Healthcare Programs

MEDICAL ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM

This program prepares students to assist medical providers by performing functions related to the administrative and clinical responsibilities of a medical office. 320 classroom hours and 160 practical hours.

  In this medical assistant program, the student will have the opportunity to gain fundamental knowledge on basic scientific principles, practice administrative, and preparatory assistive clinical task.  Units of study include, but are not limited to, computer skill training, vital signs, EKG’s, laboratory testing, blood draws, injections, pharmacology, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, coding, appointment scheduling, emergency response and first aid, psychology, and electronic medical records with an emphasis on exceptional professionalism and a superb work ethic.

National Certification: Upon successful completion of this program, students will be eligible to sit for the National Health Career Association (NHA)-Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) National Examination. 

PHELBOTOMY TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM

This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and introductory skills of phlebotomy.  This course includes anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system, medical terminology, laboratory safety, and analysis, specimen collection including techniques, equipment, sources of error and medical/legal issues surrounding the practice of phlebotomy. This course runs for  8 weeks, for 4 hours twice a week, total 64 hours.

Phlebotomy technicians are critical team members in hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and blood donor centers. As new types of tests are developed and laboratory tech positions grow, it's an especially exciting time to begin a career in this thriving field. Some tasks phlebotomy technicians may perform include:

• Drawing blood from patients and blood donors
• Evaluating patients' ability to withstand the procedure and helping them feel comfortable
• Explaining blood-drawing procedure to patients and answering questions
• Performing basic point-of-care testing, such as reading blood glucose levels
• Preparing blood, urine and other specimens for testing
• Maintaining medical equipment such as needles, test tubes and blood vials

Upon successful completion of this training program, students are eligible to sit for the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) national examination.