Fortis College

Located in Montgomery, Alabama, Fortis College provides students with the education and expertise for a profession in the allied health and medical field. Fortis College students are given the opportunity to enhance their career through educational programs supported by hands-on training. Fortis College is dedicated and committed to teaching students the importance of performing their job well with a spirit of professionalism, responsibility and an enthusiasm for self-improvement and personal growth. Here at Fortis, we adhere to the philosophy that each program should be designed to meet the needs of students and their future employers. Contact us today to find a career that suits YOU best!!!

Allied Health Management - Associate's

Associates of Occupational Science Degree Program prepares students to work as Health Managers in doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals and pharmacies. While managing and supervising the facility is their primary responsibility, their duties may also include typing, filing, handling telephone calls and appointments, maintaining patient records, filling prescriptions, and office care.

Students will receive training that prepares them for entry-level employment with a goal of advancing into supervisory and management level positions within the allied health community.

Medical Assistant

As a medical assistant, you will be one of the most valued employees in any medical office setting. In addition to your front-office responsibilities of appointment scheduling, telephone triage, and insurance billing and coding, you will take vital signs, perform blood tests, operate laboratory equipment, and perform EKGs. Your comprehensive training will prepare you for this rewarding, fast-paced career in a physician's office, health care center or clinic. Your skills will truly make you a valued member of the health care team.

Medical Office Specialist

As a medical office specialist, you will work in hospitals, doctors' offices, and extended health care facilities. You'll coordinate all aspects of patient care, including taking patient histories, insurance billing and coding, working with physicians by ordering and scheduling lab tests and surgeries, admitting and discharging patients, and managing equipment and records. This is definitely a patient-oriented career with major decision-making and problem-solving responsibilities.

Pharmacy Technician

As a pharmacy technician, you will have the opportunity to advance, grow and apply your skills in many medical settings. You'll work in a retail, hospital or nursing home pharmacy, where you will be responsible for packing medication, ordering supplies, drug destruction and operating pharmacy equipment. You'll also be able to read a standard prescription, use proper phone techniques, and call physicians' offices and insurance companies to verify information. Graduates will learn basic aspects of pharmacy practice, including reading, filling and distributing prescriptions. You will also understand the legal responsibilities of a pharmacy for record maintenance and handling of drugs. You will know basic pharmaceutical calculations, medications, pharmaceutical agents and their uses and common drug interactions and side effects.

Programs vary by campus. Contact individual campus about specific accreditation information.

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