Your future begins at Illinois School of Health Careers
The Illinois School of Health Careers can give you the skills,
confidence and knowledge necessary to achieve a meaningful career
with a rewarding future in health care. We can provide you with
the background needed to gain employment in today's competitive
labor market, and you can prepare quickly for your career while
receiving individual help in reaching your goals.
We offer the following:
- Small class sizes and a supportive learning environment
- Faculty members who are professionals in the health care
community
- Day and evening classes for your convenience
- Financial Aid for those who qualify
Our Career-Training Programs
At Illinois School of Health Careers, our career-training
programs are designed to prepare students for rewarding careers
in health care.
Dental Assistant - Diploma
This program gives students the training and skills necessary
to gain entry-level employment as dental assistants in dental
practices. Students learn to take X-rays, impressions and
perform other dental procedures.
Medical Assistant - Diploma
This program provides students the skills, knowledge and
training necessary to perform the duties of an entry-level
medical assistant in a clinic, hospital or physician's office.
Students learn to perform electrocardiograph (EKG)
examinations, assist with minor surgical procedures, take vital
signs, administer injections and handle administrative tasks.
Patient Care Technician - Diploma
With training in the Patient Care Technician program, students
can expect to find employment opportunities in hospitals,
rehabilitation centers, specialty and urgent care centers,
long-term and skilled nursing facilities, and placement
agencies. Graduates of this program will get the skills and
training to work as a patient care technician, nursing
assistant or home health aide.
The Patient Care Technician Program is designed to train
students to become an integral member of the health care
delivery team. The program combines basic knowledge with
applied skills mastered in both the classroom and the
laboratory.
In this multi-occupational program, students are cross-trained
to perform any number of clinical skills from performing basic
patient care skills required of a certified nursing assistant,
to performing electrocardiograms as an EKG Technician, to
collecting laboratory specimens as a Phlebotomist or to
assisting a patient to walk for the first time as a physical
therapy aide or occupational therapy aide.
Campus Locations
Our Loop campus is located at 11. E. Adams in Chicago and is at
the corner of Adams and State streets, in the downtown Loop. Our
O'Hare campus is at 8750 W. Bryn Mawr near Cumberland Avenue,
just east of the O'Hare airport, and near the Kennedy Expressway
and the Cumberland blue line stop.
Information
If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please
Request Information from Illinois School of Health Careers - Ohare.
