{"id":16802,"date":"2015-05-07T13:09:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T17:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/05\/local-boces-partners-with-bryant-stratton-to-offer-certifications-in-two-health-fields.html"},"modified":"2015-05-07T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T17:09:47","slug":"local-boces-partners-with-bryant-stratton-to-offer-certifications-in-two-health-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/05\/local-boces-partners-with-bryant-stratton-to-offer-certifications-in-two-health-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Local BOCES Partners With Bryant Stratton To Offer Certifications In Two Health Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Adult Continuing Education program
\nof the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-
\nEssex BOCES has partnered with Bryant
\n& Stratton College to offer a new program
\nin April that provides students with the opportunity
\nto earn a national certification as
\na phlebotomist and an electrocardiogram
\n(EKG) technician.<\/p>\n
The program incorporates three courses,
\npreparing students for two National Healthcareer
\nAssociation (NHA) exams.<\/p>\n
The three courses are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 A clinical foundation course (72 hours).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fundamentals of phlebotomy (85 hours)
\nalong with a clinical internship (40 to 120
\nhours)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Electrocardiogram training (72 hours)
\nand a clinical internship (eight to 36 hours)<\/p>\n
Students who successfully complete the certified phlebotomy technician program are
\neligible for a $1000 discount on the certified
\nEKG technician course. Offer expires one year
\nafter completion of the certified phlebotomy
\ntechnician course.<\/p>\n
All courses will take place at Bryant &
\nStratton College’s Professional Skills Center
\nat 2452 Route 9, Malta.<\/p>\n
The certified phlebotomy technician course
\nis offered from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday,
\nWednesday and Friday from June 22 to August
\n17 and in the Monday and Wednesday evenings
\nfrom 6 to 9 p.m. from July 20 to Oct. 28.<\/p>\n
Visit WSWHE BOCES website at www.wswheboces.org for more details.
\nContact Cathy Goodwin at 581-3523 or
\nLinda Ernst at 581-3555 at the F. Donald Myers
\nEducation Center in Saratoga Springs for
\nmore information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Adult Continuing Education program of the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton- Essex BOCES has partnered with Bryant & Stratton College to offer a new program in April that provides students with the opportunity to earn a national certification as a phlebotomist and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[57,67,82],"class_list":["post-16802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","tag-business-news","tag-education","tag-healthcare"],"yoast_head":"\r\n