Health Sciences
Healthcare Careers - Because You want affordable education for a career in Healthcare
Why choose a career in Healthcare?
- Work with people and make a difference: If you feel energized by helping someone and want to make a difference in the lives of others, healthcare offers many fulfilling possibilities.
- Excellent job prospects: Healthcare is one of the nation's fastest growing career fields. Enjoy a satisfying career with good pay and benefits and countless opportunites.
- Short or long programs: Career choices and the length of training and education are varied.
Why EvCC?
- Jobs: 100% of nursing grads seeking work found jobs within six months.
- Quality: Medical assisting studetns are among the highest-scoring on national certification exams.
- Options: Programs range from one-quarter certificates to associate degrees to preparation for batchelor and graduate degrees.
- Employers: EvCC is located near major regional healthcare employers who hire and support our graduates.
- Affordable: Less expensive than private schools. Financial aid and scholarships available.
- Experience: Small classes, experiences instructors, accredited.
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Core Learning Outcomes:
1. Engage and take responsibility as active learners
Students will be involved in the learning process as they gain deeper levels of understanding of the subject matter. They will design, complete, and analyze projects while developing group interaction and leadership skills.
2. Think critically
Students will develop and practice analytical skills, problem-solving skills, and quantitative reasoning skills. Using creativity and self-reflection, they will be able to engage in inquiry that produces well-reasoned, meaningful conclusions.
3. Communicate effectively
Students will develop the organizational and research skills necessary to write and speak effectively. The students will demonstrate awareness of different audiences, styles, and approaches to oral and written communication.
4. Participate in diverse environments
Students will gain the awareness of and sensitivity to diversity, including one’s own place as a global citizen. Students attain knowledge and understanding of the multiple expressions of diversity, and the skills to recognize, analyze, and evaluate diverse issues and perspectives.
5. Utilize information literacy skills
Students will develop and employ skills to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various forms.
6. Demonstrate computer and technology proficiency
Students will use computers and technology as appropriate in their course of study.
