Brown Mackie College

The difference that we make will be to your advantage

• Our one-course-a-month schedule is what makes Brown Mackie College schools great; it means you can concentrate on one subject for one month, complete the 30 day course, and then move on to the next.
• Students receive personalized attention with our small classes.
• You will be supported and encouraged to do your best in an energetic learning environment.

Quality: One of the smartest moves you can make to improve the quality of your life and career is getting a college education. By providing a superior education through a dedicated faculty, flexible class schedules and individual attention, the Brown Mackie College schools are committed to helping you to make your dreams a reality.

Choice: You can select from a variety of degree, diploma and certificate programs in such areas as:

• Accounting and Business
• Computer Technology
• Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
• Health Care (including Practical Nursing, Surgical Technology, Occupational Therapy and Veterinary Technology)

Flexibility: To accommodate your lifestyle, the programs we offer are designed with a single monthly course delivery format. Brown Mackie College schools provide a wide range of educational opportunities for students from their eighteen locations based in the Southwestern, Southeastern and Midwest regions of the United States. Our Getting Started process easily lets you discover the Brown Mackie College experience.

Our mission is helping our students successfully pursue a college education that will prepare them to launch a career or improve their current one.

Our difference gives you an edge.

• One of the benefits of Brown Mackie College schools is its single course per month schedule, which allows students to focus on an individual subject for thirty days and then proceed to a different subject thereafter.
• Our classes are deliberately kept small so that students can benefit from individual attention.
• At every Brown Mackie College campus, you will find a community of students and faculty dedicated to learning and committed to helping you excel.

Nursing Schools

Nursing: Associate of Applied Science

The associate’s degree program in Nursing provides students with principles and knowledge from general education. When it comes to a professional practice, nurses are utilizing the knowledge that formed for better practice. Our program incorporates theory into clinical practice to provide students a well-rounded professional nursing education.

Working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health and a large variety of other healthcare areas, is what graduates are preparing for in their coursework. Treating patients, recording patients' medical histories and symptoms, and analyzing and performing diagnostic tests are the duties that nurses perform.

One hundred and nine (109) credit hours of study are included in this program, with courses covering topics such as:

• The development and theoretical basis for selected nursing skills and the student ability to perform those skills.
• Complex conditions in fields like: critical care, surgery, and emergency room.
• Major organizational and professional trends, as well as, political, social, economic, educational, legal and ethical issues affecting today's nurses.

Practical Nursing Diploma

This diploma program of Practical Nursing has clinical experience and class instruction in the subjects of medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics and pharmacology. The diploma program in Practical Nursing combines actual clinical experience with classroom instruction in many areas including medical-surgical nursing.

The graduate is prepared for an entry-level nursing position in a hospital, upon completion of this program. Some of the tasks that they must complete include taking vital signs, distributing medications, gathering samples for testing, and providing other general care.

Seventy-six credit hours of study are required to complete the program. Students take courses in:

• Human anatomy and physiology.
• Laboratory and instruction practice with principles of administering medications, and the development of very important thinking skills, as well as dosage calculations.
• The treatment of a variety of health problems, focusing on the practical nurse's role in caring for patients as a member of the healthcare team.

Practical Nursing Certificate

The Practical Nursing Certificate program provides students with the principles and knowledge of behavioral and biological sciences. Completion will cover all aspects of working in a private or hospital setting. The integration of theory with clinical application is essential to a good practical nursing program. The student is prepared through this program for the licensure test to become an LPN.

Graduates completing the program are qualified to seek entry-level nursing positions in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and other types of healthcare facilities. Duties will be varied depending on the employing agency, but may include taking vital signs, administering medications, collecting samples for lab tests, and providing any additional care that may be required.

One must complete 55 credit hours to complete this program.

Nursing: Associate of Applied Science

The associate’s degree program in Nursing provides students with principles and knowledge from general education. When it comes to a professional practice, nurses are utilizing the knowledge that formed for better practice. Our program incorporates theory into clinical practice to provide students a well-rounded professional nursing education.

Working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health and a large variety of other healthcare areas, is what graduates are preparing for in their coursework. Treating patients, recording patients' medical histories and symptoms, and analyzing and performing diagnostic tests are the duties that nurses perform.

One hundred and nine (109) credit hours of study are included in this program, with courses covering topics such as:

• The development and theoretical basis for selected nursing skills and the student ability to perform those skills.
• Complex conditions in fields like: critical care, surgery, and emergency room.
• Major organizational and professional trends, as well as, political, social, economic, educational, legal and ethical issues affecting today's nurses.

Practical Nursing Diploma

This diploma program of Practical Nursing has clinical experience and class instruction in the subjects of medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics and pharmacology. The diploma program in Practical Nursing combines actual clinical experience with classroom instruction in many areas including medical-surgical nursing.

The graduate is prepared for an entry-level nursing position in a hospital, upon completion of this program. Some of the tasks that they must complete include taking vital signs, distributing medications, gathering samples for testing, and providing other general care.

Seventy-six credit hours of study are required to complete the program. Students take courses in:

• Human anatomy and physiology.
• Laboratory and instruction practice with principles of administering medications, and the development of very important thinking skills, as well as dosage calculations.
• The treatment of a variety of health problems, focusing on the practical nurse's role in caring for patients as a member of the healthcare team.

Practical Nursing Certificate

The Practical Nursing Certificate program provides students with the principles and knowledge of behavioral and biological sciences. Completion will cover all aspects of working in a private or hospital setting. The integration of theory with clinical application is essential to a good practical nursing program. The student is prepared through this program for the licensure test to become an LPN.

Graduates completing the program are qualified to seek entry-level nursing positions in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and other types of healthcare facilities. Duties will be varied depending on the employing agency, but may include taking vital signs, administering medications, collecting samples for lab tests, and providing any additional care that may be required.

One must complete 55 credit hours to complete this program.

Physical Therapy Schools

College education is a step forward to assure you of a brighter future in terms of your personal life and chosen calling. The Brown Mackie College schools offer you excellent education through our dedicated faculty, flexible class schedules and individual attention that they provide.

Physical Therapist Assistant: Associate of Applied Science

The Physical Therapist Assistant associate level scheme is conceived to give the graduate the fundamental know-how needed to enter into an entry level employment position as a physical therapist assistant. The purpose of this program is to get a student ready to perform physical therapy treatments, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to people who lost functional abilities due to an injury, disease or illness. Emphasis is being placed on the development of solid knowledge in physical therapy that includes physical agents, therapeutic exercise, manual techniques and functional training.

Services designed to improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease are the types of assistance physical therapist assistants provide. Treatment processes involve massages, exercises, ultrasound and traction, as well as hot and cold packs. 100 credit hours of study are required to complete the program.

• Classes are offered that teach important techniques regularly used in clinics. You will learn how to take vital signs, bandage injuries, manipulate the patient's body during treatment, along with being educated in universal precautions and how to keep your workplace clean.
• You will learn the assessment skills a physical therapist must possess in order to evaluate patients' progress.
• A review of the neuromuscular anatomy and physiology must be completed, along with a review of the pathology of the neuromuscular system.

Occupational Therapy Assistant: Associate of Applied Science

The Occupational Therapy Assistant associate degree program gives the student all the skills necessary to acheive an entry-level job as an occupational therapy assistant. Upon receipt of the Occupational Therapy Assistant associate degree, graduates will be capable of passing the Certification Examination for Occupational Therapy Assistants, a test administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). Occupational Therapy courses comprise basic sequences which combine classroom lectures, laboratory and experiences in-clinic, and in the process, versatility and effectiveness of student in the occupational therapy career is supplemented by general education.

Occupational therapy assistants specialize in therapeutic treatment, under the guidance of occupational therapist, to patients who are missing out on their full lifestyle, due to illness, injury or disease. They assist clients with rehabilitative services and physical activities described in a treatment plan. A person's activities may be monitored by assistants to make sure they are performed correctly. An occupational therapy assitant's job may also be to give encouragement, as well as keeping records and finances straight. There are 100 credit hours involved in this program. Courses are offered to students on:

• The whole system of the human body as constructed of cells, tissues, organ systems, senses and disease mechanisms
• Kinetics and kinematics. Procedures that an occupational therapy assistant must carry out to monitor a patientís progress, with an emphasis on the assessment. We look at every part of the body to learn about relevant functional activities.
• Diseases and problems with the body. The treatment of job related performance is stressed, along with making documentation of the patient's progression to the expected outcomes.

College education is a step forward to assure you of a brighter future in terms of your personal life and chosen calling. The Brown Mackie College schools offer you excellent education through our dedicated faculty, flexible class schedules and individual attention that they provide.

Physical Therapist Assistant: Associate of Applied Science

The Physical Therapist Assistant associate level scheme is conceived to give the graduate the fundamental know-how needed to enter into an entry level employment position as a physical therapist assistant. The purpose of this program is to get a student ready to perform physical therapy treatments, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to people who lost functional abilities due to an injury, disease or illness. Emphasis is being placed on the development of solid knowledge in physical therapy that includes physical agents, therapeutic exercise, manual techniques and functional training.

Services designed to improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease are the types of assistance physical therapist assistants provide. Treatment processes involve massages, exercises, ultrasound and traction, as well as hot and cold packs. 100 credit hours of study are required to complete the program.

• Classes are offered that teach important techniques regularly used in clinics. You will learn how to take vital signs, bandage injuries, manipulate the patient's body during treatment, along with being educated in universal precautions and how to keep your workplace clean.
• You will learn the assessment skills a physical therapist must possess in order to evaluate patients' progress.
• A review of the neuromuscular anatomy and physiology must be completed, along with a review of the pathology of the neuromuscular system.

Occupational Therapy Assistant: Associate of Applied Science

The Occupational Therapy Assistant associate degree program gives the student all the skills necessary to acheive an entry-level job as an occupational therapy assistant. Upon receipt of the Occupational Therapy Assistant associate degree, graduates will be capable of passing the Certification Examination for Occupational Therapy Assistants, a test administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). Occupational Therapy courses comprise basic sequences which combine classroom lectures, laboratory and experiences in-clinic, and in the process, versatility and effectiveness of student in the occupational therapy career is supplemented by general education.

Occupational therapy assistants specialize in therapeutic treatment, under the guidance of occupational therapist, to patients who are missing out on their full lifestyle, due to illness, injury or disease. They assist clients with rehabilitative services and physical activities described in a treatment plan. A person's activities may be monitored by assistants to make sure they are performed correctly. An occupational therapy assitant's job may also be to give encouragement, as well as keeping records and finances straight. There are 100 credit hours involved in this program. Courses are offered to students on:

• The whole system of the human body as constructed of cells, tissues, organ systems, senses and disease mechanisms
• Kinetics and kinematics. Procedures that an occupational therapy assistant must carry out to monitor a patientís progress, with an emphasis on the assessment. We look at every part of the body to learn about relevant functional activities.
• Diseases and problems with the body. The treatment of job related performance is stressed, along with making documentation of the patient's progression to the expected outcomes.

Veterinary Technician Programs

Veterinary Technician: Associate of Applied Science

The Veterinary Technician associate degree program prepares students to take on a variety of clinical responsibilities, including animal patient care, performing laboratory procedures, medical imaging, administering and monitoring anesthesia, and assisting in the animal OR. Students will be prepared to sit for the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE).

A veterinarian will supervise veterinary technicians as they engage in clinical work. Veterinary technicians often perform medical tests and help to diagnose and treat diseases and medical problems in animals. Technicians may also interview owners to get the animal's case history, process X-rays, and nurse animal patients. Also, the technician may need to consult with the pet's owner about their animal's condition.

This program requires 96 credits hours.

It provides classes in:

• Professional veterinary procedures in an animal clinical environment.
• Skills necessary to properly restrain animals, obtain patient data and collect laboratory samples.
• State of the art animal patient care, covering therapeutic procedures, as well as dietary and hygienic care.

Veterinary Technology: Associate of Applied Science

The associate degree program in Veterinary Technology is a two-year period program specifically developed to equip students with the appropriate knowledge and skills required to gain entry-level employment in today's veterinary field. Students completing this program are well trained in a variety of areas, including anesthesia monitoring and administration, medical imaging, laboratory testing, animal patient care and assisting in surgery. Our graduates are prepared to be successful as veterinary technicians in the many veterinary medicine settings.

Veterinary technicians complete clinical tasks while being supervised by a veterinarian. They perform medical tests and also help to treat and diagnose medical conditions and diseases in animals. Technicians may be responsible for recording of patient case histories, developing X-rays, and providing nursing care. Also, they may need to communicate with the owner about the pet's general condition.

This is a 96 credit hour program.

The courses offered not only help students understand the roles and responsibilities of veterinary technicians but also equips them with the skills that are needed to perform basic nursing functions and front office procedures.

• Course lectures and skills cover areas such as veterinary ethics and law, veterinary record keeping, understanding behavior of animals and animal care such as physical examination, grooming, animal safety and drug administration.
• You will also learn about diseases, veterinary care and nursing skills associated with small and large animals.
• You will be prepared to assist with basic surgeries, prepare animals for surgery, perform pre- and post-operative care, and care for the surgical supplies and the operating room.

Veterinary Technician: Associate of Applied Science

The Veterinary Technician associate degree program prepares students to take on a variety of clinical responsibilities, including animal patient care, performing laboratory procedures, medical imaging, administering and monitoring anesthesia, and assisting in the animal OR. Students will be prepared to sit for the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE).

A veterinarian will supervise veterinary technicians as they engage in clinical work. Veterinary technicians often perform medical tests and help to diagnose and treat diseases and medical problems in animals. Technicians may also interview owners to get the animal's case history, process X-rays, and nurse animal patients. Also, the technician may need to consult with the pet's owner about their animal's condition.

This program requires 96 credits hours.

It provides classes in:

• Professional veterinary procedures in an animal clinical environment.
• Skills necessary to properly restrain animals, obtain patient data and collect laboratory samples.
• State of the art animal patient care, covering therapeutic procedures, as well as dietary and hygienic care.

Veterinary Technology: Associate of Applied Science

The associate degree program in Veterinary Technology is a two-year period program specifically developed to equip students with the appropriate knowledge and skills required to gain entry-level employment in today's veterinary field. Students completing this program are well trained in a variety of areas, including anesthesia monitoring and administration, medical imaging, laboratory testing, animal patient care and assisting in surgery. Our graduates are prepared to be successful as veterinary technicians in the many veterinary medicine settings.

Veterinary technicians complete clinical tasks while being supervised by a veterinarian. They perform medical tests and also help to treat and diagnose medical conditions and diseases in animals. Technicians may be responsible for recording of patient case histories, developing X-rays, and providing nursing care. Also, they may need to communicate with the owner about the pet's general condition.

This is a 96 credit hour program.

The courses offered not only help students understand the roles and responsibilities of veterinary technicians but also equips them with the skills that are needed to perform basic nursing functions and front office procedures.

• Course lectures and skills cover areas such as veterinary ethics and law, veterinary record keeping, understanding behavior of animals and animal care such as physical examination, grooming, animal safety and drug administration.
• You will also learn about diseases, veterinary care and nursing skills associated with small and large animals.
• You will be prepared to assist with basic surgeries, prepare animals for surgery, perform pre- and post-operative care, and care for the surgical supplies and the operating room.

Associate of Applied Science

A graduate studying the associate degree program in Gerontology is inducted to study the biological, social and psychological methods of aging and effects in the health care industry. The student is expected to be trained in order to take up a wide range of entry-level appointments in the field of health care or social service environment that provides expertise in working with seniors through simultaneous preparation of the graduate with all the technical knowledge require to enroll in the administrative structure involving a traditional world of health care as it is associated with the older populace.

There are many openings for students in various health departments in private and public sectors as well as social service agencies such as health and social service assistants and nursing home aides. There are careers available in hospitals, clinics, mental health facilities, corporations, goverment agencies and community organizations.

You will be required to attend 96 hours of study for this course. Students may take courses in:

• The services and integrating mechanisms which make up the continuum of long term residential care. Long-term care and its delivery systems can be studied including services, characteristics of clients, and current organizational forms.
• Dilemmas of both an economic and social nature that people must contend with as they grow older.
• The physical effect of aging is visible on every part of body. The identification of what is normal and what is abnormal may be due to age-related changes within the body.

Medical Programs

Students enrolled in The Medical & Health Science programs will be ready to work in the industries within the healthcare field that have experienced the greatest growth. Students with varying interests can be served by our program; from nursing and medical assisting to medical coding and veterinary practices, we have a program that we can tailor to you.

Medical Assistant

The program of Medical Assistant enables graduates to acquire skills required for gaining entry-level employment in a setting consisting of clinical and/or administrative medical opportunities. The course of study readies grads for entry-level jobs supervised by managers via classes in medical office administration, lab methods, drugs, and business and computer methods.

Diploma

The MA diploma course furnishes grads with proficiencies needed to acquire entry-level positions in medical or administrative environments. Graduates from this program are prepared with courses in office administration, business principles and technologies, as well as clinical procedures and pharmacology to work under the supervision of a physician and office manager.

A medical assistant undertakes a myriad of jobs all with the goal of creating a health practitioner's office that operates as efficiently as possible. They may help examine and treat patients under the close supervision of a physician, talk to patients, take patients' vital signs, and update patient records. In addition, they may conduct administrative duties like greeting patients, recordkeeping, insurance, arranging lab services, and billing.

48 credit hours of study is the length of this program.

Requires full understanding of:

• The workings of the human body.
• Ordinary physical exam methods, among them taking vital signs, utilizing instruments and machinery, and taking measurements and medical histories.
• Automatic methods for scheduling and billing, along with basic accounting, office management and correspondence.

Associate of Applied Science

The associate's degree coursework in MA readies pupils to perform with and under the supervision of doctors in office or medical environments. To attain this objective, the MA coursework offers instruction in medical and lab methods, anatomy, physiology, terminology, and office administration. In business and general education, the coursework enables a graduate to professionally grow and develop the capacity to take up leadership roles.

Medical assistants are instrumental in ensuring the smooth operation of health practitioners' clinics. They may help with patient exams and care under the supervision of a doctor, as well as interview, take vital signs, and histories for patients. They may also be responsible for greeting and checking in patients, maintaining medical records, completing forms for insurance, scheduling office and lab appointments, or assisting with billing.

This course of study requires 96 credit hours to complete.

• Students will take courses on physical examination basics, vital sign procedures, equipment usage, and recording processes.
• Computerized scheduling and billing activities, as well as primary accounting, office management, and mail handling.
• The different kinds of medications and methods of administering them, among them appropriate methods and preparations.

Pharmacy Technician Schools

One of the smartest things you can do to further your quality of life and career goals is to get a college education. Brown Mackie College is dedicated to helping you accomplish your goals because they offer a wonderful education with qualified faculty, adjustable schedules for your classes, and one on one assistance.

Pharmacy Technology: Associate of Applied Science

This program gets students ready to perform the technical duties that are involved during the preparation and dispensing of medications under the supervision of a pharmacist. Students completing the program will be qualified to seek employment in both retail and institutional settings. The National certification exam is one of the things that this program prepares students for.

Pharmacy technicians assist registered pharmacists in dispensing medications. They help prepare the prescriptions by getting the medication, counting it, pouring it, weighing or measuring it, and finally labeling the bottles. Preparing insurance claim forms, maintaining patient profiles, and keeping inventory of prescription are some of the responsibilities of pharmacy technicians. You are required to complete 96 credit hours for this program.

It offers:

• An understanding of the structure and function of the human body
• Institutional and community pharmacy practice - Many different topics will be covered, such as: calculations, ordering medications, reading orders, rules for safe drug usage.
• The basics of the pharmacy practice are taught with the focus being on precision and accuracy when preparing and distributing medications to patients.

One of the smartest things you can do to further your quality of life and career goals is to get a college education. Brown Mackie College is dedicated to helping you accomplish your goals because they offer a wonderful education with qualified faculty, adjustable schedules for your classes, and one on one assistance.

Pharmacy Technology: Associate of Applied Science

This program gets students ready to perform the technical duties that are involved during the preparation and dispensing of medications under the supervision of a pharmacist. Students completing the program will be qualified to seek employment in both retail and institutional settings. The National certification exam is one of the things that this program prepares students for.

Pharmacy technicians assist registered pharmacists in dispensing medications. They help prepare the prescriptions by getting the medication, counting it, pouring it, weighing or measuring it, and finally labeling the bottles. Preparing insurance claim forms, maintaining patient profiles, and keeping inventory of prescription are some of the responsibilities of pharmacy technicians. You are required to complete 96 credit hours for this program.

It offers:

• An understanding of the structure and function of the human body
• Institutional and community pharmacy practice - Many different topics will be covered, such as: calculations, ordering medications, reading orders, rules for safe drug usage.
• The basics of the pharmacy practice are taught with the focus being on precision and accuracy when preparing and distributing medications to patients.

Surgical Technician Programs

The Medical and Health Sciences programs intended to give students proficiencies needed to get a job in some of the quickly developing medical and healthcare industries fields. If a career in the medical

List of education programs offered by Brown Mackie College