High Tech Institute

High-Tech Institute (HTI) teaches you what employers want you to know! You'll receive the benefits of hands-on training and the chance to put your skills into practice even before graduation--so you can be confident in the education you receive.

Our programs are designed and taught by industry professionals. So we make sure that they're centered around the actual demands of the workplace--not just theory, but the real-world skills and knowledge employers demand.

Diploma in Dental Assistant

Graduate from our Dental Assisting program, and you'll be qualified to provide instruments and materials to dentists, keep patients' mouths clear, sterilize instruments and equipment, and prepare tray setups for dental procedures. During a patient exam, you may also instruct patients on proper oral care, remove sutures, apply anesthetics to gums or cavity-preventive agents to teeth, and more.

Graduates are awarded a diploma upon completion of the program, and are qualified to work as a Dental Assistant, a Chairside Assistant or a Dental Receptionist in large or small dental offices and clinics in the following fields:

• Endodontics (root canals)
• General Dentistry practices
• Oral Surgery
• Orthodontics (braces)
• Pediodontics (children's dentistry)
• Periodontics (gum disease)

Diploma in Massage Therapy

Our training teaches you to use a variety of therapeutic techniques to massage soft tissues that have been affected by stress, injury and illness. Your expertise helps your clients reduce stress, renew energy, increase flexibility, improve posture and more. The professional skills learned in this program will also prepare you to open and manage your own massage therapy business.

Diploma in Medical Assistant

Your training prepares you to become a vital person in the medical office. You'll update patient medical records, fill out reports, lab tests, diagnoses and treatment plans. Your duties are to evaluate records for completeness and ensure that essential info is in the computer.

Duties may also include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for exams and assisting physicians.

Upon graduation, you will be qualified to work as a Medical Assistant, a Medical Receptionist, a Medical Insurance Biller, a Medical Bookkeeper or a Laboratory Assistant in places like a physician's office, a health practitioner's office or outpatient care centers, among others.

Diploma in Medical Billing and Coding

A Medical Billing & Coding Professional is one who likes the medical field, but prefers to work not with patients, but with patients' data. This type of individual is responsible, organized and can retain large amounts of information–definitely someone you want on your Trivial Pursuit team. They multi-task well, enjoy reading, and like to use the computer.

Does this sound like you?

Upon graduation, you will be qualified to assemble patient information before and after treatment, recording their symptoms and medical history, the results of their exams, x-ray reports, lab tests, diagnoses and treatment plans. Your duties are to evaluate records for completeness and ensure that essential info is in the computer. You may also analyze data to help improve patient care, to control costs, for use in research, and more.

Upon graduation, you will be qualified to work as a Medical Billing & Coding professional in career choices such as:

• Clinics
• Doctor's Offices
• Home Health Agencies
• Hospitals
• Insurance Companies
• Medical Billing Companies
• Medical Group Practices
• Nursing Homes

Diploma in Pharmacy Technician

A Pharmacy Technician is usually a pharmacist's right-hand man. They are exceptional listeners, are always alert, very responsible and pay attention to the finest details.

As a licensed pharmacist's assistant, you will help prepare prescribed medication for patients. Our training prepares you to retrieve, count, pour, weigh and measure the prescription medication. Prescriptions, which are checked by a pharmacist before being given to a patient, must then be priced and filed. You may also maintain patient profiles, prepare insurance forms, and stock and take inventory of medications.

Upon graduation, students will be qualified to work as pharmacy technicians in clinics, hospitals or retail pharmacies.

Diploma in Surgical Technologist

Surgical Technologists are comfortable around blood, and comfortable watching people being operated on. A Surgical Technologist is comfortable in intense environments, works well with their hands, and is very interested in the human body.

As a Surgical Technologist, you'll assist in surgical procedures under the supervision of surgeons and nurses or other surgical personnel. Your training will give you the expertise you need to set up operating instruments, supplies and equipment, prepare patients for surgery, assist the surgeon during surgery and more.

Upon graduation, you will be required to take an exam to complete your certification as a Surgical Technologist. When you pass this exam, you will be qualified to work in places such as:

• Clinics
• Delivery Rooms
• Hospital Operating Rooms
• Surgical Centers

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