Health Care and Rehab Technician - Diploma

General studies include:

• Data entry
• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Patient intake
• Phlebotomy
• EKG
• Urinalysis
• Sterile procedures

In addition, students will focus on Occupational Therapy Aid studies, promoting independence to patients with physical and emotional limitations (activities of daily living).

Massage Therapy - Diploma

Graduates qualify for NCETMB (National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Body Work exam)

Massage techniques include: Shiatsu, Swedish, Oriental, Sports, Crainosacral Therapy, Neuromuscular, and Eastern approaches, deep tissue work, joint mobility, range of motion

Students will also study anatomy, body systems, structure and function.

Graduates receive portable massage case, table and business cards

Medical Assistant - Diploma

There is no better time to join the health care industry than now. Not only have physicians and hospitals become dependent on medical assistants as trusted allies but other segments in this industry have become equally reliant. Divisions such as home health care agencies, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies hire our medical assisting graduates. With both administrative and clinical skills, Kaplan College Medical Assistant graduates are hired first.

Medical Billing and Coding Specialist - Diploma

Medical billing is vital to the smooth functioning of the medical office. Medical billers calculate the total amount due from a patient, prepare invoices to be sent out, and follow up to ensure that payment has been received. Medical Coding involves recording designated codes in patients' medical records. The curriculum includes classroom lectures and lab training in: health insurance including paperwork, legal issues, and insurance fraud and abuse; dental claims; general office procedures, including use of office machines, keyboarding and computer applications; and medical coding and terminology. Upon graduation, you will be able to seek entry-level employment in doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, home health care services, nursing and residential care facilities, and insurance companies.

Medical Office Specialist - Diploma

With our Medical Office Specialist Diploma program, you could acquire the hands-on training and job knowledge needed to pursue an entry-level position in the health care field. Our experienced instructors offer inside knowledge in areas such as medical terminology, medical insurance, and emergency medical procedures that you can't get from most textbooks. Through group discussions, lectures, and hands-on laboratory experience, you could learn how to keep a doctor's office, clinic, or other health care facility running efficiently.

Pharmacy Technician - Diploma

The objective of the Pharmacy Technician program is to prepare students with a solid and basic foundation of knowledge and skills in the areas of front office operations and clinical and laboratory procedures to enable them to become employable in entry-level Pharmacy Technician and related positions. It will also provide the knowledge and skills training necessary to prepare students for licensure through the California Board of Pharmacy Technicians.

This program will assist students in preparing for the Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPT) exam. Although the program is designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams, the College cannot guarantee students will pass those exams. In some cases, field experience may be necessary to be eligible to take or to successfully pass the exams.

Vocational Nursing - Diploma

Focus on studies in:

• Direct patient care (people of all ages) including bedpans, baths, medications, insertion of feeding tubes and catheters

• Injections, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, problems and disease for all systems
  (e.g., nervous, muscular, cardio vascular, endocrine, skeletal, reproductive)
• Rehabilitation and patient teaching, diagnostic measurements and implementation of other procedures

Possible work settings include:

• Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, patients' homes and correctional facilities

Career Opportunities: Vocational Nursing

• Charge Nurse
• Acute-Care Staff Nurse
• Dialysis Charge Nurse
• Military Nurse
• Department of Corrections
• Operating Room Nurse Technician
• Psychiatric Vocational Nurse
• Rehabilitation Staff Nurse
• Staff Development Coordinator
• Long Term Care

X-Ray Technician/Medical Assistant Back Office - Diploma

The curriculum for the X-ray technician/medical assistant back office program offers training in the fundamentals of becoming an X-ray technician in addition to the clinical theories and procedures of a well-run medical office. This program combines classroom learning and hands-on clinical experience working with equipment and materials you may encounter on the job. You can prepare to undertake responsibilities such as performing chest, extremity, and torso skeletal x-ray procedures, and a variety of back office medical assisting tasks.