email
- Explain best practices for composing and sending an email
- Identify the parts of a business letter
- Explain common practices related to sending and receiving domestic and international mail
Lesson 4: Basic Word and Excel
By the end of this lesson, your learners will be able to:
- Explain how to create a Word file
- Apply formats to a document
- Identify how to compose documents with images, shapes, and graphics
- Explain how to create an Excel document
- Recognize how to use Excel to analyze data
- Describe how to create an integrated document
- Describe how to create a mail merge document