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South Plains College offers six program areas which prepare students for careers in the allied health industry. These programs are designed to provide a skilled workforce for the medical and health industry in the college’s service area. These programs include:

Applied Rehabilitation Psychology
Child Development
Emergency Medical Services
Radiologic Technology
Respiratory Care
Surgical Technology

Departmental chairperson is Mollie McCook-Melton, professor of applied rehabilitation psychology.

Fundamental Student Learning Outcomes

The Allied Health Department provides a sound academic and competency-based clinical education, which prepares students for life-long learning and ensures that the graduate has achieved the technical competence to perform the skills designated at the specific program level.

These skills include, but are not limited to:

• Demonstrate competence in cognitive, psychomotor, and affecive domains;
• Exhibit scope of practice with knowledge/skills, clinical behaviors/judgements, and educational infrastructure;
• Display effective oral and written communication;
• Demonstrate compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards and guidelines;
• Recognize and accept cross-cultural diversity in professional settings and the greater society;
• Apply knowledge of computer information systems in business and other segments of society.
• Apply knowledge of applicable courses for advancement of higher education opportunities.
  
   

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