Introduction to the United States Health Care System

Description

Welcome to Introduction to United States Healthcare System courses presented by Translate Nursing LLC. This course will provide you with basic knowledge and understanding on how the United States Healthcare System is structured. You will gain a basic understanding of healthcare funding. You will understand administrative levels of healthcare system and will be able to define functions and basic scope of practice of major healthcare workers. You will be able to classify different levels of education, licensure, and certification for main healthcare providers. You will understand some of the current legal and political implications of United States Healthcare System. This class is for students who are unfamiliar with the United States Health Care system and those foreign born health care professionals that are looking to migrate to the United States of America to work within the health care system.

What You Will Learn!

• Describe the basic fundamentals of the United States Healthcare System.
• Describe the three main ways the US healthcare system is funded.
• Describe the difference between a job and a profession.
• Define what a scope of practice is and who developes it.
• List some of the allied health professions that are available in the US Healthcare system.
• Describe some of the entrys for education there are for some of the healthcare professions within the US healthcare system.

Who Should Attend!

• Foreign Born Healthcare Professionals coming to the USA to work
• Anyone in the USA who has a passion to learn about the healthcare system
• Novice healthcare professionals who want to know more about the USA healthcare system
• This course is NOT for individuals who are or have been working in the US healthcare system for a long time
• This course is NOT for individuals who live or have lived in the USA for a long time and have already become accustomed to the culture and healthcare system

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