Are you looking for a rewarding career in Healthcare?
The Fast Track Healthcare Program may be the right career choice for you.
FREE Fast Track Healthcare Informational Sessions
December 3, 2024 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
December 5, 2024 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: Camp Regional Workforce Dev. Center
120 North College Drive
Franklin, VA 23851
The Fast Track Healthcare Program Application Period Begins: OCTOBER 14, 2024*.
*Note: Applicants for the Fast Track Healthcare Program are selected by the Fast Track Healthcare Program Coordinator based on application criteria. Students must be 18 years or older and have earned a high school diploma or GED.
For more information, email workforce@pdc.edu or call 757-569-6050.
The Fast Track Healthcare Program with Clinical Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician and EKG Technician and Phlebotomy Technician prepares you for an exciting and rewarding career! Start your career pathway with three in-demand healthcare certifications - Clinical Medical Assistant or Patient Care Tech, EKG Technician, and Phlebotomy Technician. You can earn these credentials in only five months. Camp is a National Healthcareer Association (NHA), awarding entity, partner therefore students will take the certification exams on-site.
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The Fast Track Healthcare Program with Clinical Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician, EKG Technician and Phlebotomy Technician Costs:
$,3900 Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA) or Patient Care Technician (PCT)**
$3,000 Phlebotomy Technician*
$1,800 EKG Technician*
**Tuition includes workbook, class materials, CPR certificate, on-site credential exams, and externships with local employers. Funding assistance is available for those who qualify. Most participants qualify with little to no cost.
Phlebotomy Technician
Associated Credential: National Healthcareer Association Phlebotomy Technician
Class Dates: January 13 – February 2, 2025
Class Days: Hybrid Class (Lecture online.
Labs in person: Monday, 9:00AM – 3:00 PM -OR-Monday & Wednesday
Evenings from 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Instructor: D. Hill
Location: Camp Workforce Development, Franklin
Tuition: $3,000
WCG Price: $1,000
Clinical Medical Assistant
Associated Credential - National Healthcareer Association Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA)
Class Dates: February 3 – May 4, 2025
Class Days: Hybrid Class (Lecture online.
Labs in person: Monday, 9:00AM – 3:00 PM -OR-Monday & Wednesday
Evenings from 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Instructor: D. Hill
Location: Camp Workforce Development, Franklin
Tuition: $3,900
WCG Price: $1,300
Patient Care Technician
Associated Credential - National Healthcareer Association Patient Care Technician
Class Dates: February 4 – May 4, 2025
Class Days: Hybrid Class (Lecture online.
Labs in person: Tuesdays/Thursdays 9 AM – 3 PM
Instructor: D. Hill
Location: Camp Workforce Development, Franklin
Tuition: $3,900
WCG Price: $1,300
EKG Technician
Associated Credential: National Healthcareer Association EKG Technician
Class Dates: May 5 – June 1, 2025
Class Days: Hybrid Class (Lecture online.
Labs in person: Monday, 9:00AM – 3:00 PM -OR-Monday & Wednesday
Evenings from 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Instructor: D. Hill
Location: Camp Workforce Development, Franklin
Tuition: $1,800
WCG Price: $600
Clinical Medical Assistant
A clinical medical assistant is a multi-skilled allied health care professional that specializes in procedures commonly performed in the ambulatory health care setting. Medical assistants perform both clinical and administrative duties and assist a variety of providers including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. They typically work in medical offices, clinics, urgent care centers and may work in general medicine or specialty practices. Common duties of a medical assistant include administrative and clinical tasks such as checking patients in and out upon arrival and departure, answering phone calls and questions, assisting providers with exams and procedures, administering injections or medications, working in the electronic health record (EHR), performing EKG, phlebotomy, and laboratory procedures, taking patient vital signs and more.
Patient Care Technician
A Patient Care Tech is a multi-skilled health care professional who provides daily care for patients under the supervision of a nurse or nursing team. Patient Care Techs assist with checking vital signs, performing certain medical tests, collecting samples, serving meals, escorting patients, reporting changes to the nurse, and assisting patient’s with exercise and mobility. Patient Care Technicians work in hospitals or dialysis centers.
Phlebotomy Technician
As a Phlebotomy Technician, you may perform some or all of the following tasks such as draw blood from patients and blood donors, evaluate patients’ ability to withstand procedure, explain blood-drawing procedure to patients and answer questions, perform basic point of care testing, such as blood glucose levels, prepare blood, urine and other specimens for testing, verify patient/donor identity, maintain medical equipment such as needles, test tubes and blood vials and more.
EKG Technician
As an EKG Technician you may perform some or all of the following tasks such as set up and administer EKGs (electrocardiograms) and stress tests, prepare patients for Holter or ambulatory monitoring, edit and deliver final test results to physicians for analysis, schedule appointments, transcribe physicians’ interpretations and more.
Application & Registration Information – Applicants for the FastTrack Healthcare Program, and the EKG Technician and Phlebotomy Technician stand-alone classes, must first be selected by the FastTrack Healthcare Program Coordinator based on application criteria.
Email workforce@pdc.edu or call 757-569-6050 for more information.
Job Outlook –
As of the fourth quarter of 2021, total employment in the Hampton Roads Workforce Region for Cardiovascular Technologists & Technicians was 200.
There is projected annual demand for 15 new entrants into this occupation.
Total employment for Medical Assistants was 2,454, and projected demand is 327 new entrants into this occupation.
Total employment for Phlebotomists was 492, and projected annual demand is 70 new entrants into this occupation.
(Source: Jobs EQ Occupation Report, April 2022)
Earnings in the Hampton Roads Workforce Region –
2021 wages for Cardiovascular Technologist & Technician careers:
Entry Level $34,200 – Mean $58,800 – Experienced $71,200
2021 wages for Medical Assistant careers:
Entry Level $27,200 – Mean $35,700 – Experienced $39,900
2021 wages for Phlebotomist careers:
Entry Level $24,700 – Mean $34,900 – Experienced $39,900
