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Technician
Diploma
If health care is your passion...
Then our Patient Care Technician program is for you!
Develop skills in anatomy and physiology, patient care procedures, body mechanics, providing care in
specialized settings, phlebotomy, electrocardiography, and basic lab assistant functions and, after
graduation, you could be ready for an entry-level position such as a nurse assistant, patient care
technician, home health aide, orderly, physical therapy aide, rehabilitation aide, phlebotomy
technician, EKG technician, or cardiac monitor technician.
858.279.4500
www.kaplancollege.com
Kaplan College
San Diego campus
9055 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
Patient Care
Technician
Diploma
What will I learn?
The Patient Care Technician Diploma program covers skills for
medical related duties that include, but arent limited to, ensuring
patient safety; providing administrative support; and providing
direct patient care in feeding, assisting with mobility, grooming,
and mantaining comfort levels. You could also learn competencies
such as professionalism, effective communication, and job
performance under primary health care providers.
But no matter what the setting, our career-focused programs offer
you a great learning experience with flexible schedules, professional instruction, and career placement assistance. We also limit
class sizes to make it easier for you to get the personal attention you
need to succeed.
Kaplan Commitment
Kaplan CommitmentSM is our way of giving you a test drive of
your course(s) before making a financial commitment. If you dont
stay, you dont pay unless you continue your program beyond
the Conditional Admittance Period. We choose to offer Kaplan
Commitment because we want you to be able to experience real
courses for real credits before making a financial commitment.
Kaplan Commitment offers you the opportunity to assess the
workload and evaluate the demands on your current work and
family commitments. We want to be sure this is the right choice
for you.
No credits will be earned if the student withdraws from the program. Students must
withdraw before the close of business on the last day of the Conditional Admittance
Period for tuition exemption. Program requirements may vary and other conditions
apply. Please contact us for details.
For more information on our program and its outcomes visit
www.kaplancollege.com/consumer-info
CURRICULUM
Course
Number
Contact Hours
Title
Lect.
Lab.
Clin.
Total
Hours
Quarter
Credits
AHB155K
60
20
80
5.0
AHK103K
52
28
80
5.0
AHR150K
Phlebotomy
60
20
80
5.0
AHW102K
45
35
80
5.0
EKP150K
Electrocardiography
40
40
80
5.0
HHA180K
20
20
1.0
HHQ190
20
0.5
PCG151K
80
4.5
PCQ176
120
4.0
PCY150K
80
5.0
PHX190
Phlebotomy Externship
40
40
1.0
180
760
41.0
Total
20
33
47
120
40
350
40
230
PCT_03/25/14
Kaplan College
San Diego campus
9055 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123
Tel: 858.279.4500
www.kaplancollege.com