Four new programs of study have been added to the Spring Semester offerings at Independence Community College through a new partnership with Hutchinson Community College. The degree and certificate programs are hybrid offerings which allow students to attend ICC and complete their programs online. The new Allied Health programs have been announced as: Pharmacy Technician, Health Information Technology, Medical Coding, and Professional Medical Transcription.
“These vocational programs are designed to get people into the workforce with the training they need to be successful,” said Denise Clark, Allied Health Coordinator at ICC. “The most exciting part about this collaboration is that each and every one of these offerings will prepare students for jobs employers in this area are trying to fill. It’s a great feeling when we can help our students get the skills for jobs that are in high demand.”
Pharmacy Technicians work under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and perform many pharmacy related functions. Duties may include: preparing prescriptions, counting pills, extemporaneous compounding and preparing parenteral medications. Pharmacy technicians work in a wide variety of practice settings, including community pharmacies, hospitals, home healthcare, mail order and long-term care facilities.
Health Information Technology is offered both as an abbreviated Certificate Program and a full two-year Associate of Science Degree. Each time a patient sees a health care practitioner, the health care practitioner records information, including observations, medical test results, the diagnosis and any plans for treatment. Health Information Techs (HITs) organize and evaluate these records for completeness and accuracy and may clarify information with the practitioner. Techs assign codes to each diagnosis and procedure by consulting classification manuals as well as using their knowledge of disease processes. In large facilities, HITs may specialize in one area of health information or supervise health information employees. In small facilities, the technician may perform a wide variety of tasks in the health information department.
Medical Coding is a certificate program that prepares students for coding positions in hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, insurance companies and other settings where diagnostic and procedural data are coded in ICD-9-CM and CPT for reimbursement purposes. Credits in this program are fully applicable to the Health Information Technology Associate in Applied Science degree.
Professional Medical Transcription is a certificate program that is designed for persons interested in pursuing careers which combine skills in operating computers and word processing, in understanding and interpreting medical information and terms and in transcribing medical reports. This certificate provides instruction and clinical experience to assist students in developing the skills required of medical transcriptionists. After working in the field for three years, transcriptionists are eligible to apply to write the certification examination for medical transcriptionists through the American Association of Medical Transcriptionists.
For more information about these programs, contact Clark at (620) 332-5498 or email at: Dclark@indycc.edu.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Osage and Oilmen II Course set for Afternoons
Independence Community College is pleased to offer a follow-up course to Osages and Oilmen, the study of regional literature in the Southeast Kansas, Northeast Oklahoma area.
Osages and Oilmen, Part II, offers a chance to examine two literary works by authors John Joseph Mathews, Osage from Pawhuska, OK, and Michael Wallis, awarding winning, Pulitzer nominated, writer from Tulsa, OK. The class will first read Talking to the Moon, a series of essays by Mathews talking about what each of our months (moons) meant to the Osage people. It has been compared to Thoreau’s Walden.
The class will conclude with the Wallis tale of Ponca City’s 101 Ranch. Titled The Real Wild West, the book chronicles how the western experience became merged with our movies and how this ranch helped create the uniquely American sport of Rodeo. Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa recently acquired the world’s largest collection of 101 Ranch artifacts after winning a bidding exchange with Woolroc and may be a field trip destination for the class.
The class will meet on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until around 4:00 p.m. in room W106 in the new ICC West facility located at 2615 West Main Street, in Independence. Students may enroll during the first class which will be held Monday January 10th. Students who wish to take advantage of ICC’s free tuition should present a copy of their paid property tax statement, but will be responsible for ICC student fees.
The instructor, Marsha Hayes, is an Assistant Professor of Communication at ICC and welcomes inquiries from all interested prospective students. She can be reached at 620-332-5426 or mhayes@indycc.edu.
Osages and Oilmen, Part II, offers a chance to examine two literary works by authors John Joseph Mathews, Osage from Pawhuska, OK, and Michael Wallis, awarding winning, Pulitzer nominated, writer from Tulsa, OK. The class will first read Talking to the Moon, a series of essays by Mathews talking about what each of our months (moons) meant to the Osage people. It has been compared to Thoreau’s Walden.
The class will conclude with the Wallis tale of Ponca City’s 101 Ranch. Titled The Real Wild West, the book chronicles how the western experience became merged with our movies and how this ranch helped create the uniquely American sport of Rodeo. Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa recently acquired the world’s largest collection of 101 Ranch artifacts after winning a bidding exchange with Woolroc and may be a field trip destination for the class.
The class will meet on Monday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until around 4:00 p.m. in room W106 in the new ICC West facility located at 2615 West Main Street, in Independence. Students may enroll during the first class which will be held Monday January 10th. Students who wish to take advantage of ICC’s free tuition should present a copy of their paid property tax statement, but will be responsible for ICC student fees.
The instructor, Marsha Hayes, is an Assistant Professor of Communication at ICC and welcomes inquiries from all interested prospective students. She can be reached at 620-332-5426 or mhayes@indycc.edu.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Holiday Horror Stories Theme of Open Mic Night
Monday, December 6th, will be the date of Independence Community College’s Open Mic Night this month. The ICC LitGuild event will be held at to the ICC library at 7:30 pm. The theme of the evening will be ‘Holiday Horror Stories’.
According to Matt Hoven, Independence Community College Professor of English Composition and Literature, and sponsor of the LitGuild, everyone is invited to participate with an original work or an old favorite. In the past, participants have presented in a variety of expressional forms including singing a song, reading a poem, performing a monologue, or doing some stand-up.
Free refreshments will be served. The public is encouraged to attend as participants and/or audience.
For more information about the free event, contact Hoven by email at mhoven@indycc.edu or by phone at 332-5434.
According to Matt Hoven, Independence Community College Professor of English Composition and Literature, and sponsor of the LitGuild, everyone is invited to participate with an original work or an old favorite. In the past, participants have presented in a variety of expressional forms including singing a song, reading a poem, performing a monologue, or doing some stand-up.
Free refreshments will be served. The public is encouraged to attend as participants and/or audience.
For more information about the free event, contact Hoven by email at mhoven@indycc.edu or by phone at 332-5434.
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