Medical Billing and Coding - Diploma

The Medical Billing and Coding program focuses on the fundamentals of medical office protocol with specialized training in the areas you will need for a job in this growing field. As a Virginia College student, you'll be prepared for entry-level positions in the medical field related to reimbursement procedures. You'll learn the fundamentals of medical office protocol and get specialized training in Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS).

In addition to your classroom experiences, you will also serve an externship for on-the-job training. You'll be supervised by a physician, nurse or health services professional and learn the billing and coding process from the working perspective.

Medical Office Management - Diploma

Medical office administrators perform both administrative and clinical duties, reporting directly to an office manager, physician or other health practitioner.

Students learn to work closely with doctors and other support personnel as well as how to use medical terminology, medical office procedures and insurance coding to prepare for a career in this growing, specialized field.

Pharmacy Technology - Associate's

Do you want a career in which you can help people feel better while improving your own job outlook? Then the exciting new Pharmacy Technology Associate program at Virginia College could be perfect for you.

Pharmacy technology involves working with licensed pharmacists, helping with patient consultations, counter dispensing operations and prescription preparation. You may work in a retail pharmacy, stocking and keeping inventory of prescriptive and over-the-counter medications. You might also maintain patient medication records, count or pour medications into dispensing containers and manage the cash register.

In hospitals, you could perform many of the same duties but have other responsibilities, including assembling medications for each patient, repackaging medications, preparing commercially-unavailable medications and delivering medications to patient rooms.

Practical Nursing - Associate's in Health Sciences or Diploma

Practical nurses work in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. Employment prospects are excellent and there are many more opportunities emerging in a variety of diverse locations. More sophisticated procedures that once were performed only in hospitals are now being done in physicians' offices and clinics. That means employment of practical nurses is projected to grow much faster than average as health care expands outside the traditional hospital setting. Home health care services are also expected to grow faster than average because of the growing number of older persons and technological advances that make it possible to bring increasingly complex treatments into the home.

At Virginia College, small class sizes, real-world faculty and the latest equipment ensure you get the best preparation for this exciting career field.

Surgical Technology - Associate's

Picture yourself as a valuable member of the operating room team! As a surgical technologist, you will work closely with the surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurse anesthetist and registered nurse to deliver integral patient care before, during and after surgery.

As a student at Virginia College, you'll have the chance to learn the proper application of sterile surgical techniques and modern operating room technology so you'll be able to provide optimum patient care. Classroom theory and laboratory hands-on training are combined with clinical and externship experiences to give you the knowledge and skill you need to be successful in this vital career field.