The Patient Care Technician program at Americation Career and Training School (ACTS) is designed to make an individual equipped with skills required to work in the healthcare field. The 3 main skills that you will learn in this program are Patient Care Skills, Phlebotomy Skills and EKG Skills. The patient care skills in the program will also make you eligible for various other national certifications. At successfully completion of the program the students will be eligible for 8 national certifications. The Patient Care Technician Certification, Phlebotomy Technician Certification, EKG Technician Certification, Cardiac Monitor Telemetry Technician Certification, Cardiac Arrhythmia Technician Certification, Blood-borne Pathogen Certification, Rehabilitation Therapy Technician, Restorative Care Assistant Specialist Certification. Our program was designed keeping in mind the job market and the competitiveness of skills that the employer expects from an employee. The educational environment of the Patient Care Technician Program at ACTS considers individual differences which affect learning ability, and provides motivation to continue to learn and adapt to the changes in a healthcare setting. The faculty believes an individual’s ability to learn is based on past experiences and personal potential, which permits learning to occur at different rates and levels. Learning takes place most readily when material is covered in a logical sequence and progresses in difficulty from simple to complex. The faculty believes that Patient Care Technician education should reflect the student’s development of skills and theoretical knowledge essential for correctly performing EKG’s, collecting blood specimens, properly transporting specimens to the laboratory and performing patient care skills. At completion of the program the student will be awarded with a certificate of completion.