Phlebotomy Technician - Bismarck State College

Phlebotomy Technician from Bismarck State College is a Campus Certificate Pharmacy degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The mission of the Bismarck State College Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) program is to provide a high quality learning-centered education in phlebotomy theory and practice that maximizes student learning and makes students partners in their education. Phlebotomy is the skill of drawing blood for diagnostic purposes. Bismarck State College's Phlebotomy Technician program will provide students with the most comprehensive training possible to keep up with the demands of a rapidly changing health care environment. Students who successfully complete the two-semester program will earn a program certificate and be qualified to take a national certification exam. The demand for certified phlebotomists is increasing. Clinical laboratories in many states now require phlebotomists to possess a certificate of completion from a nationally-approved and recognized program. Reasons include the steadily increasing numbers of diagnostic tests available to physicians, the growth in technology, and recent changes in the scope of phlebotomy practice itself. Blood-drawing was the domain of clinical laboratory scientists and clinical laboratory technicians 20 years ago. Phlebotomy is now a profession in its own right. This practice allows clinical lab scientists and technicians to work more exclusively with the diagnostic procedures of laboratory medicine. The tasks of phlebotomists today go beyond drawing blood, however. They are also required to interpret physician's orders, use computers to enter patient demographics and send reports, process specimens and perform point-of-care test procedures in some facilities. Bismarck State College has offered a phlebotomy lecture/student lab course for many years. This program consists of one semester of courses at Bismarck State College , plus a four-week clinical rotation at one of the laboratories of the Q&R Clinic/Medcenter One Health Systems in Bismarck, Mandan, or Dickinson, or at Mid-Dakota Clinic and St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck. View more details on Bismarck State College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Pharmacy courses.