Health Technology - Gibson Technical Center

Health Technology from Gibson Technical Center is a Campus Certificate Health Administration degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Health Occupations is a one year exploratory class for seniors. One of the program goals is to help each student examine their own personality and abilities to find the health career that they would find most rewarding. Students may use the knowledge gained in this class to go immediately to work as a health care assistant or to acquire admission and success in a more advanced health career program. Students must furnish their own uniforms, shoes, and watch for clinical experience. Health Occupations are exciting, colorful, constantly changing careers that emphasize the human side of our high tech world. Careers in health care are in a stage of fast growth and change. Today there are more that 5 million workers employed in some 200 specialty jobs in the field. Health care workers provide services that cannot be replaced by a machine. It is estimated that during the next decade the need for many workers in health care will grow by 50%. Health careers can provide a promising future, job flexibility, and limitless opportunities. Few careers can offer such a sense of personal challenge and the feeling that you actually make a measurable difference in the lives of other people. Emphasis of the Program Actual work experience in area health care facilities Strong basic preparation for a general or specialized career in the health field Leadership skill through Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Job seeking & job keeping Course Description Health Occupations is a one year exploratory class for seniors (an extended program is available with early entry for disabled or disadvantaged students). One of the program goals is to help each student examine their own personality and abilities to find the health career that they would find most rewarding. Students may use the knowledge gained in this class to go immediately to work as a health care assistant or to acquire admission and success in a more advanced health career program. Students must furnish their own uniforms, shoes, and watch for clinical experience. Major Units Are: Skills of the Health Care Assistant Career opportunities Anatomy and Physiology Communications & professional ethics Certification testing to become a Certified Nurse Assistant View more details on Gibson Technical Center . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Administration courses.