Health Occupation Class

In this Health occupation class i learned a lot. In the begining i had no interest in this class, But getting more into the class i only discovered that id like to be a part of the medical field.The projects benefited me and i learned many things from ancient health to different jobs that work in the hospital to how to work with paitients, medical terms, In depth information i didnt know about the human anatomy and more.Things i learned were things that would help me outside of the class as well.
First day before getting to class i had no idea that ¨Health Occupation¨ would mean like everything i learned while in this class, i thought it was going to be a more advance health class like the one i took my freshman year. Until i saw the teacher in scrubs i knew it would have to do with hospital stuff. I didnt think anything to detailed about what we would learn , just things that nurses do in the hospital and how to prepare for that. I am happy

to have gotten this class because i never had an idea of what i would like to do in my career.
The Introduction to the class was about ancient health, How healthcare all started.

Chapter 1 dicussed what the ancient times believed caused illness and how different centuries treated them and their tools to treat illness improved by the years. I learned about the importnt people in the history of health care,for example a few were : Anton Van Leeuwenhook known as the ¨Father of Microbiology¨ which discovered bacteria and other microscopic organisms , Florence Nightingale who was the founder of modern nursing in 1845,Francis Crick and james watson discovered the stucture of deoxyribonucliec acid (DNA), and Clara Barton who was the founder of the American Cross. In Primitive times people believed that disease and illness were caused by evil spirits and demons. Ancient Egyptians were the first to record health records.There was different types of ways the centries treated illness, the first used herbs,making holes in the skull, magic, powder to burn the skin, massages, and ationsRomans first established

hospitals.
Healthcare tools are still improving today we have new technology that suergons use now.From there i learned about the kinds of care that that a hospital provides. A hospital provides geriactic care, Home healthcare, Geriatric care, holistic care,and more. I also learned about the health insurance plans and how hospitals are organized . I always thought there was only like 15 healthcare working occupations,but now i know that there is more then 40 kinds of occupations you can work in. In one of our projects we each did research on healthcare occupations and i learned how much money they make, the level of preperation required ,and how many job openings there are for the occupatiions. I learned how to treat paitients by cultural diversity and with good communication skills and i also learned how to have a professional appearance when you have a position in a health career. There was many things that i learned that help in the near future. Skills i learned in this class that most influenced me were learning medical terminology , how to do CPR , about the many health occupations there are. Learning about the health occupations benefited me because i know where to start if i want to get into the medical feild , for example, i can start as a medical assistant and work myself up to a nurse because they get paid more. Then , medical terminology will help me in the future because i wont have trouble understanding it when i become a nurse. The last thing that benefied me from learning was how to do CPR because now in emergencys although im not certfied while someone is calling 911 i can attempt to revive someone.