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Show 94 *A11 medical schools do not require the equivalent of 25 hours of a modern language. Such courses as Biology 1, and additional social sciences, literature, speech, etc., are recommended as substitutes for foreign languages. Medical and Dental Assistants and Dental Laboratory Techniques CURRICULUM It is recommended that students desiring to qualify as either medical or dental assistants or as dental laboratory technicians consult the catalog, however, the following courses may be taken to apply toward these programs; Psychology 3; English 11; Political Science 1, 11; Orientation 1; Health Education 1; Physical Education 1 or 11; Home Economics 6; Chemistry 1; Bacteriology 1 or 2; Physics 10; Physiology 1 and Business 1. Dental Hygienists CURRICULUM It is suggested that catalogs of accredited schools of dental hygienists be consulted for curriculum requirements in this field of training. The Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association includes the following type courses in their recommendations for the curriculum for dental hygienists: Bacteriology 1, 5, 10; Physiology 1; Chemistry 1, 2, 3; Health Education 1; Physical Education 1; Home Economics 6; Speech 1; Communications 1, 2, 3; Sociology 1; and Psychology 1. Leading to the Study of Optometry, Pharmacy, Chiropody, and Specialized Fields A student wishing to study Optometry, Pharmacy, Osteopathy, Chiropody or other specialized fields may take general education courses at Weber College as background for his field. It is advisable to consult the catalogue of the school where work is to be completed and the staff members of the Zoology Department for more information. Medical Technology CURRICULUM Weber College offers two plans for meeting curriculum requirements toward Medical Technology degrees. Plan I Freshman Year Bacteriology 2 Biology 1 5 Chemistry 4, 5, 6 . . 5 English 1, 2, 3, 3 Mathematics 1, 4 5 Physical Education 1 Zoology 1 Electives 19 W. 5 5 3 1 5 19 5 3 5 1 5 19 95 Sophomore Year A. W. S. Chemistry 7, 8 3 3 Humanities 1, 2 ,3 3 3 3 Physics 4, 5, 6 5 5 5 Physiology 1 5 Social Science 1, 2 5 5 Electives 2 2 4 18 18 17 Medical Technology program continued at four year institution of choice. Plan II This enables the student to qualify as a Medical Technologist by meeting the requirements of the Registry of Medical Technologists of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. The Society requires: Life Science credit, eighteen hours, to be chosen from among the following: Bacteriology 1 or 2, 5; Biology 1, 6; Physiology 1; and Zoology 1, 4, 5, 10. Chemistry credit, nine hours, to be chosen from among: Chemistry 4, 5, 6; and four hours to be chosen from among Chemistry 7, 8, 31, 32. Electives, after Area Requirements have been filled, to complete total of 90 quarter hours. Recommended as electives are the following courses: Physics 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10; Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4; and Secretarial Training 41, 42, 43, 44. Following the completion of the above, the student should file a transcript of credits with the Registrar of Medical Technologists at Muncie, Indiana. Acceptance of credits will be followed by 12 full months in a school of Medical Technology approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Association. Suggested schools in the Ogden area are the Thos. D. Dee Memorial Hospital and the St. Benedict's Hospital. The student following plan II should apply to the pathologist of the hospital concerned. Medical Technology status is granted after the above year's experience and successfully passing the examination conducted under the auspices of the Registry of Medical Technologists. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION Physiology 1. The Human Body in Form and Function. Four lectures and one laboratory period. Five quarter hours. Winter. Young 2. Elementary Human Physiology and Anatomy. Designed for nurses. Two lectures and two laboratory periods a week. Four quarter hours. Staff |