Kaplan College
 
Featured Healthcare Programs:
Dental Assistant - Diploma (Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Palm Springs, Riverside, San Diego, Sacramento, Stockton, Vista CA)
By completing this dental assistant program, students can gain the knowledge and skills needed to perform front and back office duties including patient preparation, chairside dental assisting, administering x-rays, insurance billing, accounts receivables, and more. This program is designed to help eligible students prepare for the Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) examination. Upon successful completion of the RDA exam, the licensed dental assistant may perform extended functions that include temporary restoration, periopacks, bases and liners, and orthodontic expanded functions. Graduates of this program also receive a radiology certificate recognized by the Dental Board of California, a Coronal Polish Completion Certificate, a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) card, and an HIPAA Certificate.
Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography - Certificate (N Hollywood CA)
This diagnostic cardiac sonography program can prepare students for career responsibilities such as: obtaining echocardiographic images, performing measurements on the echocardiogram, and providing the physician with relevant information to make a diagnosis. This program also offers the opportunity for existing ultrasound technicians, EKG technicians, and other health care professionals wishing to expand their knowledge in this area to obtain advanced training and knowledge. Graduates of this program can seek entry-level positions as diagnostic cardiac sonographer or echocardiography technologist.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography / Ultrasound - Diploma (N Hollywood CA)
Kaplan's diagnostic medical sonography/ultrasound curriculum can prepare you to become a responsible member of the health team in a hospital, imaging center, or private facility. In this program, you can gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform ultrasound scans of the: upper abdomen, pelvic area, superficial structures, and peripheral vascular system. In addition, the program's required clinical externship offers the opportunity to gain hands-on training and professional knowledge. Graduates of this program can seek entry-level positions such as: ABI technician, diagnostic medical sonographer, ultrasound technologist.
Diagnostic Vascular Sonography - Certificate (N Hollywood CA)
Kaplan's diagnostic vascular sonography curriculum can prepare students to assume responsibilities performing ultrasounds in a hospital, imaging center, or private facility. Some of these duties include:
- Explaining procedures and preparing patients for examination
- Obtaining vascular 2-D, color-flow, and spectral Doppler images
- Performing measurements on the images
- Providing the physician with relevant information to make a diagnosis
This program also offers the opportunity for existing ultrasound technicians and other health care professionals wishing to expand their expertise in this area to obtain advanced training and knowledge.
Medical Assistant - Certificate (San Diego CA)
Students will gain the knowledge and skills that could allow them to seek entry-level employment in a physician's office, health management organization (HMO), clinic, rehab center, or other allied health care facilities. This program will prepare students to specialize in front or back office duties, or diversify and do both. Duties for a program graduate may include: interviewing patients, charting histories, taking vital signs, administering electrocardiograms, assisting with reception duties, and working with insurance paperwork and bookkeeping. Students receive clinical and administrative course instruction, hands-on training with the latest medical equipment. and job placement assistance.
The San Diego based Medical Assistant program is accredited by The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).
Medical Assistant - Diploma (Salida, Stockton, VIsta CA)
Students will gain the knowledge and skills that could allow them to seek entry-level employment in a physician's office, health management organization (HMO), clinic, rehab center, or other allied health care facilities. This program will prepare students to specialize in front or back office duties, or diversify and do both. Duties for a program graduate may include: interviewing patients, charting histories, taking vital signs, assisting during exams, minor surgeries, and lab procedures, assisting with reception duties and more. Students receive clinical and administrative course instruction, hands-on training with the latest medical equipment. preparation assistance for the CMA certification exam, and job placement assistance.
The medical assistant program in Salida, Stockton and Vista are accredited by The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).
Medical Billing & Coding Specialist - Diploma (Panorama City, Riverside, San Diego, Vista CA; Denver CO, Hammond, Merrilville IN)
Kaplan's MBC diploma program will prepare students to seek various entry-level employment opportunities as medical billing and coding specialists in medical offices, medical clinics, hospitals, and other health care and insurance facilities. Students will learn many of the technical skills required of medical insurance coders and billers, including a wide variety of medical office, medical coding, and medical insurance billing skills. They will learn how to analyze medical records and assign codes that classify diagnoses and procedures; support assessment of clinical care; and support medical research activity in hospitals, physicians' offices, and other health care facilities.
Medical Office Specialist - Diploma (Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Palm Springs, Sacramento, Stockton, Vista Ca; SE Indianapolis IN)
Kaplan College's medical office specialist program offers well-rounded instruction in medical insurance billing and coding, insurance plans, medical front office processes, telephone techniques, filing, scheduling, banking, inventory, and office management. The program teaches the skills needed for a competitive advantage in this field by preparing you to work in a wide range of positions. Graduates can seek various entry-level positions in administrative, clinical, and professional capacities. Successful completion requires a 160 hour externship program at a local outpatient clinic, medical, dental, or optometry office, or in a hospital environment.
Patient Care Assistant/Technician - Diploma (San Diego CA)
A patient care assistant/technician can assist with the care of outpatients and inpatients suffering from a variety of diseases, injuries, and neurological and orthopedic problems. They may be called upon to walk patients to and from therapy with a gait belt, set up equipment for patient treatments, assist with community outings, and a variety of other duties. The required coursework in this program is approved for Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aid exams monitored by the State of California. Graduates of this program may pursue career opportunities such as: ER technician, EKG technician, patient care technician, home health aide, certified nursing assistant, unit /ward clerk, and rehab aide.
Radiologic Technology - Diploma (N Hollywood CA)
Kaplan College's radiologic technology program is a great place to start. Radiologic technicians are responsible for taking x-rays and administering non-radioactive materials into patients’ bloodstreams for diagnostic purposes. They explain the procedure to patients, and then position the patient and radiographic equipment to ensure that the parts of the body can be properly imaged. An education from Kaplan College can help prepare you to enter this exciting and expanding career field as: CT technologist, darkroom technician, mammography technologist, radiologic technologist, radiology technologist aide, special procedures technologist and x-ray technician.
Radiologic technicians perform diagnostic imaging procedures in hospital diagnostic imaging departments, surgical theaters, emergency rooms, doctor's offices, and other health care settings using fixed and/or portable machines. Our radiologic technology program offers hands-on clinical training and includes instruction in:
- Systemic and skeletal anatomy, radiographic terminology, and the principles of radiation protection
- How x-rays are produced and the requirements and design of radiographic, fluoroscopic, mobile, and tomographic equipment
- Medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, and common pathologies of the different systems of the body
- Responsibilities of the radiographer to patients, other staff members, and the general public
This program is also designed to help eligible students prepare for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certification exam.
Vocational Nurse - Diploma (N Hollywood, Sacramento, San Diego, Stockton, Vista CA)
Combining classroom learning with hands-on clinical lab experience, our program can prepare students to deliver direct care to patients under the supervision of a physician or registered nurse. Graduates of this program can seek entry-level positions such as: acute care staff nurse, home health nurse, LVN (after passing state exam), long-term care charge or staff nurse, phlebotomy/blood bank nurse, and public school LVN/health clerk. Through the comprehensive education at Kaplan College, students can gain experience performing nursing duties that include:
- Data collection
- Basic bedside nursing
- Tracheotomy care
- Medication administration and documentation
- Patient education
This program is also designed to help eligible students prepare for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) for licensure as a vocational/practical nurse. The vocational nurse programs in North Hollywood, San Diego, and Vista are approved by the CA Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT).
X-Ray Technician / Medical Assistant Back Office (N Hollywood CA)
The curriculum for the x-ray technician/medical assistant back office program offers training in the fundamentals of becoming an x-ray technician in addition to the clinical theories and procedures of a well-run medical office. Your Kaplan College education combines classroom learning and hands-on clinical experience working with equipment and materials you may encounter on the job. You can prepare to undertake responsibilities such as performing chest, extremity, and torsoskeletal x-ray procedures, and a variety of back office medical assisting tasks.This program is also designed to help eligible students prepare for the California State Examination to secure a position as an x-ray technician. Graduates of this program can pursue entry-level positions such as: back office medical assistant, x-ray technician (limited permit), phlebotomist, darkroom technician, and back office lab assistant.
The X-Ray Technician/Medical Assistant Back Office and Radiologic Technology programs are approved to operate by the California Department of Public Health, Radiologic Health Branch.
Kaplan College campus locations in Fresno, Modesto, North Hollywood, Palm Springs, Riverside, San Diego, Vista are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). Kaplan College campus locations in Bakersfield, Hammond (IN), Merrilville, Panorama City, Sacramento are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
The Medical Assisting programs at the Salida, San Diego, Stockton, and Vista campus locations are accredited by The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). |
