On the right track with Central Coast College

With a diploma from CCC, great careers in the computer specialist fields of accounting and office administration are within your reach in less than a year. Good hours, great pay, respect from your family and colleagues are all well within your reach.

Central Coast College, a private career college located in Salinas, California, provides a specialized curriculum to meet the needs of adults interested in professional preparation for careers. We believe that education is one of the most valuable assets you will acquire during your lifetime and that you should consider it an important investment in yourself and your future.

Over the past two decades, rigorous hands-on career training has made Central Coast College a leader in career-specific education on the Central Coast. We are committed to community service by providing relevant and high quality instruction that meets the needs of the residents and employers of the Central Coast.

Is Central Coast College right for you?

• Convenient morning, afternoon and evening class schedules
• Graduate placement services
• Financial aid available to those who qualify
• Accredited by ACCET - A Partnership for Quality®

Our admissions advisors will listen to your personal interests, help you identify your goals and explain the benefits you will receive from our short-term, intensive training programs. After evaluating your needs, they will help you select a training program that will lead to your success in today's job market.

Diploma in Medical Administrative Assistant

Medical administrative assistant is the right place to start if you want to work at the front desk of a clinic or doctor's office, or in an administrative job at a hospital, but you're not as interested in insurance billing and coding.

This program is designed to provide you with the specific skills needed to work in a medical front office, including:

• Medical terminology
• Medical office procedures
• Specialized computer programs
• Basic anatomy and physiology

As a graduate, you will be qualified for employment in a medical office, clinic or administrative setting in a hospital.

Diploma in Medical Assisting

If you are interested in a medical career that involves working directly with patients in a doctor's office or other medical setting, medical assisting might be the right career for you--especially if you are careful and can follow directions.

The Medical Assisting program is designed to provide you with comprehensive medical assisting skills, including intensive training in four areas:

• Administration - learning to maintain medical records, legal requirements of confidentiality, insurance coding, and other front office skills.
• Clinical - working with patients, taking vital sings and preparing the patient for treatment.
• Laboratory - learning to draw blood, perform a variety of laboratory tests, and giving injections.
• Externship - the 160 hour externship, where you will work under supervision in a doctor's office or clinic, will give you the opportunity to use all your skills and gain confidence in your abilities as a medical professional.

Diploma in Medical Biller/Coder

Medical front office is a great career if you're detail-oriented and interested in medicine, but are not as interested in working with back office procedures. If you can see yourself working in a doctor's office with patients, in a hospital or for a medical insurance company, this is the career for you!

This program is designed to provide you with comprehensive medical front office skills including:

• Medical terminology
• Medical office procedures
• Specialized computer programs
• Medical insurance billing
• Basic anatomy and physiology

As a graduate you will be qualified for employment in a medical office, clinic, hospital or insurance billing office.

Diploma in Pharmacy Technician

If you are interested in a medical career where you could work in either a hospital or retail setting and if you enjoy being in an environment where details are important, pharmacy technician could be a great career choice for you.

Pharmacy technicians are registered by the State of California and can work either in hospital pharmacies or in retail drug stores. Our intensive program is designed to prepare you for the workplace.

In addition to classroom instruction, you will have a 160-hour externship, where you will work under supervision in a pharmacy, which will give you the opportunity to use all your skills and gain confidence in your abilities as a pharmacy technician.

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If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from Central Coast College.