{"id":62,"date":"2023-05-31T15:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/chapter\/minimum-required-hours-for-health-care-assistant-program-courses\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T22:38:39","slug":"minimum-required-hours-for-health-care-assistant-program-courses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/chapter\/minimum-required-hours-for-health-care-assistant-program-courses\/","title":{"raw":"Minimum Required Hours for HCA Program Courses","rendered":"Minimum Required Hours for HCA Program Courses"},"content":{"raw":"The HCA program consists of the following courses:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Course Name<\/th>\r\nMinimum Course Hours<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Concepts for Practice<\/td>\r\n70 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Introduction to Practice<\/td>\r\n30 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Interpersonal Communications<\/td>\r\n50 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Lifestyle and Choices<\/td>\r\n30 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Common Health Challenges<\/td>\r\n115 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Cognitive and\/or Mental Health Challenges<\/td>\r\n60 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Personal Care and Assistance<\/td>\r\n120 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Theory and Lab Course Hours<\/strong><\/td>\r\n475 hours<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Practice Education Experiences<\/th>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Practice Experience in Multi-level and\/or Complex Care placement[footnote]Practice experiences in other settings, such as units specified as acute care, transitional care, discharge planning, rehabilitation, alternate level of care, etc., may be acceptable provided that the program learning outcomes can be met in these settings. These placements cannot replace the minimum 150 hours of instructor-led clinical, which are still required in complex care.[\/footnote] including a placement focused on specialized dementia care\r\n
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  • Instructor-led clinical (150 hours minimum)<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Practicum\/Preceptorship (up to 60 hours of the 210 hours of the multi-level practice experience may be other than instructor-led clinical)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
210 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Practice Experience in Home Support, Assisted Living, and\/or Group Home Setting\r\n
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  • Practicum\/Preceptorship<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
60 hours<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Practice Education Hours<\/strong><\/td>\r\n270 hours<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
TOTAL MINIMUM PROGRAM HOURS<\/strong><\/td>\r\n745 HOURS<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"

The HCA program consists of the following courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Course Name<\/th>\nMinimum Course Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Concepts for Practice<\/td>\n70 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Introduction to Practice<\/td>\n30 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interpersonal Communications<\/td>\n50 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lifestyle and Choices<\/td>\n30 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Health Challenges<\/td>\n115 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cognitive and\/or Mental Health Challenges<\/td>\n60 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personal Care and Assistance<\/td>\n120 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theory and Lab Course Hours<\/strong><\/td>\n475 hours<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practice Education Experiences<\/th>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practice Experience in Multi-level and\/or Complex Care placement[1]<\/sup><\/a> including a placement focused on specialized dementia care<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Instructor-led clinical (150 hours minimum)<\/li>\n
  • Practicum\/Preceptorship (up to 60 hours of the 210 hours of the multi-level practice experience may be other than instructor-led clinical)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
210 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practice Experience in Home Support, Assisted Living, and\/or Group Home Setting<\/p>\n
    \n
  • Practicum\/Preceptorship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
60 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practice Education Hours<\/strong><\/td>\n270 hours<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL MINIMUM PROGRAM HOURS<\/strong><\/td>\n745 HOURS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
  1. Practice experiences in other settings, such as units specified as acute care, transitional care, discharge planning, rehabilitation, alternate level of care, etc., may be acceptable provided that the program learning outcomes can be met in these settings. These placements cannot replace the minimum 150 hours of instructor-led clinical, which are still required in complex care. ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":123,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[62],"license":[],"class_list":["post-62","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-province-of-british-columbia-dwoptggqtn"],"part":68,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62\/revisions\/72"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/68"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/hcacurriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}