Associate's - Health Care Administration

SJVC's Health Care Administration program gives you the expert training you need to perform front office duties in a health care setting. Course studies include office management, medical terminology, patient record keeping, bookkeeping, accounting, insurance claims preparation, professional communication, general operation of a health care facility and computer training using Microsoft Office and Medical Manager.

Learn

• Medical insurance principles
• Computer concepts
• Insurance coding
• Medical terminology
• Medical billing
• Economics & finance

Students complete an extensive externship in the field under the direct supervision of an office manager or medical director.

Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting - Associate's

SJVC's Clinical and Administrative Medical Assisting (CAMA) program trains you in both administrative and clinical medical procedures for medical offices and specialty clinics. A Medical Assistant is a professional, multi-skilled member of the health care team who is dedicated to assisting in patient care.

Learn

• Insurance billing
• Appointment scheduling
• Patient information coding
• Injection Administration
• Electrocardiograms
• Venipuncture & skin puncture
• CPR & First Aid

Training includes a clinical externship which allows students to further their studies in a real-world medical environment.

Clinical Medical Assisting - Associate's

The Clinical Medical Assisting program at SJVC offers extensive back office training to provide support to physicians and direct patient care in a variety of medical settings. Training includes a balance of classroom instruction with laboratory experience to create the best opportunity for student understanding and performance.

Learn

• Injection Administration
• Electrocardiograms
• Venipuncture & skin puncture
• CPR & first aid
• Assisting in minor surgery
• Front office procedures
• Basic lab tests
• Patient education
• Taking & recording vital signs

Clinical Medical Assisting - Certificate

The Clinical Medical Assisting program at SJVC offers extensive back office training to provide support to physicians and direct patient care in a variety of medical settings. Training includes a balance of classroom instruction with laboratory experience to create the best opportunity for student understanding and performance.

Learn

• Injection Administration
• Electrocardiograms
• Venipuncture & skin puncture
• CPR & first aid
• Assisting in minor surgery
• Front office procedures
• Basic lab tests
• Patient education
• Taking & recording vital signs

Dental Assisting - Associate's

SJVC's Dental Assisting program trains you in all aspects of working with a dentist, including patient care, office and laboratory duties. Our balance of hands-on experience with classroom instruction covers all aspects of dental assisting skills and related theory. Whether you use your dental assisting training for a career chairside or in an administrative capacity, you are well prepared at the program's completion.

Learn

• Dental anatomy
• Dental radiology
• Dental software
• Preventive dentistry
• Dental practice management
• Dental science
• Coronal polishing

Dental Assisting - Certificate

SJVC's Dental Assisting program trains you in all aspects of working with a dentist, including patient care, office and laboratory duties. Our balance of hands-on experience with classroom instruction covers all aspects of dental assisting skills and related theory. Whether you use your dental assisting training for a career chairside or in an administrative capacity, you are well prepared at the program's completion.

Learn

• Dental anatomy
• Dental radiology
• Dental software
• Preventive dentistry
• Dental practice management
• Dental science
• Coronal polishing

Dental Hygiene - Associate's

An In-Demand Career That Offers Flexible Schedules

Looking for a career in the medical field but don't want to spend years and years in school? Dental hygiene may be a career field for you. It ranks as one of the fastest growing occupations and many jobs flexible scheduling.

SJVC's Dental Hygiene Program, offered at the Rancho Cucamonga and Visalia campuses, prepares students to work as a registered dental hygienist.

Graduates earn an Associate of Science degree and are eligible to take the National Board written examination and a State and/or Regional Board Examination for licensure as a Registered Dental Hygienist.

Upon completion of the program, graduates will also be prepared to work in private dental offices and enjoy a high salary, flexible hours, a professional work environment and job security. Other career opportunities include working in public health agencies, clinics and nursing home facilities, as well as pharmaceutical or dental supply sales or education.

The Chance to Be Your Very Best

Students receive extensive clinical training in an on-site facility, to gain real-world professional experience in:

• Performing clinical exams
• Removing plaque and calculus from teeth
• Processing x-rays
• Administering local anesthetics
• Providing compassionate patient care

SLVC's Dental Hygiene graduates have an Average Pass Rate of 97.7% on the NATIONAL BOARD DENTAL HYGIENE EXAMINATION and an Average Pass Rate of 91.3% on the CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD DENTAL HYGIENE CLINICAL EXAMINATION.

Pharmacy Technology - Associate's

SJVC's Pharmacy Technology program prepares you to work under the direct supervision of a Registered Pharmacist as part of a team responsible for carrying out a doctor's pharmaceutical orders. Pharmacy Technicians assist in the various activities of compounding, distributing and dispensing of medications.

Learn

• Pharmacy law & ethics
• Pharmacology
• Computer data entry
• Pharmacy science & clinical applications
• Prescription processing

Training includes a balance of classroom and lab instruction, as well as an externship component, which allows you experiential learning in an actual clinical environment.

Respiratory Therapy - Associate's

SJVC's Respiratory Therapy program prepares you to be a member of an elite health care team that evaluates, treats and manages patients with respiratory illnesses and other cardiopulmonary disorders. In addition to performing respiratory care procedures, respiratory therapists are involved in clinical decision-making and patient education.

Learn

• Microbiology, chemistry, and anatomy and physiology
• Computer applications, ethics and psychology
• Pathology, pharmacology and resuscitation
• Mechanical ventilation of adults, pediatrics, and newborns
• Hemodynamics, physical assessment and oxygen delivery
• Monitoring, radiography and airway management

Students receive over 900 hours of extensive clinical practice in hospitals and clinics to gain real world experience.