MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3135 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2020 Fall Last Admit Term: 2022 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 64-84 CIP Code: 51.0917	Primary College: Gateway Community College Initiating College: Gateway Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific: GW Field of Interest: Health Sciences Instructional Council: Allied Health (51) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: Upon completion of this degree, students may pursue a career as: 29-2099.01 Neurodiagnostic Technologists

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Polysomnographic Technology includes parallel clinical training in various Valley hospitals and free-standing sleep centers. The Polysomnographic Technology program prepares polysomnographic technologists (sleep technologists) to assist physicians specializing in sleep medicine in the clinical assessment, physiological monitoring and testing, diagnosis, management, and treatment of sleep related disorders with the use of various diagnostic and therapeutic tools providing care to patients of all ages. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be prepared to sit for the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists examination to become a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT).

Required Courses

+ EEG115 Biomedical Electronic Technology I 2
+ EEG116 Biomedical Electronic Technology II 3
+ EEG130 Introduction to EEG 4
+ EEG210 Applied Neurophysiology 3

HCC130 Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery (3)
OR
HCC130AA Health Care Today (0.5) AND
HCC130AB Workplace Behaviors in Health Care (0.5) AND
HCC130AC Personal Wellness and Safety (0.5) AND
HCC130AD Communication and Teamwork in Health Care Organizations (0.5) AND
HCC130AE Legal Issues in Health Care (0.5) AND
HCC130AF Decision Making in the Health Care Setting (0.5)
OR
Work experience or equivalent education as evaluated by the GateWay Health Core Curriculum Coordinator (0) 0-3

HCC145 Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals (3) OR
HCC146 Common Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals (2) OR
Work experience or equivalent education as evaluated by the GateWay Health Core Curriculum Coordinator (0) 0-3

+ HCC164 Pharmacology for Allied Health 0.5
+ HCC200 Basic Client Care for Allied Health 0.5
HRC101 Overview of Healthcare Compliance 1
+ PSG140 Respiratory Care Fundamentals and Physiology for Polysomnography 4
+ PSG150 Introduction to Sleep Medicine 3
+ PSG150LL Introduction to Sleep Medicine Laboratory 1
+ PSG160 Polysomnographic Procedures 2
+ PSG160LL Polysomnographic Procedures Laboratory 1
+ PSG165 Clinical Polysomnography I 3
+ PSG170 Sleep Therapeutics 2
+ PSG170LL Sleep Therapeutics Laboratory 1
+ PSG250 Record Scoring 2
+ PSG250LL Record Scoring Laboratory 1
+ PSG260 Special Topics in Polysomnography 2
+ PSG265 Clinical Polysomnography II 2
+ PSG275 Clinical Polysomnography III 3
+ PSG282AA Volunteerism for Polysomnographic Technology: Service Learning Experience 1

Credits: 42-48

Restricted Electives
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General Electives
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General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 12-15

General Education Core	Credits: 6-9

First-Year Composition	Credits: 3
Three (3) credits of First Year Composition are met by ENG101 or ENG107 in Program Prerequisites area. + ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) OR + ENG111 Technical and Professional Writing (3) 3

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Oral Communication area 3

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR Equivalent as indicated by Assessment (0) 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 0
Met by MAT120 or MAT121 or MAT122 or equivalent course or higher level mathematics course in Program Prerequisites area.

General Education Distribution	Credits: 6

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Humanities, Arts and Design area. 3

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 0
Met by BIO160 or BIO201 and BIO202 in Program Prerequisites area.

Learning Outcomes
1. To prepare competent entry-level polysomnographic technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. (EEG115, EEG116, EEG130, EEG210, HCC145, HCC146, HCC164, HCC200, PSG140, PSG150, PSG150LL, PSG160, PSG160LL, PSG165, PSG170, PSG170LL, PSG250, PSG250LL, PSG260, PSG265, PSG275) 2. Communicate information effectively in verbal, nonverbal, and written forms between patients and members of multidisciplinary healthcare teams. (HCC145, HCC146, HCC164, PSG150LL, PSG160LL, PSG165, PSG170LL, PSG250LL, PSG265, PSG275, (COM), (CRE), [FYC], [HU]) 3. Perform a polysomnographic study which includes patient hookup, diagnostic evaluation of sleep disorders, technical evaluation for physician, and patient cleanup. (HCC200, PSG150LL, PSG160LL, PSG165, PSG170LL, PSG250, PSG250LL, PSG265, PSG275) 4. Work independently to perform polysomnographic procedures. (PSG165, PSG265, PSG275) 5. Apply critical thinking to polysomnographic procedures and problem solving. (EEG115, EEG116, EEG130, EEG210, PSG140, PSG150LL, PSG250, PSG250LL, PSG265, PSG275, PSG282AA, BIO160, BIO201, BIO202, (COM), (CRE), [FYC], [HU], [MA]) 6. Manage diverse people and situations. (PSG150LL, PSG160LL, PSG165, PSG170LL, PSG265, PSG275, EEG282AA, PSY101) 7. Demonstrate the ethical and professional standards expected of a polysomnographic technologist. (EEG115, EEG116, EEG130, EEG210, HCC130, HCC130AA, HCC130AB, HCC130AC, HCC130AD, HCC130AE, HCC130AF, HRC101, PSG140, PSG150, PSG150LL, PSG160, PSG160LL, PSG165, PSG170, PSG170LL, PSG250LL, PSG260, PSG265, PSG275)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 25, 2020

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