PCI

HEALTH TRAINING CENTER

RICHARDSON & DALLAS, TEXAS

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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

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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

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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

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GENERAL ACADEMIC INFORMATION:

Depending on the program, a student will attend either four or seven 100 hour classroom units and 200 hours of externship, performed off-campus.  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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