This program prepares medical assistant students to perform patient clinical skills in the medical office setting.  Students perform clinical procedures including administering medications, assisting with minor surgery, performing an electrocardiogram, obtaining laboratory specimens for testing, educating patients, and maintaining clinical  equipment in an ambulatory care setting.  Medical assistants perform routine clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and optometrists running smoothly.  This class aslo provides First Aid, CPR and AED cetification.

Total course content hours - 300 hours (140 content hours and 160 externship hours) Fee: $2,899.00 (Textbooks and externships are included)

Tuesday and Thursday evenings and 6 Saturdays

June 7, 2016 - September 8, 2016

6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (T, Th)

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Sat)

This course requires a high school diploma or GED certification to enroll. All technicial certification program applicants should also have taken math and science classes in high school.Payment must be made at the time of registration.  There is no financial aid available at this time.

This comprehensive 50-hour course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies, and other healthcare settings - working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Course content includes medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting prescriptions, and defining drugs by both their brand and generic names.

Students will also learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, dose conversions, dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, billing, and reimbursement procedures.

Total Course content hours - 130 hours (50 content hours and 80 externship hours)Fee: $1,299.00 (Textbooks and externships are included)

Tuesday and Thursday evenings

June 21, 2016 - August 9, 2016        

6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

This course requires a high school diploma or GED certification to enroll. All technical certification program applicants should also have taken math and science classes in high school.  Payment must be made at the time of registration. There is no financial aid available at this time.