CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION
CURRICULUM FOR SESSION 2023-2024
HEALTH CARE (SUBJECT CODE 813)
JOB ROLE: General Duty Assistant
CLASS XII
COURSE OVERVIEW
This is the basic course in Health Care where students will get the exposure to work in Hospital.
The subject gives them a vast and wide insight of the traditional and contemporary aspects in
Health care. The input of basic fundamentals, coupled with the practical knowledge will be given to
the students to help them in understanding of basic duties of General Duty Assistant.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
In this course, Followings are the main objectives of this course.
• To train paramedical staff for providing quality service to the society.
• To understand the effective communication, identification of hazards and their management.
• To understand the rules and regulations to be followed by a General Duty Assistant in a
hospital.
• To understand the clinical duties that include taking and recording vital parameters, medical
histories, preparing patients for examination and dispensing medical prescription.
SALIENT FEATURES:
• To train paramedical staff for providing quality service to the society.
• To understand the effective communication, identification of hazards and their management.
• To understand the rules and regulations to be followed by a General Duty Assistant in a
hospital.
• To understand the clinical duties that includes taking and recording vital parameters, medical
histories, preparing patients for examination and dispensing medical prescription.
• To understand administrative duties that include scheduling appointments, maintaining a
rapport between patients and hospital administration
LIST OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS:
The list given below is suggestive and an exhaustive list should be prepared by the skill teacher.
Only basic tools, equipment and accessories should be procured by the Institution so that the
routine tasks can be performed by the students regularly for practice and acquiring adequate
practical experience.
Material Required for Health Care /Medical room containing the following: -
Sphygmomanometer
Thermometer
Wall Mounted Stadiometers
Weighing scale
Hospital bed with pillow
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Side Table or tray
Bedside small stool
Hospital Stretchers
Blanket
First Aid box
Sanitizers
Wheel Chair
Nebulizer
Mattresses
Small Wastebasket or a bucket lined with a plastic garbage bag
Clock
Good source of light
Large bottle for water
Clipboard with paper and a pen for writing in the daily log
Bell or noisemaker to call for assistance
Cotton balls
Rubbing alcohol
Measuring cup capable for holding 250 ml
Aprons for GDA
Latex household cleaning gloves for GDA
Disposable vinyl gloves
N95 respiratory masks for use when sick person is coughing or sneezing
Medicines like Ibuprofen for reducing fever, sore throat and muscle aches
ORS to prevent dehydration
Good ventilation
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
This basic course of Health Care will teach the students to learn how to analyze customer demand
and promote good care to patients in hospital. This course will allow students to work in many
different areas of paramedical departments. While all teach health care concept, this course is
tailored for particular objective in order to most effectively prepare the students for their paramedic
career, which can range from Paramedical staff to nurse and GDA
VERTICAL MOBILITY:
This course will assist the participating students to further update their career by vertically moving
either to B.Sc. Nursing and health care oriented applied undergraduate courses of different
university.
CURRICULUM:
This course is a planned sequence of instructions consisting of Units meant for developing
employability and Skills competencies of students of Class XI and XII opting for Skills subject along
with other subjects.
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CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION
CURRICULUM FOR SESSION 2023-2024
HEALTH CARE (SUBJECT CODE 813)
Total Marks: 100 (Theory-60 + Practical-40)
NO. OF HOURS MAX. MARKS
UNITS for Theory and for Theory
Practical and Practical
Employability Skills
Unit 1 : Communication Skills-IV 13 2
Unit 2 : Self-Management Skills-IV 07 2
Unit 3 : ICT Skills-IV 13 2
Unit 4 : Entrepreneurial Skills-IV 10 2
Unit 5 : Green Skills-IV 07 2
Total 50 10
Subject Specific Skills
Unit 1: Medical record/ Documentation 10 05
Unit 2: Role of General Duty Assistant in
Elderly Care and Child Care 30 10
Unit 3: Bio waste Management 20 10
Unit 4: Operation Theatre 20 05
Unit 5: Role of General Duty Assistant in
Disaster Management and 20 10
Emergency response
Unit 6: Self-Management and Career
20 10
Scope
Total 120 50
Practical Work
Project 10
Viva 05
Practical File 90 15
Demonstration of skill competency via
10
Lab Activities
Total 90 40
GRAND TOTAL 260 100
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DETAILED CURRICULUM/TOPICS: XII
Part-A: EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
S. No. Units Duration in
Hours
1. Unit 1: Communication Skills-IV 13
2. Unit 2: Self-management Skills-IV 07
3. Unit 3: Information and Communication Technology Skills-IV 13
4. Unit 4: Entrepreneurial Skills-IV 10
5. Unit 5: Green Skills-IV 07
TOTAL DURATION 50
Note: The detailed curriculum/ topics to be covered under Part A: Employability
Skills can be downloaded from CBSE website.
Part-B – SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS
S. No. Units Duration in
Hours
1. Unit 1: Medical record/ Documentation 10
2. Unit 2: Role of General Duty Assistant in Elderly Care and
30
Child Care
3. Unit 3: Bio waste Management 20
4. Unit 4: Operation Theatre 20
5. Unit 5: Role of General Duty Assistant in Disaster
20
Management and Emergency response
6. Unit 6: Self-Management and Career Scope 20
TOTAL DURATION 120
UNIT SUB-UNIT SESSION/ ACTIVITY/ PRACTICAL
1. Medical record/ 1.1 Preparing Session: Understanding about
Documentation medical record • Purpose of Documentation
• Patient Documentation
1.2 Principles of Session: Understanding the basic principle of
documentation Documentation.
1.3 Content of Session: Understanding the classification of hospitals
medical Content of documentation.
documentation Type of entries.
Activity: Prepare the chart on different types of entries of
Patient.
1.4 Maintaining Session: Understanding about
record Source oriented medical record.
Problem oriented medical record.
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UNIT SUB-UNIT SESSION/ ACTIVITY/ PRACTICAL
Documentation format.
Maintenance of record.
Types of records.
Role of GDA in maintaining record.
Activity :
• Preparing and maintaining of the medical record of the
sick students who are coming to medical room.
• Preparing medical form (containing personal details
and past medical history) for sick students who will
come to Medical room.
2. Role of General 2.1 Introduction Session: Understanding about
Duty Assistant to care of elderly Thinking about Elderly people
in Elderly Care Myths and Fact about Aging.
and Child Care Activity: Decorating the board about the elderly care in
school to create awareness about the Myths and
Facts of elderly people.
2.2 Age related Session:
changes in Understanding about the physical changes that take
people place with age.
2.3 Basic needs Practical/Demonstration:
of elderly Presenting the views about different needs of elderly
people by preparing charts and flash cards.
2.4 Taking care Session: Understanding about common problems of
of common elderly people.
problems Activity: Arranging seminars to discuss about the ways
of elderly of taking care of elderly people in school to encourage
the young students to take care of elderly people who
are living around us.
2.5 Caring for Session: Understanding about
infants and • Growth and development of Children
children • Keeping child safe
• Taking care of nutrition in Children
• Common disorders in adolescence
Activity:
• Measuring the vital signs (Heart Rate, Respiration
Rate, Blood Pressure and Temperature).
• Decorating the board about the basic needs of
Adolescents and dealing with the problems related to
the adolescent stage to create awareness.
3. Bio waste 3.1 Introduction Session: Understanding about
Management to bio-medical Sources of biomedical waste
waste Disposal of waste
management
3.2 Sources and Session: Understanding about
disposal of bio- Transportation of biomedical wastes.
medical waste
3.3 Segregations Session: Understanding the role of Hospital staff in
and transportation waste management.
of bio medical Activity: Prepare chart to explain the roles of different
waste hospital staff in management of Hospital waste.
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UNIT SUB-UNIT SESSION/ ACTIVITY/ PRACTICAL
3.4 Role of Session:
hospital staff in • Stating the difference between antiseptic, sterilization
bio-medical waste and disinfectant.
management • Differentiating between the physical agents and
chemical agents used in disinfection and sterilization.
4. Operation 4.1 Zones and Session: Understanding about the aims of planning of
Theatre areas in operation operation theatre (OT) and the zones and areas in
theatre complex Operation Theatre complex.
4.2 Organization Session: Understanding about
of operation • The range of equipment of operation theatre (O.T.)
theatre (to) • The staff associated with an operation theatre
Practical: Presentation of the views about the duties of
staff of Operation Theatre in Hospital by preparing
charts and flash cards.
4.3 Preparation of Session: The role of GDA in the preoperative
patient for preparation of the patient.
operation
4.4 post-operative Session: Understanding about the care rendered by
care General Duty Assistant (GDA) in the post-operative
phase.
Activity: Preparation diet chart for the patients of post-
operative care.
5. Role of General 5.1 Disaster Session: Understanding about
Duty Assistant management and • Goals, cycle and phases of disaster management.
in Disaster emergency • National Disaster Management Act, 2005
Management response
and Emergency 5.2 Role and Activity: Preparation of charts to explain about Role and
response responsibility of Responsibilities of Emergency Response team during
emergency Disaster Management.
response team
5.3 Response Session: Understanding about
team fighting fire • The classification and causes of fire.
• Dealing with Fire Emergencies
• Methods and Techniques of Extinguishing Fire
• Prevention and Procedures
Practical: Decoration board about Benefit of Drills in
School in any emergency situation.
6. Self- 6.1 Goal setting Session: Understanding about the steps of setting a goal
Management strategies and various learning approaches in higher education.
and Career 6.2 Self- Session: Understanding about
Scope management • Personal Development
• Self-management as an Employee
6.3 Time Activity: Preparation a time log book or to do list to
management maintain it and evaluate it at end of week.
6.4 Critical Activity: Recollecting the problem that is faced and
thinking solving them in confidential way.
6.5 Stress Session: Understanding about
management • Stressors
• Illness due to Stress
• Stress Management Skills
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