Reading Improvement Healthcare Bridge

This course will focus on critical reading skills while preparing for the General Education Development exam and/or the college placement test using contextualized reading materials related to the health field. In addition, this course will prepare students to transition into college entry level allied healthcare coursework. The course will allow students to apply critical inquiry and investigation skills, as well as develop questions and form hypotheses about health care topics and issues through contextualized readings. Topics will include career exploration of the health field, Wellness and Complementary Medicine and Ethics in Healthcare.Prerequisite: Must have a 6.0 or higher on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Level D and Department Consent.Corequisite: Must be enrolled in or previously enrolled in ESL 52 or 60 or ABE 38 or 40 or GED 10 or 20.