Dental Assisting

The Dental Assisting program will teach you about X-rays, film mounting and developing, oral surgery assistance, orthodontic appliances, and patient preparation. You'll practice these techniques in a spacious and modern dental laboratory and use equipment, materials, and instruments comparable to those used in actual dental facilities.

Graduates of the Dental Assisting program work in many areas of dentistry, such as oral surgery, aesthetic dentistry, pediatrics, and orthodontics, in places like public health facilities, hospital dental departments, correctional facilities, schools/universities, clinics, and dental suppliers.

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Massage Therapy

In the Massage Therapy program, you'll learn massage techniques as varied as Swedish, deep tissue, shiatsu, aromatherapy, sports massage, neuromuscular therapy, and reflexology. With each new technique, you'll grow in your knowlege of the body's skeletal and muscular systems.

You'll also assess and implement massage treatment, learn sanitation and hygiene protocols, and be introduced to the daily business aspects of starting, operating and successfully managing a massage practice.

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Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant program is designed to teach both administrative skills (front-office duties) and clinical procedures (back-office duties). You'll learn to prepare patients for examinations, administer medications, perform routine laboratory procedures, and run an efficient medical office.

Upon completion of the program, you'll be employable as an entry-level medical assistant or medical receptionist in a private office, clinic, HMO, or other health care setting.

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Optical Dispensing

As a dispensing optician, you'll recommend lenses, frames and coatings, fit eyeglasses and repair broken frames. As an ophthalmic lab technician, you'll cut, edge, tint, and insert lenses into eyeglass frames. As a contact lens fitter, you'll ensure proper lens fit, measuring eye shape and size.

Our program prepares you for the National Opticianry Exam and Contact Lens Registry Exam administered by the American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners(ABO/NCLE). With these credentials, you'll be poised for a great entry-level position, rapid advancement and the potential to someday manage your own store.

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Respiratory Therapy

Breathing isn't something we think about until we can't do it well. That's when respiratory therapists step in, evaluating and treating patients - from premature infants whose lungs are not fully developed to elderly people whose lungs are diseased. Respiratory therapists provide temporary relief to patients with chronic asthma or emphysema, and give emergency care to patients who are victims of a heart attack, stroke, drowning or shock.

The Associate of Occupational Science Degree in Respiratory Therapy combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on learning, preparing you for a clinical practicum in a hospital, sub-acute care center, or diagnostic laboratory.

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Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy Technician program covers pharmacy law, basic chemistry, pharmacology, dosage calculations, inpatient pharmacy procedures, and retail pharmacy procedures. Major emphasis is placed on learning the trade and generic names of selected drugs, drug classifications, indications, routes of administration, side effects, dosages, and storage requirements. You'll also learn pharmaceutical and medical terminology including abbreviations and symbols used in prescribing, dispensing and charting.

Upon completion of the program, you can work in hospitals, retail pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies, satellite pharmacies, or for a pharmaceutical company. Graduates may also secure employment in other areas of the Pharmacy field, such as Pharmacy Assistants or Pharmacy Clerks.

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Surgical Technology

The Surgical Technology program teaches both theoretical and clinical skills. After classroom training, you will be placed in a clinical environment for on-the-job training.

Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive an Associate of Occupational Science Degree in Surgical Technology, the preferred educational model for entry-level practice, according to the Association of Surgical Technologists. You will also be eligible to sit for the certification examination administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.

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Health Claims/Medical Biller

This growing field offers great career opportunities with insurance companies as well as medical offices, hospitals and clinics, and independent billing companies.

Health Claims Examiner/Medical Biller students learn the principles of health insurance and medical billing, industry terminology, theory and practical application, communication, customer service skills, computer skills and more.

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Vocational Nursing

As a vocational nurse, you'll become proficient in the fundamentals of nursing and patient care, including assessment, diagnostic measurements, procedures and treatments. You'll also learn anatomy and physiology, medical surgical nursing, newborn and child care, pharmacology, infectious diseases and much more.

Vocational Nurses provide direct care to patients, often having the most personal, face-to-face contact during a patient's stay, under the supervision of a physician, dentist or registered nurse (RN).

The combined academic and clinical training prepares vocational nursing students to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) for licensure as a practical/vocational nurse meeting the standards set by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT). Those that pass qualify for entry-level employment as Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) in a variety of health care settings, such as a medical office, clinic, HMO, acute care hospital, or long-term care facility.

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