Health Assessment Review

This course is designed to provide knowledge to enhance the adult health/physical assessment skills of health care professionals who function in a variety of health care settings. An organized and systematic approach to health assessment will enable participants to utilize interviewing techniques to obtain and record a comprehensive health history, and apply skills of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation to body systems. Under lab supervision, participants will practice and demonstrate competence in the performance of adult health history taking and health evaluation techniques by identifying, describing, and recording normal and abnormal findings within a framework for clinical decision making.

Admission Requirements:

  • High school diploma or high school equivalency
  • 18 years of age
  • Currently credentialed as a healthcare professional
  • Social security card – name must match government issued photo ID
  • Government issued photo ID – name must match social security card