Career Centers of Texas

A great career begins with proper planning and being prepared. A diploma from Career Centers of Texas signals to employers that you have the knowledge, skills, and work habits required to be a valuable part of their team. Career Centers of Texas can help you begin or advance in a promising career.

Education that is Successful

All students advance at their own rhythm and in their own way. No matter how you learn, we have career-focused programs that are designed to meet your needs. Thanks to the a wide variety of teaching methods, that each program provides, you can learn in the environments that works best for you.

Opportunities For Real-World Training

Real-world working environments are simulated in our training labs, allowing you to practice the skills you learn in the classroom, and to develop the confidence you will need to succeed on the job. Field trips, presentations from industry professionals, and activities that let you learn by doing may be a part of your training. We offer many programs that let you gain on-the-job training with experienced professionals through externships.

Put Effort Into Yourself

We are aware that your time and money are limited an precious items. That is another reason why we work hard to ensure that you have flexible schedules and affordable programs available to you that will fit your financial and lifestyle needs. You can prepare for a successful new career without having to give up your current job with our option of attending either day or evening classes. When you graduate from Career Centers of Texas, you will be ready to find a job in your chosen field.

The Career Centers of Texas offer excellent higher education courses that combine general studies, professional training, and career emphasis to give you the power to be the best you can be, both personally and professionally. There is a large variety of programs you can choose from to meet the needs of employers which will enable a smooth transition from the classroom to a job site. Career Centers of Texas has campuses in Brownsville, Corpus Christi, El Paso, and Fort Worth, making it extremely accessible from anywhere you may live in the great state of Texas.

Our Commitment to You

The success of Career Centers of Texas is a result of our commitment to providing the highest level of quality education for our students. By having the hands on approach, you will be able to master any career choice

Medical Assistant – Diploma

The MA is expected to be one of the most booming careers through 2014. Americans' life spans are longer than they have ever been which means they need more health care during their later years. In fact, the larger the country's population, the more people there are who need medical care.

Clinical Skills

The health care industry has experienced exponential growth, and students from the Career Centers of Texas will be equipped with the skills necessary to work in medical office environments; in fact, much of their training will come from actual training labs that will offer them hands-on experience with real medical equipment. You will be required to perform a variety of clinical procedures, including giving injections, drawing blood, taking vital signs, and assisting during minor surgeries.

Administrative Skills

Since computers are essential in modern medical office settings, this course focuses on word processing, computer-enhanced finance, and diverse techniques for recordkeeping.

It is possible that you may also responsible for routine office administration procedures, like:

• Standard accounting procedures
• Filing insurance claims
• Medical coding and billing, maintaining the medical records of patients
• Preparing correspondence, and the transcription of medical data

Prepare For Certification

This program has accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), and will help prepare you to pass the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) certification exam, which is sponsored by the American Medical Technologists (AMT).

A personal approach

To ensure that you are successful in your studies, our qualified, professional teachers will offer you an extensive level of personal attention with pride. Pick up the phone and call us at 888.215.8038 and talk to one of our Admissions Representatives, or fill in the form to your right. We can assist you in signing up for a course of study that will transform your future and set you on a course to a dynamic profession.

Patient Care Tech Schools

The patient care technician assists patients with tasks they cannot do for themselves, such as bathing, brushing their teeth and hair, eating, and dressing. Other tasks may include, but are not limited to, helping patients move from one place to another, transferring patient to and from bed or a wheelchair, or performing range of motion exercises.

A Personal Approach

At Career Centers of Texas, our instructors have been chosen for their experience in the health care field, and they are ready to help prepare you for your own career.You will gain the essential aptitudes necessary to thrive well as a professional in the health care industry. The training laboratories of the organization are designed to simulate and create real-world patient care environments enabling a person to practice his techniques and strengthen the confidence he requires to proceed further in his new career and become a graduate soon.

What Will You Study?

You will need to develop varied skills to succeed, and the curriculum offers a variety of training methods and a diverse curriculum to meet the challenge.

Specific course topics are as follows:

• Home health with a focus on communication skills, observing, reporting and recording, and maintaining a safe home health care environment
• Mental health services including topics like anxiety, patient safety, chemical dependency, and developmental disorders
• Patient care assisting to obtain skills in taking vital signs, assisting surgical, pediatric, and obstetrics patients, and learning to cope with death and dying
• Specialized care procedures such as caring for wounds and changing dressings, performing respiratory care procedures, collecting specimens, and performing lab tests, phlebotomy, and electrocardiography

Gain Real-World Experience

Before graduating from the program, you will be required to participate in an externship at a health care facility in the community. This externship experience will prepare you for an entry-level position as a patient care assistant/technician (PCAT), health care technician, nursing or home health aide, phlebotomist, electrocardiograph aide, or allied health assistant. Patient care technicians are able to obtain placement opportunities in private practice offices, clinics, hospitals, group or patients' homes, medical and psychiatric units, and rehabiliation centers.

The patient care technician assists patients with tasks they cannot do for themselves, such as bathing, brushing their teeth and hair, eating, and dressing. Other tasks may include, but are not limited to, helping patients move from one place to another, transferring patient to and from bed or a wheelchair, or performing range of motion exercises.

A Personal Approach

At Career Centers of Texas, our instructors have been chosen for their experience in the health care field, and they are ready to help prepare you for your own career.You will gain the essential aptitudes necessary to thrive well as a professional in the health care industry. The training laboratories of the organization are designed to simulate and create real-world patient care environments enabling a person to practice his techniques and strengthen the confidence he requires to proceed further in his new career and become a graduate soon.

What Will You Study?

You will need to develop varied skills to succeed, and the curriculum offers a variety of training methods and a diverse curriculum to meet the challenge.

Specific course topics are as follows:

• Home health with a focus on communication skills, observing, reporting and recording, and maintaining a safe home health care environment
• Mental health services including topics like anxiety, patient safety, chemical dependency, and developmental disorders
• Patient care assisting to obtain skills in taking vital signs, assisting surgical, pediatric, and obstetrics patients, and learning to cope with death and dying
• Specialized care procedures such as caring for wounds and changing dressings, performing respiratory care procedures, collecting specimens, and performing lab tests, phlebotomy, and electrocardiography

Gain Real-World Experience

Before graduating from the program, you will be required to participate in an externship at a health care facility in the community. This externship experience will prepare you for an entry-level position as a patient care assistant/technician (PCAT), health care technician, nursing or home health aide, phlebotomist, electrocardiograph aide, or allied health assistant. Patient care technicians are able to obtain placement opportunities in private practice offices, clinics, hospitals, group or patients' homes, medical and psychiatric units, and rehabiliation centers.

Pharmacy Technician: Diploma

Pharmacy Technicians are required to assist a licensed/ registered pharmacist. Depending on the rules and regulations of their state, their duties may include counting pills and putting labels on bottles. You can acquire, at Career Centers of Texas, the knowledge, skills and work habits you need to pursue a career in the United States as a pharmacy technician. The Department of Labor expects accelerated growth in all occupations through 2014.

Career Responsibilites

Your expected duties as a pharmacy technician, working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, include but may not be limited to: transcribing doctors' orders, obtaining refill authorizations, and processing insurance claims. Among the additional activities during the day are premium management and safety acts, upkeep of patient files in a computerized system, and checking, stocking or reordering inventory items.

A Career-Focused Curriculum

Your ability to be successful as a pharmacy technician will be enhanced through our curriculum, which includes lectures, lab training, and an externship. The training provided will cover basic pharmacy procedures and includes courses in several detailed applications that will be needed to be knowledgeable in the field.

You will study courses that focus on:

• Procedures for hospital and retail pharmacies, as well as business applications
• Pharmacology, with a specific emphasis on both trade and generic names of durgs, and how these dugs affect the different body systems
• Processing prescription orders and preparing sterile products such as intravenous admixtures and oral solutions

Prepare for Certification

When you become certified as a Pharmacy Technician, it demonstrates to prospective employers that you possess the knowledge and skills needed to work as a competent pharmacy technician. The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) sponsors a program that can help you to prepare for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE). Registering with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and Passing the PTCE will allow you to work in Texas as a certified pharmacy technician. Other states may have different requirements.

Medical Office Administration

Career Centers of Texas, with campus locations in Brownsville, Corpus Christi, El Paso, and Fort Worth, provides students with diplomas and associate's degrees in allied health, information technology, the trades, and nursing. Career Centers of Texas is a division of Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, which has over 70 schools around the country.

An education at Career Centers of Texas is designed to provide students with the skills to begin a new career in one of several different fields. Career Centers of Texas has four main areas of study, and some of the programs have multiple areas of focus which enable students to learn targeted skills to begin new professions. The Allied Health program, for example, consists of a Dental Assistant diploma program, a Medical Practice Management Associate's degree program, a Pharmacy Technician diploma program, and other health-related disciplines. This level of focus provides students with the targeted skills that they need to excel in their chosen fields. Not all programs are available at all campuses.

The focus of Career Centers of Texas programs is to provide students with practical training in the real tools and technology that they'll need in their industry. Students will learn about office procedures, computer software skills, or whatever skills are specific to their career of choice. Some programs at Career Centers of Texas prepare students for certification, if certification is available or required in their careers. For example, the Dental Assistant diploma prepares students for certification exams to perform radiologic procedures, such as taking X-rays in a dentist's office.

Students at Career Centers of Texas may be eligible for federal and state financial aid. Students who are interested in financial aid should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Career Centers of Texas accepts federal and private loans to finance students' educations.

Career Centers of Texas, with campus locations in Brownsville, Corpus Christi, El Paso, and Fort Worth, provides students with diplomas and associate's degrees in allied health, information technology, the trades, and nursing. Career Centers of Texas is a division of Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, which has over 70 schools around the country.

An education at Career Centers of Texas is designed to provide students with the skills to begin a new career in one of several different fields. Career Centers of Texas has four main areas of study, and some of the programs have multiple areas of focus which enable students to learn targeted skills to begin new professions. The Allied Health program, for example, consists of a Dental Assistant diploma program, a Medical Practice Management Associate's degree program, a Pharmacy Technician diploma program, and other health-related disciplines. This level of focus provides students with the targeted skills that they need to excel in their chosen fields. Not all programs are available at all campuses.

The focus of Career Centers of Texas programs is to provide students with practical training in the real tools and technology that they'll need in their industry. Students will learn about office procedures, computer software skills, or whatever skills are specific to their career of choice. Some programs at Career Centers of Texas prepare students for certification, if certification is available or required in their careers. For example, the Dental Assistant diploma prepares students for certification exams to perform radiologic procedures, such as taking X-rays in a dentist's office.

Students at Career Centers of Texas may be eligible for federal and state financial aid. Students who are interested in financial aid should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Career Centers of Texas accepts federal and private loans to finance students' educations.

Dental Assistant: Diploma

At Career Centers of Texas, you can receive education and practical training necessary to begin your profession in the field of dental assisting.

Clinical Skills Training

In our dental assistant course, your training will emphasize on a range of clinical procedures you may conduct on the job as you help the dentist along side during dental activities, like:

• Helping with oral surgery, oral evacuation, and other procedures
• Coronal polishing, fluoride, and putting on pit and fissure sealants
• Giving instruments and materials to the dentist
• Knowing structures of the oral cavity, the different kinds of teeth, and universal codes for each and every tooth
• Teaching patients about preventative and post-operation dental care
• Sterilizing and disinfecting dental instruments and equipment and other important infection control steps
• Conducting dental radiographs (if having a valid certification) and impressions of patients' teeth

Administrative Skills Training

A majority of dental assistants also have to discharge administrative duties to assist in ensuring an efficient, commercially successful dental clinic. Your training will consist of classes in dental office procedures like taking stock of inventory, maintaining patient records, and communication skills in speaking and writing. With our perfect blend of classroom and lab coaching, you will get ample exposure to become an expert in Microsoft Word®, Excel®, Outlook® and PowerPoint®.

Prepare for Certification

The dental assistant program is specifically developed to assist you to make the right preparations for the radiology certification examinations recognized by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE), which may also carry certification to conduct specific radiologic procedures.† Regulations differ from state to state. To be qualified to take x-rays in a dentist's office in the state of Texas, you are required to complete a mandatory short course which has been approved by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners and also to be registered with the TSBDE.

List of education programs offered by Career Centers of Texas