Appendix J - AHP Core and Specialty Course

Appendix J - AHP Core and Specialty Course

AHP Professional Development for FY 2018 (July 1, 2017– June 30, 2018)
Item / Description / Cost
Statewide AHP Meeting / One day event located at Stevenson University
Winter 2018 (specific dates TBD but will occur January or March of 2018) / Registration fee - $100
Budget for mileage
Summer Professional Development to support the implementation of the Core AHP courses as well the implementation of the AHP specialty courses (CCMA, Pharmacy Technician and Physical Rehabilitation) / Multi-day event (2-3 days) located at Stevenson University
Summer 2018 (specific dates TBD but will in June of 2018 within FY 2018) / Registration fee - $250
Budget for lodging, meals and mileage
AHP Core Course Materials of Instruction and Equipment List*
Core Courses: Foundations of Medicine and Health Science and Structure and Functions of the Human Body
*both courses require that students have access to the internet
Course / MOI and Equipment
Foundations of Medicine and Health Science / Unit 2 – Section 1

• Reference Texts: such as Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference
• Prepared, stained normal human peripheral blood smears – 2 per student.

Available from The Carolina Biological Supply Company,
Cat. # 309164, and 309170

• Microscope with 10X and 40X objectives -1 per student
• Hand –counter – 1 per student
• Lens paper and glass cleaning solution to clean microscope

Unit 2 – Section 2

• Stopwatch
• Sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff)
• Stethoscope

Unit 2 – Section 3

• A full size model or poster of a human skeleton
• First Aid Workbook OR another guide on splinting broken bones
• X-ray images or x-ray printouts from internet resources
• Medical supplies used for splinting, or the following substitutes:
• Cardboard scraps for splints (use old cardboards boxes and cut strips to fit the corresponding bones you are working on)
• Wood scraps or sticks for splints
• Scissors
• Triangular bandages made from torn sheets or fabric scraps
• Newspapers
• Padding for splinting (foam of thicker fabric)

Unit 2 – Section 4

• Penlight
• Sealed containers of items with characteristic smells, such as coffee, soap, or vanilla.
• Near and far vision screening charts
• Eye occlude card
• Cotton ball
• Small winding alarm clock with a loud tick
• Clean tongue depressor
• Gloves
• Sheep brains, cut in half, with dura mater intact (one per group)
• Dissecting tray or plastic plate
• Scissors
• Plastic knife
• Dissecting probe or wood stick
• Disposable, non-latex surgical gloves
• Sheep Brain Dissection Guide
• Lab coat or apron
• Goggles

Unit 3 – Section 1

• A fluorescent powder that simulates the presence of germs on student’s hands such as:
• Glo Germ
• Germ Juice
• GlitterBug
• Blacklight or ultra violet light
• Paper
• Cornstarch
• Ziploc bags
• Plastic or latex gloves
• Access to sink
• Liquid hand soap
• Purell Solution
• Stopwatch
• Escherichia coli (E.coli) cultures (other bacteria could also be used). A variety of bacteria cultures can be purchased from online suppliers such as:
• Ward’s Natural Science
• MP Biomedicals
• Science stuff
• 1 agar Petri dish plate per student
• Sterile swabs
• Sterile tube with 10ml of sterile water (1 per student)
• Filter paper
• Hole punch
• Sterile forceps (these could sterilized by dipping in alcohol and air drying)
• Permanent marker
• Ruler
• Household Cleaning solutions (disinfectants) such as
• Bleach
• Contact lens cleaner
• Liquid floor cleaner
• ‘’Green’’ or natural cleaners such as vinegar.

Structure and Functions of the Human Body / Case Study III

• Mock urine samples:
• flat Mountain Dew soda
• 100 ml of chicken broth with a few drops of blood from raw ground beef or turkey added
• 5 ml of ½ percent milk added to 45ml of water or bouillon
• chicken bouillon
• Urine test strips e.g. Bayer MULTISTIX 10 SG reagent strips for urinalysis
• Test tubes
• Patient record sheets
• Gloves
• Microscopic images of patient’s urine sediment.
• Compound microscope
• Depression slide
• Daphnia
• Chemical of choice
• Tally counter
• Stopwatch
• Pasteur pipette
• Solutions of 0.1% caffeine, 0.01% nicotine, and 4% alcohol (Make solutions up in spring water)

Case Study IV

• Cow’s eye (can be purchased from butchers or slaughter houses)
• Dissecting tray or plastic plate
• Scissors
• Scalpels
• Dissection pins
• Dissecting probe or wood stick
• Disposable, non-latex surgical gloves
• Lab coat or apron
• Goggles

Case Study 5

• Preserved Norway rat
• Dissecting tray or plastic plate
• Scissors
• Dissection pins
• Dissecting probe or wood stick
• Disposable, non-latex surgical gloves
• Lab coat or apron
• Goggles

AHP Specialty Course: Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
The list below represents the supplies and materials of instruction needed to implement the CCMA course.

Appendix J - AHP Core and Specialty Course

• ID bands
• Hemoccult cards/sets/controls
• Pregnancy tests
• PAP smear
• Rapid Strep, Sputum, HIV
• UA, specimen cups, 24 hour urine, UA C&S, strainer, catheter kits, lil’ catch, urine dip sticks
• Saliva testing in sterile containers
• Specimen bags
• Labels
• All blood specimens
• Manikins for straight cath, foley insertion, suprapublic, leg bags,
• Glucometer supplies
• Specific gravity supplies
• Cane, walker, crutches, WC, gait belt
• Sharps containers, red bags, BIO hazard trash cans
• Gowns, sterile & non sterile gloves, masks, masks with face shield, goggles, N95 masks, shoe covers, spill kits
• Posters with norms for vital signs and labs
• Vertical BP gauges
• Mobile Aneroid BP units
• Teaching stethoscopes
• Dual head stethoscopes
• Cuff assortment
• BP simulator
• Computers/speakers for interactive BP simulation program
• Tympanic thermometers & covers
• Temporal thermometers (forehead)
• Digital thermometers & covers
• Pulse oximeter
• Automatic BP machines(dynamap)
• Standing scale with bar and WC ramp Wall Height measuring units
• Digital Infant scale with lbs/kg conversions
• Head circ. Tape measures
• Stretcher
• Exam Tables (1per 4 students)
• Table paper
• Gowns, drapes, pillow, gloves, 2x2, cotton tip applicators, tongue depressors, alcohol wipes
• Wall otoscope and ophthamoscope set-up per each exam table
• Instruments used for physical exam, syringes, needles, suturing materials, staple materials, glucometers, nebulizer, etc) pill crusher, injection simulator
• Lockable Med Carts
• Pharmacy administration supplies for all types of oral meds (cups, counters,etc)
• Immunization documentation forms to include TB, Hep B, Varicella, MMR, DPT, OPV
• Sample pastes and paper
• Simulated patches
• Needles with safety mechanism
• Peak flows & disposable mouthpieces
• Incentive spirometers & disposable mouthpieces
• Nubulizer set up, saline bullets
• Snellen Charts (adult and ped)
• Visual Acuity Charts
• Ishihara books
• Suture removal kits
• 2x2, 4x4, 3x3, gauze, ABD, ace wraps, Montgomery ties
• Tapes: silk, paper, iodine swabs, clean and sterile gloves
• Occlusive dressings
• Wound irrigation kits, drains
• Sterile water
• Decub dressing supplies and simulated hydrogel treatments
• Wound care manikins
• Ostomy manikins & supplies
• Supplies for I&D
• Culturettes
• Lab Requisition Forms
• Dr. Name, DOB, Date of test, Test name, Status (basal rate, fasting, times, any precautions, MR#, Room #, Billing info, ICD code)
• Stretcher Transfer board
• Ear irrigation items (manual and pulsating instrument)
• Video-eye/ear irrigation
• Eye irrigation items
• Manikin to practice performance
• AHA Instructor materials to include student manuals, video to teach BLS for HC provider and First Aid certification
• Adult, Child and infant manikins & ambu bags, AEDs, Pocket masks, one way valves, filters, face shields, epi pens
• Simulated manikins for rapid response scenarios
• Autoclave, autoclave bags, autoclave tape, distilled water, stainless steel bowls, medical office instruments
• Needles with safety mechanism
• Disinfection solution, stainless steel covered trays
• Scrub brushes
• Communication boards for pt that are HOH or aphasic, Pain scales charts (adult and peds)
• Supply carts, supply cabinets and electronic inventory sheets for counts and and ordering
• Simulated waiting area and office sign-in items (HIPPA appropriate)
• Medical Assisting text
• Infant/adult blood draw manikins/ posters or charts
• Phlebotomy chair, exam table
• Preprinted instructions related to various diagnostic procedures
• Medical H&P forms
• Holter monitor
• Holter monitor charts to show 3, 5 and 7 lead attachments
• Preprinted patient instructions R/T Holter
• Telemetry Monitor
• Telemetry instructional materials to show common rhythms/abnormalities
• Calipers for counting R to R, PR interval, QT interval
• EKG machine
• EKG paper
• EKG electrodes
• EKG cart
• Gowns
• Posters of 3, 5 and 7 lead Holter lead placements
• Charts showing placement for R-sided EKG and V7 –V9 placement
• Mock emergency medications
• Treadmill
• Stationary bike
• Simulated manikins for rapid response scenarios

• Medical terminology texts
• Quizlet interactive modules to reinforce medical teriminology
• Computer access
• Computer access to create medical office documents and interactive online HIPPA
• Preprinted instruction sheets
• Reporting / documenting of critical values to physician
• Computer access with Microsoft office to create letters of correspondence, facsimile disclosure to discard if received in error, fax machine, dedicated phone line, copy machine dictation software
• Software
• Computer access
• Preprinted instructions
• Adult and pediatric pain scales
• Dry erase boards/markers
• Preprinted community resource manual
• Medical Record Supplies Charts

• Medical record software
• Paper charts, labels to simulate offices still using paper, dividers, EPIC)
• Medical records software and paper forms
• Pre-printed consents
• Software generated concents
• Scheduling and EMR software
• Appointment book, peg-board system
• Medical Assisting Text
• Computers for Online tutorial website HIPPA
• Software generated AMA forms
• Answering machine
• Computers to back up electronic files
• Scheduling and EMR software
• Appointment book
• Filing carts to manage simulated employee files
• Computers
• Inventory software
• Supply carts
• CPT coding texts
• Phlebotomy video
• Phlebotomy chairs
• Venipuncture supplies-arms, collection tubes, butterflies, vacutainer collection sets, tournique
• Band aids, 2x2’s, artificial blood
• Capillary tables
• Medical Assisting text
• Ammonia capsules
• Exam table
• Phlebotomy chair
• Reclining chair for syncope patients
• Charts and texts
• Capillary lancets
• Blood culture kits
• Labels, computer printer, computer generated requisitions
• Specimen bags
• Pre-printed instruction sheets for each procedure
• PPE
• Lab box
• Envelopes, office supplies, Computer, Fax, Medical assisting texts, phone
• Calipers
• EKG machine, paper, electrodes, cart, reference posters, text
• Computers, software that are EKG compatible
• Patient charts
• Calipers
• Textbooks/ manual

Appendix J - AHP Core and Specialty Course

AHP Specialty Course: Pharmacy Technician

• Counting tray
• 1 gallon Ziploc bag
• ½ gallon Ziploc bag
• 10 small stock prescription bottles (at least
• 2 controlled substances)
• ½ - 1 Pound of smarties
• 1 paper plate
• 5 prescription vials (10 dram, 16 dram, 20
• dram)
• Tape
• Compounding Paper (2)
• 8 oz bottle
• 8 oz jar
• 4 oz jar
• Mortar and pestle
• Spatula
• •Weigh boats (3)

/ Can be shared among groups of Students:

• Electronic Balance
• Tape
• Graduated Cylinder
• Syringe
• Water (ora-sweet)
• Water with red food coloring (bubble gum extract flavor)
• Vaseline
• Lotion
• Baby Powder
• Funnel
• Blister cards (6)

AHP Specialty Course: Physical Rehabilitation
Units 1nd 2 / Poster board
Glue sticks
Scissors
Index cards ~300
Masking Tape
Markers
Sticky Dots
Camera/Smart Phone
Colored Clay
Colored Pencils
Toothpicks
Large magnets with adhesive backing
Small measuring tape
Medical Dictionary
Sports Medicine Essentials Textbook
Goniometers
Gait Belts
Wheel Chairs
Treatment Tables
Crutches
Canes
Walkers
Athletic tape (inch and a half)
Units 3 and 4 / Vernier Spirometer
Logger Pro
Vernier computer interface
disposable mouthpiece
disposable bacterial filter
nose clip
Vernier Surface Temperature Sensor
tape
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