Course Descriptions

Courses
Code Title Credit Hours Description
HCM395 Internship 3 Supervised fieldwork experience concluding with the development of a portfolio documenting the effective use of qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate their fieldwork experiences. Pre-requisites: Senior standing and completion of all HCM courses except HCM 480 Strategic Management and Leadership and HCM 495 Capstone. Co-requisites: HCM 485 Senior Seminar.
HCM400 Health Care InfoSystems and Policy 3 Students will explore the legislative processes related to the generation of healthcare policies, the downstream effect that those policies have on health care informatics and information systems, and the impact of those policies on the delivery of quality, patient-centered care. Topics will include a historical overview of health care policy initiatives which have been instrumental in changing the way health care settings utilize information systems, such as HIPAA and the HITECH Act.
HCM405 Health Care Data Mining 3 This course will teach students how to discover interesting and unexpected business insights through the application of data mining techniques. Data mining combines in-depth statistical analysis, visualization, and other approaches to explore large amounts of data allowing discovery of relationships and patterns that can shed light on issues. The course explores data mining tools and techniques, as well as database theory and structures. Special emphasis will be on learning about data extraction and reports from VHS data warehouses and cubes.
HCM425 Health Admin Info Systems 3 Understanding of information needs of management and information technology used by variety of businesses, including the health care environment. Topics include strategies and methodologies, decision support systems, and total quality management. Pre-requisite: HCM 305.
HCM440 Law and Policy in Health Care 3 Introduction to legal and health policy making systems for healthcare. Examines ethical dilemmas that commonly appear in contemporary healthcare situations. Explains issues around governance, organizational structure, contracts and reimbursement. Introduces regulatory, accreditation and professional association's oversight. Examines the role of policy-makers and politics in health care. Explores the role of diversity in organizations and need for cultural competence throughout organizations.
HCM442 Prin Pop Health & Epidemiology 3 This course explores the social determinants of health, as well as the public health vs. clinical approaches to managing the health of communities. This course introduces students to epidemiological methods and the community health assessment process. It emphasizes the need and utility of a data driven approach to decision making in order to improve population health, whole community health planning, and explores the causes and consequences of health disparities. Pre-requisites: Undergraduate Statistics and HSC 320
HCM445 Quantitatve Meth for Hlth Care Mgmt 3 Introduces the statistical efficacy of MS Excel for use in the construction common operational and financial models found in today's healthcare settings. Data sets specific to practical health care operations secarios, such as DRG codes, lengths to stay, monthly visits, Medicare/Medicaid charges, etc., will be analyzed and manipulated using MS Excel as an opportunity for students to synthesize the quantitative concepts and methods covered. Prerequisites: MAT 211 or HSC 320
HCM446 Bus Methods for Health Care Mgmt 1 Students will utilize electronic tools including spreadsheet and database software/apps to demonstrate statistical, financial, economic, and analytic analysis techniques used in managerial and administrative decision making. Prerequisites: Undergraduate Statistics (e.g. MAT 211) and HCM 305. Pre or co-requisites: HCM 370 and HCM 425.
HCM450 Strategic Management 3 Provides the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, implement, and evaluate an organizational strategic plan, including business/corporate unit strategies.
HCM455 Intro Long-Term Care Administration 3 Provides the student with an introduction to the long-term care industry. Students will examine health care and social services offered, financing, management, and emerging policy issues for institutional and community-based components of the long-term care delivery system.
HCM470 US Health Care Systems and the Econ 3 The study of economic issues arising from the unique nature of health care. Topics include the current health care environment, the economic underpinnings of the healthcare delivery system, and the importance of economics in healthcare decisions. The topic of how regulatory agencies, governmental bodies and public policy influences the economy of healthcare will also be addressed
HCM475 Operations Mgmt In Health Care 3 This course introduces student to the operational functions of healthcare managers across the healthcare and public health continuum. Topics include design and structure of the healthcare continuum, planning for and managing patient flow, measuring productivity, streamlining process flows, tracking outcomes and performance metrics, and improving clinical and non-clinical processes. Operations topics will include incorporating perspectives from clinical operations, business, operations, information management, patient safety and community impact. Prerequisites: HCM 442, HCM 370, HCM 425, HCM 446
HCM480 Strategic Management & Leadership 4 The course applies previously learned principles from across the curriculum to formulate strategic responses to issues healthcare administrators face. Topics include strategic management principles, mission integration in strategic planning, leadership, crisis communication, organizational capability analysis, and the development and implementation of business plans. Students will work in a team to prepare and present a capstone project that addresses a comprehensive case study and/or proposal for a new business venture that incorporates strategies and techniques learned throughout the curriculum. Prerequisites: Senior standing and completion of all HCM courses except HCM 395 Internship and HCM 485 Senior Seminar. Co-requisite: HCM 496 Capstone.
HCM485 Senior Seminar 1 This course provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their managerial internship experience at a healthcare setting and to contextualize their experiences within the larger healthcare field. Students will work in small groups to help one another problem solve issues that occur during their internship experience by applying course work knowledge and skills. Students will discuss the potential impact of current trends in healthcare practice on their current experience and on future experiences beyond their college experience. Students will prepare their program portfolio and will participate in mock experiences to prepare them for post-graduation work. Pre-requisites: Senior standing and completion of all HCM courses except HCM 480 Strategic Management and Leadership and HCM 496 Capstone. Co-requisites: HCM 395 Internship.
HCM495 Capstone Directed Study Intensive 3 Capstone completion allows students to demonstrate competencies learned throughout the curriculum. Students perform a project plan to organize, coordinate, and present a project that addresses a contemporary issue that affects managers in health services. The course has experiential, research, quality, and synthesis components. Students may opt to analyze solutions to issues based on experiences encountered through work, internship, simulated cases, or described in directed readings. Prerequisite: HCM 445
HCM496 Capstone 1 This course serves as a culminating capstone experience in which students are expected to apply knowledge and skills gained from their undergraduate experience as a whole and from the program specifically to solve a current healthcare management problem. This course provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to think critically, to synthesize information from multiple areas of healthcare practice, to integrate content across the multiple skills and practices areas expected of healthcare managers, to work in a team, and to transition from student to practicing professional. Prerequisite: Senior standing and completion of all HCM courses except HCM 395 Internship and HCM 485 Senior Seminar. Co-requisite: HCM 480 Strategic Management and Leadership.
MLS301 Urinalysis 2 This course is a study of the physiologic mechanisms of the kidney along with the importance of the kidney in homeostasis and other body fluids commonly encountered in the clinical laboratory. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS302 Urinalysis 3 This course is a study of the physiologic mechanisms of the kidney along with the importance of the kidney in homeostasis and other body fluids commonly encountered in the clinical laboratory. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS302L Urinalysis Lab 0 Laboratory for MLS302
MLS306 Clinical Immunology 2 This course is a study of the human immune system in health and disease and the theory, practical application and elevation of immunologically related disorders. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS307 Clinical Immunology 3 This course is a study of the human immune system in health and disease and the theory, practical application and evaluation of immunologically related disorders. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS310 Coagulation 3 This course is a study of the content related to the theory, laboratory procedures, and disorders of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems. Laborary practice is a required component. Prerequisites: Admission into the MLS program; Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS310L Coagulation Lab 0 Laboratory for MLS310
MLS311 Coagulation 2 This course is a study of the theory and procedures of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: Admissions to the MLS program; Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester
MLS315 Hematology I 3 This course is a study of the origin and maturation of red cells, white cells, and platelets. Content includes normal and abnormal red cell morphology of human blood and the theory and application of routine hematology tests, specimen collection and processing, and basic phlebotomy techniques. Content will include the introduction of anemias. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program; Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS315L Hematology I Lab 0 Laboratory for MLS315
MLS320 Clinical Lab Techniques 1 This course is an overview of issues and skills necessary in a modern laboratory environment to include relevant clinical laboratory techniques/procedures, quality assurance, and laboratory safety. A selected clinical experience in the assigned clinical laboratories is required upon successful completion of the didactic component.Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS322 Clinical Laboratory Techniques 2 This course is an overview of issues and skills necessary in a modern laboratory environment to include relevant clinical laboratory techniques/procedures, quality assurance, laboratory safety, pre-analytical processes, and laboratory operations. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS325 Clinical Microbiology 6 This course is a study of the theory, practical application, technical performance, and evaluation of procedures in bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequi-sites: General/College microbiology and must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester. Admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the semester.
MLS326 Clinical Microbiology 5 This course is a study of the theory, practical application, technical performance, and evaluation of procedures in bacteriology and virology,. Topics include various procedures and techniques for isolation, identification, and susceptibility testing of normal and pathogenic organisms. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisites: General/College microbiology and must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester, admission into the MLS program, successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall term. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the semester
MLS327 Clinical Microbiology 6 This course is a study of the theory, practical application, technical performance, and evaluation of procedures in bacteriology. Topics include various procedures and techniques for isolation, identification, and susceptibility testing of normal and pathogenic organisms. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisites: General/College microbiology and must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester, admission into the MLS program, successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall term. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the semester.
MLS330 Hematology II 3 This course is a study of the formation and identification of abnormal formed elements in human blood with correlations to disease processes and the theory and application of special hematology tests. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: MLS 315; successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall term; admission to the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS331 Hematology II 4 This course is a study of the formation and identification of abnormal formed elements in human blood with correlations to disease processes, white cell disorders, anemias, and the theory and application of special hematology tests. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program; MLS 315; successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall term. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS335 Immunohematology 6 This course is a study of the basic principles of blood banking in relation to blood grouping, typing, compatibility testing, and antibody identification. Also included are topics on donor processing, preparation of components and component therapy, transplant medicine, pretransfusion problem solving, adverse transfusion reactions, hemolytic disease of the newborn, immune hemolytic disorders, parentage testing, regulatory and accreditation requirements. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisites: MLS 306;MLS 311;. successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall term. Admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS340 Introduction to Clinical Practicum 3 This course is a selected clinical experience in the assigned clinical laboratories. The clinical practicum will provide students an opportunity to develop competencies in the assigned clinical lab areas upon successful completion of the didactic component/s. Students will train under the supervision of medical laboratory scientists. Prerequisites: Admission into the MLS program and completion of all prior MLS courses. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS400 Molecular Diagnostics 2 This course is a study of the principles of molecular methods and their application in the diagnosis of disease. Topics include the anatomy of a gene, the roles and components of DNA and RNA in a cell, nucleic acid structure, and molecular techniques in a clinical laboratory. Prerequisite: Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 2, Organic Chemistry I and II or higher level, MLS 301, MLS 306 successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall and spring terms, and admissions into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS405 Clinical Chemistry 6 This course is a study of the theory, techniques and procedures to identify and quantitate chemical analytes in blood and body fluids and the correlation of these analytes to human disease. Laboratory practice is a required component. Prerequisites: General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 2, Organic Chemistry I and II or higher level, successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall and spring terms, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS410 Clinical Practicum I 5 This course is a selected clinical experience in the assigned clinical laboratories. The clinical practicum will provide students an opportunity to develop competencies in immunohematology and hematology under the supervision of medical laboratory scientists. Prerequisites: MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 311, MLS 315, MLS 325, MLS 330, MLS 335, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS411 Clinical Practicum I 3 This course is a selected clinical experience in the assigned clinical laboratories. The clinical practicum will provide students an opportunity to develop competencies in the assigned clinical lab areas upon successful completion of the didactic component/s. Students will train under the supervision of medical laboratory scientists. Prerequisites: Admission into the MLS program. Completion of all MLS courses prior to the term the course is offered. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS415 Simulated Laboratory 2 This course is designed for the students enrolled in the last trimester of the MLS program. Students will apply theory and techniques in a simulated clinical laboratory using didactic theory with various instructional modalities to include work organization, correlate results, perform quality control and quality assurance procedures. Prerequisites: MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 320, MLS 315, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 340, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410 and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS416 Simulated Methods 2 This course is designed for students enrolled in the last trimester of the MLS program. Students will apply theory and techniques using didactic theory with various instructional modalities. Students will review work organization, correlate results, review quality control and quality assurance. Students will review educational materials in the areas of Medical Laboratory Science to prepare for a comprehensive examination at the end of the course, which will simulate the national certification examination for MLS>
MLS417 Senior Seminar 2 This course is designed for students to review educational materials in the areas of Medical Laboratory Science to prepare for a simulation of the national certification examination for Medical Laboratory Science. Prerequisite: Admission into the MLS program. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS420 Clinical Seminar 3 This course is designed to prepare the student for career planning and employment and to review educational materials in the areas of Medical Laboratory Science to prepare for a comprehensive examination at the end of the course, which will simulate the national certification examination for MLS. Educational methodologies used to train/educate users will be included. Prerequisites: MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 311, MLS 315, MLS 325, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS421 Clinical Seminar 2 This course is designed to prepare the students for career planning and employment. Topics will include HIPAA, ethics, professionalism, professional career development, interpersonal and interdisciplinary communication and team building. The students will complete the applications forms for the national certification examination and the Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board. Educational methodologies used to train/educate users will be included. Prerequisites: MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 311, MLS 315, MLS 326, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 340, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS425 Laboratory Mgmt And Reseach 3 This course is a study of the principles of laboratory administration and operating a clinical laboratory. Topics include human resource management, operations management, governmental regulations, and standards, users and research design/practice for the supervisor and laboratory manager. Two hours lecture. Prerequisites MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 320, MLS 315, MLS 325, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester
MLS426 Laboratory Mgmt And Reseach 2 This course is a study of the principles of laboratory administration and operating a clinical laboratory. Topics include human resource management, operations management, governmental regulations, standards, decision making, users and research design/practice for the supervisor and laboratory manager. Prerequisites MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 320, MLS 315, MLS 325, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS427 Laboratory Research/Mgmt/Educ 3 This course is a study of the principles of laboratory administration and operating a clinical laboratory. This course is also designed to prepare the students for career planning and employment. Educational methodologies used to train/educate users will be included. Topics include human resource management, HIPAA, ethics, professionalism, team building, operations management, governmental regulations, standards, decision making, users and research design/practice for the supervisor and laboratory manager. Prerequisites: Admission into the MLS program and successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall, spring, summer trimesters. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS430 Clinical Practicum II 5 This course is a selected clinical experience in the assigned clinical laboratories after successful completion of all MLS courses in the fall, spring, and summer terms. The clinical practicum will provide students an opportunity to develop competencies in the assigned areas and laboratory procedures under the supervision of medical laboratory scientists. Prerequisites: MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 311, MLS 315, MLS 325, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 340, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS431 Clinical Practicum II 3 This course is a selected clinical experience in the assigned clinical laboratories. The clinical practicum will provide students an opportunity to develop competencies in the assigned clinical lab areas upon successful completion of the didactic component/s. Students will train under the supervision of medical laboratory scientists. Prerequisites: Admission into MLS program. Completion of all MLS courses prior to the term the course is offered. Co-requisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.
MLS435 Clinical Parasitology/Mycology 2 This course will have an emphasis on the theory and concepts of parasitology and mycology for entry level MLS. The course is a study of the theory, practical application, technical performance, and evaluation of procedures in parasitology and mycology. Topics include various procedures and techniques for isolation, identification and testing for ova, parasites, mycology, and mycobacterial cultures. Prerequisites MLS 301, MLS 306, MLS 320, MLS 315, MLS 326, MLS 330, MLS 335, MLS 400, MLS 405, MLS 410, and admission into the MLS program. Corequisite: Must enroll in all MLS courses offered in the trimester.