Virginia College School of Business and Health

Virginia College School of Business and Health at Chattanooga, Tennessee, offers the benefits of small class sizes and flexible schedules, allowing you to earn the education you want at a time that's most convenient for you. Financial aid is available for those who qualify, and career placement and job assistance continues past graduation - extending our commitment to our students' futures! We offer a wide variety of programs, resulting in diplomas, associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees in diverse fields such as office or business management, architectural drafting (CAD), health & medical, criminal justice, paralegal studies and more. The school also offers bachelor's degrees in fields such as business management, criminal justice or health services management.

Health Services Management - Bachelor's

Are you interested in a promotion in your current medical position but need a bachelor's degree to move up the ladder? Are you ready for a career change to a dynamic, growing field where you can do good things for your own future while doing good for others at the same time? Then this new program is for you!

Learn from Virginia College's real-world instructional staff, many of whom work in the field and bring their expertise and unique, practical experience to the program. Prepare for mid-level management positions in health care organizations including hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory care centers, home health agencies and more. If you have previous college credit, we'll help you determine if it may be applied to your degree.

Medical Assistant - Diploma or Associate's

Medical assistants make up the largest group of all the allied health occupations. They work side-by-side with both physicians and professional medical personnel in private practice, clinics, medical research laboratories and hospitals.

As a medical assistant, you can feel good about the support you provide with the valuable skills you'll learn at Virginia College. In addition to working with patients, many medical assistants also play an important role in administrative tasks. Medical assistants generally find their specialized training and experience can be put to work any place, any time.

Medical Billing & Coding - Diploma

Medical billing and coding 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 the 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 - Associate's

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 Technician - Diploma

Pharmacy technicians work 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.

Therapeutic Massage - Associate's and Diploma

The therapeutic massage program at Virginia College will give you the physical and technical skills that are required by health care and personal service employers in a number of allied massage settings. You'll learn to perform a wide range of massage techniques ranging from relaxation skills and stress management to Swedish massage and neuromuscular therapy.

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