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Patient Care Technician

Credential:
Short-Term Technical Certificate
Locations:
Beavercreek and Springfield - Leffel Lane
Semester Credit Hours:
17.5
Total Tuition & Fees:
$2,997.28

Tuition is based on in-state, in-county rates. Totals do not include textbooks and other materials.

Overview

Are you looking for a career that puts you right at the center of patient care? Patient care technicians provide direct support under a nurse’s supervision, blending nurse aide responsibilities with electrocardiogram testing and phlebotomy skills. This short-term technical certificate builds those abilities quickly and efficiently, and every course stacks directly into the multi-skilled healthcare one-year certificate and the multi-skilled healthcare - associate of technical studies degree.

Course Requirements

Year One
Fall
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
EMS 1171 Basic Life Support: CPR
Credit Hours: 0.5
MST 1101 Introduction to Health Care
Credit Hours: 3
MST 1105 Medical Terminology
Credit Hours: 2
MST 1181 Nurse Aide Training *
Credit Hours: 4
Spring
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
BIO 1105 Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology *
Credit Hours: 3
MST 1160 Phlebotomy
Credit Hours: 2
MST 1161 Phlebotomy Lab
Credit Hours: 1
MST 1171 Introduction to Electrocardiography
Credit Hours: 2
Footnotes

* Students must complete specific health requirements and obtain a criminal background check at their own expense prior to participating in the clinical component of the course. Students will be billed for liability insurance when registering for the course.

* BIO 1105 must be completed with a C or better within the last five years. If older than five years, the course must be repeated.

A technician performs an ultrasound scan on a patient while pointing to the image on the monitor. A technician performs an ultrasound scan on a patient while pointing to the image on the monitor.

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