PCI

HEALTH TRAINING CENTER

RICHARDSON & DALLAS, TEXAS

Serving as an industry leader, it is the mission of PCI to assist students, staff, and employers achieve their full potential, providing the necessary training and creating an environment conducive to success. PCI will hire, train, and maintain a professional staff with the ability to instill the knowledge, skills, and professionalism necessary for a graduate to enter, succeed, and advance in the allied health care industry.

MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM

This program prepares a graduate to work as an entry-level Medical Assistant. Within this general career category are a number of specialty areas, including Administrative Office Assistant, Clinic Assistant, Medical Office Manager, Phlebotomist, Physical Therapy Technician in a doctor's office, clinic or hospital. Graduates will be able to check vital signs, assist in physical examinations, electrocardiograms, and perform basic laboratory tests.

During the classroom portion of training students will be introduced to a variety of subjects ranging from microcomputers and front office skills, to anatomy, physiology and the various systems of the human body. Students will receive hands-on laboratory training from the very first week of training. Click Here for More

PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANT PROGRAM 

This program prepares a graduate to work as an entry-level Mental Health Technician, Psychiatric Assistant, or Psychiatric Attendant in a mental health care facility. Graduates are employed in mental health hospitals, drug & alcohol rehabilitation centers, half-way houses, schools for the mentally retarded, social rehabilitation centers and private counseling centers. Graduates are able to assist in treatment and rehabilitation of mentally ill, mentally retarded and substance-abuse patients. Students are also prepared in Clinical Facility Management and Basic Clinical Procedures.

The classroom training includes training in subjects from developmental psychology and psychiatric disorders & therapies to substance abuse, clinical assessment & documentation, and medications & treatment. Psychiatric Assistant students also receive training in CPR, Emergency First Aid, vital signs & basic nursing skills, and aggressive patient management. Click Here for More

MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT PROGRAM

This program prepares a graduate to work as an entry-level Medical Front Office Assistant. Within this general career category are a number of specialty areas, including medical office receptionist, insurance billing and collection, appointment scheduler, or medical records clerk. Graduates of the MOA program may be employed in private physicians offices, healthcare centers, clinics, hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and medical billing offices.

During the classroom portion of training students will be introduced to a variety of subjects ranging from computer skills, medical front office skills, OSHA regulations, medical terminology, patient confidentiality, health insurance billing, insurance claims, ICD9 diagnosis codes, CPT procedure codes, patient billing and record keeping and medical collection procedures. Click Here for More

PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT PROGRAM

The Patient Care Technician Program prepares a graduate to work as an entry-level Patient Care Technician in a hospital, nursing home, community clinic, or long-term care facility. Graduates of this program will be able to assist nurses and physicians in medical examinations and basic laboratory procedures and assisting with basic nursing care services. Students will learn to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), electrocardiograms (EKGs), phlebotomy check vital signs, nurse assistant duties, and basic emergency first aid.

The Patient Care Technician Program is taught utilizing a combination of classroom lecture, practical exercises in the medical laboratory and real-world, on the job experience during the externship portion of training. The PCT course includes training to enable you to take exams to become a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Click Here for More

GENERAL ACADEMIC INFORMATION:

In each program, a student will attend seven 100 hour classroom units and 200 hours of externship, performed off-campus, for a total of 900 Clock Hours of training. Each week of class is a combination of classroom lecture, and practical laboratory training. The classroom portion of training takes approximately seven months to complete for a normally progressing student. Students are graded weekly, and a written Progress Report is issued at the end of each 100-hour classroom unit of training.

EXTERNSHIP

Upon the conclusion of the classroom portion of training, the student gets the opportunity to use their accumulated knowledge and practical skills by performing the final stage of their training program - the Externship. Externship sites are typically doctor's offices, clinics, hospitals, laboratories, physical therapy sites, pharmacies, optometry facilities, dialysis centers, etc. This off-campus training will be supervised by the personnel at the externship site and the student’s performance will be evaluated on a weekly basis until the completion of 200 hours. Upon successful completion of this final stage of training, the student is awarded a Diploma.

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