Direct Support Professional 2 (DSP2) microcredential
  • Type Learning
  • Level Intermediate
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Direct Support Professional 2 (DSP2) microcredential

Issued by Jefferson Community College

The Direct Support Professional 2 (DSP2) microcredential empowers students to demonstrate competency in several key areas, including understanding healthcare organization structures and functions, the importance of case management skills, and improving students’ capabilities in research, information literacy awareness, and written and oral communication.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Intermediate
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Skills

Earning Criteria

  • HUS 107, Intro to Case Management: explore professional issues in case management and skills needed to perform effective case management in the human service profession. Case management will be defined and the different models of case management will be presented. Because case management takes place in the context of an agency, organizational structure, agency resources, and requirements for delivering and improving services will be discussed. 3 credits.
  • HCM 101, Intro to Health Care Management: provides students with an overview of how health care institutions are organized and governed, the role of the management staff, physicians, nurses and other clinical support staff in these organizations, and the management systems designed for their efficient and effective operation. 3 credits.
  • ENG 101, Research and Composition: designed to improve students’ abilities in research, information literacy awareness, written and oral communication, and argument. It offers the foundations for college-level discourse. 3 credits.