Pharmacy Technician

This comprehensive course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's PTCB exam. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other health care 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 generic and brand names. Students will learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, dose conversions, dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing reimbursement. The Pharmacy Technician Program includes a graded final exam to help prepare students for the PTCB exam.

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Summer 2012
	Class # 17430			Cost: $915
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	MW 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Pecos	Susan Heatherly	6/4 - 8/6/2012

	Class # 17431			Cost: $915
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	TR 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Pecos	Dennis McLaughlin	6/5 - 8/28/2012

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Dental Assisting Certification Program

The 80 hour Dental Assisting program prepares students for entry level positions in one of the fastest growing health care positions Dental Assisting. The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with all areas of pre-clinical dental assisting and provide training in the professional skills required to function as an assistant in the dental practice. The course the following key areas and topics Administrative Aspects include: The history of dentistry and dental assisting; introduction to the dental office; the legal aspects of dentistry, policies and guidelines. Clinical aspects include: introduction to oral anatomy; dental operatory; dental equipment, introduction to tooth structure; primary and permanent teeth; the oral cavity and related structures; proper patient positioning; dental hand pieces; sterilization and other areas.

Additionally, this course is designed to prepare students to sit for the DNAB Radiology Health & Safety Examination (RHS). The State Of Arizona requires that any dental office employee who will be performing radiological procedures (X-Rays) must take and pass the DNAB RHS exam. The cost of this exam is $175 and is not included in the cost of this program. The DNAB exam is administered at Pearson Vue Testing Centers.

Fall 2012
	Class # 39863			Cost $1199
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	M-W-F 9:00 AM -12 PM	TBA	Sheila Akins	8/27 - 12/3/2012

Phlebotomy Technician Certification Program

The 90 hour Phlebotomy Technician Program prepares professionals to collect blood specimens from clients for the purpose of laboratory analysis. Students will become familiar with all aspects related to blood collection and develop comprehensive skills to perform venipuncture completely and safely. Classroom and lab work includes terminology, anatomy and physiology; blood collection procedures; specimen hands-on practice; and training in skills and techniques to perform puncture methods.

Students who complete this program will have the opportunity to pursue the American Society Of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT) Phlebotomy Technician certification exam or The American society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Phlebotomy CPT certification exam. This program includes a 100 hour clinical externship rotation for all students.

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Fall 2012

Class # 39862 Cost : $1699

Days &Times Room Instructor Meeting Dates

M-W 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM SLC TBA 8/20 - 11/17/2012

Electronic Health Records Management

This 95 hour Electronic Health Record (EHR) Management program prepares students to understand and use electronic records in a medical practice. Access to health information is changing the ways doctors care for their patients. Doctors now have access to a patient's medical history, surgeries, allergies to medicines, and recent doctor's visits all at the press of a button. This recent technology that intertwines health information from a variety of sources is known as an electronic health record. An electronic health record (EHR) includes computerized lifelong healthcare data from a variety of sources where every encounter an individual has with the healthcare system is documented and compiled for quick access. Electronic Health Record professionals are educated in the implementation and management of electronic health information using common electronic data interchange systems such as HL7, CDISC, and DICOM. Students will learn through classroom and computer lab training the necessary components consistent with maintaining the medical, legal, accreditation and regulatory requirements of the electronic health record and database.

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Fall 2012
	Class # 39861			Cost: $1995
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	MW 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM	SLC, 108	Donna Fine	8/13 - 12/05/2012

Physicians Medical Office Assistant

This 50-hour course prepares students to function effectively in many of the administrative and clerical positions in the healthcare industry. Medical Administrative Assistants, Medical Secretary, and Medical Records Clerks are all positions in great demand. This program covers important background information on the medical assisting profession and interpersonal skills, medical ethics and law, medical terminology, basics of insurance billing and coding, telephone techniques, scheduling appointments, medical records management and management of practice finances. This program is intended to provide students with a well-rounded introduction to medical administration so that they can gain the necessary skills required to either obtain an administrative medical assistant position. This program meets the necessary requirements to take the National Healthcare Association (NHA) - Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) exam.

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Fall 2012
	Class #39865			Cost: $915
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	MW 6:00PM - 9:00 PM	SLC 207	Christine Ellis	9/10 - 11/05/2012

Clinical Medical Assistant

This program is intended for students who want to prepare for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career in healthcare. This program will train students to assist physicians by performing functions related to the clinical responsibilities of a medical office. Instruction includes among other things preparing patients for examination and treatment, routine laboratory procedures, diagnostic testing, technical aspects of phlebotomy and the cardiac life cycle. Students will review important topics including phlebotomy, pharmacology, the proper use and administration of medications, taking and documenting vital signs, cardiology including proper lead placements, a professional workplace behavior, ethics and the legal aspects of healthcare. This program includes 140 hours of classroom lecture, hands on labs and a 160 hour clinical externship.

Fall 2012
	Class #40018			Cost: $2399
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	TR 6:00PM - 10:00 PM	Pecos	Wash Gibbs	8/13 - 12/17/2012

	Class #19996			Cost: $915
	Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	TR 6:00PM - 10:00 PM	Pecos	Wash Gibbs	1/30 - 6/12/2013