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Page last updated August 22, 2011

Health Sciences Institute Entry-Level Career Training

Programs and courses are offered in a variety of health careers and human service related fields that can increase the expertise of trained healthcare professionals and lead to entry-level positions for those new to the industry. Specially designed curricula offer practical, real world training to build professional skills in a variety of healthcare and human service fields. Course offerings may change from session to session, depending on community need or availability of resources.

Course offerings include: *Dialysis Technician Program, , *EKG Technician, *Medical Transcriptionist, Mental Health First Aid, Pharmacy Coupounding and Sterile Preparations, *Pharmacy Technician, *Phlebotomy Technician, Physical Therapy/ Occupational Therapy Aide,

*And Health Unit Coordinator, Home Care Companion classes. For more information on these two classes only contact Lisa Bouknight, Program Asst. Lisa.bouknight@montgomerycollege.edu

Note: Some courses have prerequisites or additonal requirements that the students must meet in order to be able to participate in these courses. See Health Sciences FAQs for more information.

Thinking about a career in health care? "Home health aides are in demand as hospitals, nursing homes try to trim rolls." See the article about Home Health Aides in the Washington Post, 8/15/11

*Courses Marked with an asterisk help prepare the student for professional certifications. These links might help you learn more about professional certifications:
www.aspt.org for EKG Certification
www.ptcb.org for Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
www.aspt.org for Phlebotomy Technician Certification

Many of the Health Sciences course descriptions include a variety of acronyms. To help you we have provided a key to the most commonly used acronyms.

For more information regarding Health Sciences Programs please visit our FAQs  page , or the Health Sciences Courses Brochure in pdf format, or view the current schedule of classes.