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Medical Mathematics

Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

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Medical Mathematics utilizes mathematical concepts as they relate to healthcare and is designed to equip students with the mathematical skills to ensure accurate procedures, enhance patient safety, and improve healthcare efficiency. Topics include healthcare administration, disease distribution and spread, treatment schedules, measurement systems and conversions, charts and graphs, EKG, dosage calculations, statistical analysis, and applications.

Format

In-Person

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Credentials this program stacks toward

  • Program Pathway to Health ScienceFrom Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Program Details

Detailed information about this program

Medical Mathematics utilizes mathematical concepts as they relate to healthcare and is designed to equip students with the mathematical skills to ensure accurate procedures, enhance patient safety, and improve healthcare efficiency. Topics include healthcare administration, disease distribution and spread, treatment schedules, measurement systems and conversions, charts and graphs, EKG, dosage calculations, statistical analysis, and applications. Career and Technical Student Organizations are integral, co-curricular components of each career and technical education course. These organizations enhance classroom instruction while helping students develop leadership abilities, expand workplace-readiness skills, and access opportunities for personal and professional growth. Students in the Health Science cluster affiliate with HOSA–Future Health Professionals.

Requirements

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Alabama

    Alabama

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Research and report on the costs associated with operating a medical facility
  • Research and document the sizes and reproduction rates of common viruses and bacteria
  • Research and report on an infectious disease, including its incidence rate, prevalence, and virulence
  • Interpret and utilize medical terms and abbreviations
  • Research and report on the drug half-life of a variety of medications and explain how half-life affects dosing schedules
  • Utilize and fluently convert between the metric, English, and apothecary systems to indicate length, weight, and volume
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Phlebotomists31-9097.00
  • Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other29-2099.00
  • Healthcare Support Workers, All Other31-9099.00
  • Medical Records Specialists29-2072.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Course)

  • Contaminated sharps disposal — follow established protocols under direct supervision to ensure compliance with applicable laws and facility policies in a clinical laboratory or outpatient draw station.
  • Blood-drawing tray setup — organize and inspect trays for sterility and first-use needles and syringes under the guidance of a senior phlebotomist in a healthcare setting.
  • Venipuncture technique — perform basic vacuum tube blood draws under direct supervision on cooperative adult patients in a hospital or clinic environment.
  • Laboratory requisition forms — match printed or electronic requisition forms to correctly labeled specimen tubes under supervisor review in a processing area.
  • Biohazard fluid disposal — dispose of blood and other biohazardous materials following facility protocols and applicable regulations under direct oversight in a clinical setting.
  • Patient identification — verify two patient identifiers before specimen collection using established facility procedures in an inpatient or outpatient draw environment.
  • Standard phlebotomy equipment — identify and handle needles, syringes, and butterfly sets correctly under direct supervision on a healthcare unit.
  • Medical terminology — recognize common laboratory test names and abbreviations when reading requisition forms in a clinical laboratory context.
  • Specimen labeling — apply accurate patient and collection-time labels to specimen tubes immediately after collection under guidance in a draw station.
  • Infection control basics — apply standard precautions including hand hygiene and personal protective equipment under direct supervision during all specimen collection activities.

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