MATC 2022-23 Catalog

MEDAST –MEET DEGREE/DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

MEET – Meeting and Event Planning (Department: 109) MEET-116 Fundamentals of Green Meetings This course provides students with a solid foundation of what is a green meeting, commonly used terminology, and how to execute a socially responsible and environmentally responsible meeting or event. Through a green lens, students will explore core strategies and principles in planning a green meeting. Further focus includes green tools and resources available to plan a green meeting. MEET-151 Credits: 3 components of the travel services industry including basic terminologies and tourism vocabulary. The course provides a general orientation to the program and a survey of travel career opportunities. Students learn to integrate current knowledge with ongoing events and trends of the travel and tourism industry. MEET-178 Credits: 3 Meeting and Convention Planning This course introduces students to the meetings industry, including promotional activities, negotiating for meeting services, convention market salesmanship, customer service and convention servicing. Course content includes a study of the planning, marketing, execution and follow-up of meetings, conferences, conventions and package promotions. Facilities and event planning, as well as convention methods and techniques, are explored in depth. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-180, MEET-181. MEET-180 Credits: 3 Registration and Housing Logistics This course enables the students to identify and develop tools that allow attendees to have a seamless meeting experience. One critical tool the students will learn in this course is to design a functional registration process. Students will also develop a housing process by creating rooming lists, coordinating the housing logistics, and managing sleeping guest rooms from blocks. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-181. MEET-181 Credits: 3 Exposition/Special Event Management This course focuses on the planning of special events of all types including expositions, meetings, conventions, trade shows, retail events, festivals, and nonpro fi t events in the hospitality and event management industry. Emphasis is placed on the methodology of event planning including theme setting, building the target sponsorship, contracts, negotiations, site selections, planning event speci fi cations, and working with budgets. Prerequisite(s): Complete MEET-151. Credits: 2 Introduction to Hospitality/Tourism This course introduces the various

another within the context of healthcare services. Coursework includes analysis and comprehension of English or Spanish source texts and the correct construction of writing in target languages. Explore selected materials, including patient information, medical journal articles and medico-legal documents, and use sources available to medical translators. Prerequisite(s): Dual language pro fi ciency (English/Spanish). MEDINT-107 Credits: 5 Bilingual Medical Terminology This course delineates a detailed analysis and application of medical terms in English and Spanish. It o ff ers the competencies required to meet or exceed the demands of medical interpreters and bilingual personnel within our nation’s healthcare systems as they work with patients of limited English pro fi ciency. Prerequisite(s): Dual language pro fi ciency (English/Spanish). MEDINT-108 Credits: 3 Ethics and Standards for Medical Interpreters This course delineates a critical overview of the applied ethics, risk management and legal practices found at local and national levels within healthcare organizations. It delineates the scope of service that must be observed by medical interpreters and bilingual personnel while working with patients of limited English pro fi ciency. Prerequisite(s): Dual language pro fi ciency (English/Spanish). MEDINT-110 Credits: 3 Applied Medical Interpretation 2 Continue to develop accurate interpreting skills through practice and analysis. Simultaneous interpretation, managing communication, documentation, legal boundaries and interpreting in healthcare specialty areas are emphasized. MEDINT-111 Credits: 3 Applied Medical Interpretation 3 Through a variety of experiences such as job shadowing, role playing and practice, this course provides students with entry level experiences in interpreting skills. Expands professional insights as students share and analyze fi eldwork experiences. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or currently enrolled in MEDINT-110. MEDINT-112 Credits: 3 Dual Language Enhancement for Healthcare Providers This course highlights fundamental skills of written and oral language for healthcare professionals. Coursework includes composition, public speech and reading comprehension in the English and Spanish languages. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Medical Interpreter program (31-538-1).

MEDAST-310

Credits: 3

Medical Assistant Practicum Requires medical assistant students to integrate and apply knowledge and skills from all previous medical assistant courses in actual patient care settings. Students perform medical assistant administrative, clinical and laboratory duties under the supervision of trained mentors to e ff ectively transition to the role of a medical assistant. Current CPR and First Aid certi fi cate required. Prerequisite(s): Complete HEALTH-101, MEDAST-301, MEDAST-302, MEDAST-304, MEDAST-306 and MEDAST-303 or CLABT-303. Completion of or currently enrolled in MEDAST-305, MEDAST-307 and MEDAST-309. MEDINT – Medical Interpreter (Department: 538) MEDINT-101 Credits: 3 Cultural Awareness Recognize, respect and accept di ff erences in customs, beliefs and behaviors in others. Learners will examine people’s speci fi c di ff erences and learn to respond from a variety of cultures. MEDINT-102 Credits: 3 Spanish Regionalisms/English Variants Students will explore words and expressions utilized in di ff erent countries as they relate to health, work and everyday living. Cultural ethnic background, historical and immigration factors are also examined. Prerequisite(s): Dual language pro fi ciency (English/Spanish). MEDINT-103 Credits: 3 Introduction to Medical Interpretation This course introduces the professions of translation and interpretation. The di ff erent types of translation and interpretation are explored. Actual translations will be done in class, as well as interpretation exercises. The language industry will be discussed, which includes freelance translation and interpretation. Comprehension assessment done during the class will determine the learner’s competency in both working languages. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Medical Interpreter program (30-538-1). MEDINT-104 Credits: 3 Applied Medical Interpretation 1 Develop interpreting skills needed within the healthcare environment. Learning centers around general information on healthcare and the healthcare system, functions within hospital departments, healthcare procedures and the terms needed for interaction in the healthcare environment. Culture in interpreting and communication skills for advocacy are analyzed. MEDINT-106 Credits: 3 Introduction to Medical Translation Fundamental overview of the intricacies of converting texts from one language to

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