Healthcare Foundations Bundle
Teaching healthcare foundations takes time and resources. That’s why we created our Healthcare Foundations Bundle, a complete set of hands-on tools and curriculum designed to help you bring essential concepts to life.
Together, these six kits include over 60 hours of standards-aligned content, covering ethics, math, terminology, pharmacology, and patient care skills — all in one convenient package.
Pacing Guide
Healthcare Foundations Pacing Guide
This guide offers a week-by-week breakdown of lessons, products, and standards to help you integrate healthcare kits seamlessly into your curriculum.
Get the guideContents
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare Program
- Soft Skills Program for Caring for Patients with Intellectual Disabilities, Mental Illness, or PTSD
- Healthcare Interpersonal Skills Program
- Pharmacology Activity Kit
- Medical Terminology Class Kit
- Medical Math Training Kit
Curriculum
Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare
Lesson topics:
- Legal Responsibilities and Implications
- Patient’s Basic Rights and Responsibilities
- Informed and Implied Consent and Advance Directives
- Safety, Privacy, and Confidentiality of Health Information
- Social Media and Healthcare
- Ethical Foundations
- Ethical vs. Legal Issues Impacting Healthcare
- Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas and Their Implications
- Religious/Cultural Values and Respect/ Empathy for all Patients
- Ethical Issues Involving Lack of Capacity and End-of-Life Care
Teaching hours: 10 Includes: Presentation slides and student activities
Aligns to: National Consortium for Health Science Education
Soft Skills Program for Caring for Patients with Intellectual Disabilities, Mental Illness, or PTSD
Lesson topics: 1. Defining Intellectual Disability 2. Defining Mental Illness 3. Strategies for Caring for Patients with Intellectual Disability 4. Strategies for Caring for Individuals with Mental Illness 5. Strategies for Caring for Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Teaching hours: 2-3 Includes: Presentation slides, student activities, and assessments
Healthcare Interpersonal Skills
Lesson topics: 1. Communication 2. Teamwork 3. Problem Solving 4. Critical Thinking 5. Work Ethic 6. Listening 7. Responsibility 8. Patience 9. Trust 10. Integrity
Teaching hours: 10 Includes: Presentation slides, student activities, and assessment tools Aligns to: National Health Science Education Foundation Standards
Pharmacology Curriculum
Lesson topics: 1. Pharmacodynamics 2. Pharmacokinetics 3. Molecular Pharmacology 4. Drug Development and Approval 5. Autonomic Nervous System 6. Central Nervous System 7. Anesthetics and Analgesics 8. Cardiovascular System 9. Renal System 10. Endocrine Systems 11. Antimicrobials 12. Cancer
Teaching hours: 12 Includes: Presentation slides, student activities, and assessment tools Aligns to: National Health Science Standards
Medical Terminology
Lesson topics: 1. Introduction to Medical Terminology 2. Common Medical Prefixes 3. Common Medical Suffixes 4. Common Medical Word Roots 5. Overview of the Body 6. Lymphatic System 7. Circulatory System 8. Muscular System 9. Integumentary System 10. Respiratory System 11. Urinary System 12. Digestive System 13. Reproductive System 14. Skeletal System 15. Endocrine System 16. Nervous System 17. Sensory Systems
Teaching hours: 13-18 Includes: Presentation slides, student activities, and assessments Aligns to: National Health Science Education Standards
Medical Math Training Kit
Lesson topics: 1. Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, and Percentages 2. Measurement Systems 3. Conversions 4. Methods and Oral Medications 5. Pediatric Dosages 6. Injection Calculations 7. Infusion Calculations
Teaching hours: 7-10 Includes: Presentation slides, student workbooks, access to online student lessons, and assessments Aligns to: NCHSE National Health Science Standards