Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Course

The Certified Clinical Medical Assistant program is designed for those seeking a rewarding healthcare career in a short span of time.

Key Role

As a medical assistant, your role will encompass both administrative and clinical tasks, aimed at enhancing patient comfort during visits to healthcare facilities. This role typically involves more medical tasks as compared to clerical ones.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities as a medical assistant may include:

• Preparing patients for examinations
• Taking patient histories and vital signs
• Assisting physicians during examinations
• Explaining procedures to patients
• Calling in prescriptions to pharmacies
• Collecting laboratory specimens
• Sterilizing medical instruments

Curriculum

The course prepares students in patient healthcare, phlebotomy, EKG, patient care, and medical assisting. It provides well-rounded training in classroom, lab, and clinical environments.

Certification

Upon completion, students will be prepared and eligible to undertake the National Exams, which include: Phlebotomy, EKG, Patient Care Technician, and Certified Clinical Medical Assistant.

Progressive Medical Institute - In-person Phlebotomy Training Program

Progressive Medical Institute offers a highly comprehensive Phlebotomy Technician Training program that aims to empower students in the exciting field of medical health.

What You'll Learn

• You'll get a chance to work directly with patients and learn the safest methods of blood sampling.
• The program equips you with a robust understanding of medical terminology and healthcare settings.
• Emphasis is placed on proper infection control, ensuring patient safety, and meticulous labeling of blood specimens to prevent medical errors.
• Upon completion, you'll be prepared to pursue phlebotomy certification.

Your Potential Role in Healthcare Phlebotomists play a crucial role in the medical world. The samples you collect contribute to preventing, identifying, and treating medical issues, providing indispensable insights into patient health. Furthermore, phlebotomists act as a vital link in blood donation chains, serving those in need.

Your Post-Program Skills

• Drawing blood from patients and blood donors.
• Putting patients at ease about having their blood drawn.
• Labeling vials of drawn blood accurately.
• Entering patient information into a medical database.
• Assembling and maintaining medical instruments such as needles, test tubes, and blood vials.

Progressive Medical Institute: Patient Care Technician Program

Progressive Medical Institute's Patient Care Technician (PCT) Program is a rigorous training initiative that prepares students for a crucial role in healthcare.

Core Program Objectives:

• Develop comprehensive skills in patient care, including phlebotomy and EKG.

• Build the expertise required for National Exams in Phlebotomy, EKG, and Patient Care Technician.

• Provide practical experience in a clinical atmosphere.

Role of a PCT:

• Maintain sanitized patient rooms.

• Assist patients with daily needs, from personal hygiene to grooming.

• Monitor patients' vital signs or EKG signals and overall condition.

• Perform basic nursing procedures, such as changing bandages.

• Provide emotional support appropriate to patients' specific issues or needs.

Pre-requisites: Certified Nursing Assistant License or proof of 2 years of experience.

This program seamlessly integrates theoretical knowledge and practical training, offering students a holistic learning experience. It embodies our commitment to shaping compassionate professionals who can meet patients' daily needs and collaborate with other medical staff to deliver exceptional patient care. A career as a PCT is more than just a job - it's a commitment to making a real difference in people's lives.

Progressive Medical Institute: Certified Nursing Assistant Program

Join our Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program at Progressive Medical Institute and prepare for a meaningful career in healthcare.

Course Description As a CNA, you play a crucial role in patient care. This program covers all facets of a CNA's responsibilities, making it an excellent first step towards further healthcare professions. You'll learn about:

• Assisting with activities of daily living
• Providing personal care
• Transferring and positioning patients
• Vital sign measurement
• Care of wounds
• Safety procedures
• Stocking supplies
• And more...

Practical Experience The program isn't all about theory. We ensure you get hands-on experience, practicing basic patient care under supervision in a clinical setting before you complete the program.

Certification On successful completion, students are eligible to take a certification exam to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. So, are you ready to make a difference in healthcare? Let's start with our CNA program.

Progressive Medical Institute: Electrocardiogram (EKG) Technician Training

Embark on a fulfilling journey towards a valuable healthcare career with our EKG Technician Training Program.

What You Will Learn:

• Comprehending the heart's conduction system.
• Understanding the sites of action potential generation and its propagation.
• Differentiating between the effects of parasympathetic and sympathetic stimulation on the heart's conduction system.
• Recognizing the actions of the heart represented by p waves, PR intervals, QRS complex, and T waves.
• Proper placement of electrodes for accurate EKG readings.
• Calculating heart rates from EKG strips.
• Identifying and interpreting different heart rhythms and dysrhythmias.
• Knowledge of nursing interventions related to dysrhythmia.

As an EKG Technician, Your Responsibilities May Include:

• Conducting EKG tests.
• Recording EKG readings.
• Administering stress tests and Holter monitoring tests.
• Providing EKG data to physicians.

Upon completion, this comprehensive program prepares you for an entry-level position as an EKG Technician. So, gear up for a significant role in patient care and diagnostics in the healthcare field.