Healthcare Technician
About the Program
DSCC’s Healthcare Technician program prepares the student to become nationally certified through the National Healthcareer Association’s (NHA) Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) or Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) certificate. Students choose which track they wish to take.
CCMAs are multi-skilled professionals who are valuable assets to physicians. CCMAs assist during physical examinations, maintain treatment rooms, sterilize instruments, answer patient questions, and obtain vital signs.
CPCT/As are multi-skilled professionals who play a vital role in patient care, primarily in hospitals, nursing homes, or long-term care facilities. CPCT/As assist patients by serving meals, changing bedding, assisting with restroom needs, measuring and monitoring vital signs, managing food and liquid intake, and performing venipuncture.
CCMA or CPCT students will also take Phlebotomy and Electrocardiogram (EKG) classes. In Phlebotomy class, students will earn a nationally accepted certification through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) and become certified Phlebotomists. Students with credentials in Phlebotomy will be able to collect blood specimens from patients for testing purposes. In Electrocardiogram (EKG) class, students will also earn a nationally accepted certification through NHA and will become certified EKG Technicians. Students with credentials in electrocardiogram will be able to administer testing and interpret heart rhythms.
Due to clinical requirements for this certificate, the student should be prepared to have a background check and drug screen completed at the student’s expense.
Students will also be required to show proof of up-to-date immunizations.
The courses in this program require the student to take the industry certification exams in Phlebotomy, EKG, and Certified Clinical Medical Assistant or Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant after each applicable course. The certification exams also come at an additional cost to the student.
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