The College of Health Care Professions

Medical Assistant Program Length:

• Ground – Daytime: 35 Weeks
• Ground – Evening: 54 Weeks
• Blended – 36 Weeks

Are you looking to begin a career in health care that allows you to work in administrative and/or clinical tasks to support the work of physicians and other health professionals? At The College of Health Care Professions, our accredited Medical Assistant Certificate Training Program will prepare you for a health care career that includes performing administrative and clinical duties. You will have the chance to work alongside doctors and nurses to assist in patient care.

With an Associate of Applied Science in Surgical Technology from The College of Health Care Professions, you will be prepared for entry-level employment as a surgical technologist. On the surface, surgical technologists assist surgeons in surgery, but really they do much more. Surgical technology encompasses roles and responsibilities in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the surgical patient. In the preoperative phase, responsibilities range from preparing the operating room for surgical procedures, ensuring surgical equipment is functioning, and preparing sterile supplies and instruments using aseptic technique. As we enter the intraoperative phase, responsibilities shift to anticipating the needs of the surgical team, passing instruments and supplies using aseptic technique, and handling specimens. The postoperative phase shifts to include assisting in applying dressings to closed wounds, assisting with patient transfer, cleaning the operating room, and/or disinfecting and preparing instruments for sterilization.

CHCP’s accredited Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate of Applied Science Degree will prepare you for an exciting career as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. A Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (also known as an Ultrasound Technologist) uses a transducer to emit sound waves across specific parts of the body. These sound waves echo and reflect back to the transducer to produce images (also known as sonograms) of the body’s interior. Sonograms are used to highlight internal issues that would not be seen otherwise. In order to be a successful sonographer you must be able to properly operate the ultrasound technology, display compassionate patient care, and embody professionalism at all times. After you complete your sonography training with The College of Health Care Professions, you’ll be prepared with the necessary knowledge and skills to get an entry-level job as an ultrasound sonographer.

Our Limited Medical Radiologic Technologist with Medical Assisting Skills program prepares you for a career as a limited medical radiologic technologist. As an LMRT (also known as a limited X-ray technologist), you will be responsible for performing limited-scope X-rays on the chest, extremities, skull, facial bones, and vertebral column. X-rays (also known as radiographs) are a form of radiation that can penetrate the body, creating images of the body’s interior.

An LMRT is responsible for communicating with patients about the procedures, administering the X-rays, and producing an image that is diagnostically acceptable. Once the images are analyzed, they are sent to other medical personnel for diagnosis. After you finish your Limited Medical Radiologic Technologist with Medical Assistant Skills program at the College of Health Care Professions, you will be well-equipped to take the state licensing exam and begin your new career as a Limited Medical X-ray Technologist.

The Echocardiography Certificate Program can be completed in as little as 64 weeks. The Echocardiography course curriculum is designed for those with a foundation in patient care to train with us to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform adult echocardiograms under the supervision of a physician.

An echocardiographer, also known as a sonographer or cardiac sonographer, is responsible for preparing patients for the procedure, operating and maintaining the equipment necessary to obtain images of the heart, analyzing echocardiographic data, documenting findings, collaborating with other medical professionals, and keeping up with the latest advancements in echocardiography. Depending on prior AAS degree specialty, the Echocardiography Certificate Program is also designed to help students prepare for the certification exams for Certified Registered Cardiovascular Sonographer (RCS) through Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), or the Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).

With an Associate of Applied Science in Health and Medical Administrative Services, you will be able to enter the workforce as a health care administrator. A health care administrator handles the administrative tasks in a healthcare facility. Health care administrators must employ effective communication and customer relations as well as perform organizational and administrative tasks. The College of Health Care Professions' Health and Medical Administrative Services Associate of Applied Science Degree Completion Program prepares you to join the workforce as a health care administrator in less than eight months.