EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

As a leading member of the California Community College System, Long Beach City College continues to offer quality, low-cost educational services to the health care industry in ways that meet the needs of California's health care workers. Since 1951, degree and certificate programs have been a focal point of our efforts to serve this industry. Today our health care educational services have expanded to include certifications, continuing education, degree programs, assessments, job placement, job tools and on-site contract education. Organizations can take advantage of our services in a numbers of ways.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Technical assistance can help businesses identify the best practices in current health care methods and select those that will work best for their organization. Certification and competency testing also can be performed on the behalf of health professionals, and skills assessments of existing staff can pinpoint training programs that will reduce turnover and increase productivity. Today's health care workers need strong skills to operate tomorrow's sophisticated equipment. Strong Math, English, computer and workplace skills are basic requirements. To this end, Long Beach City College provides assessments designed to help identify gaps and remediate basic skills of new or incumbent workers.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Training is available to support the changing to support the changing needs of the health care industry. Short, not-for-credit training programs can assist employees with skills updates and new certification require by the industry. Many of these programs are provided through Long Beach City College's continuing education, but companies also can take advantage of customized on-site services to meet specific training needs while minimizing the impact of employee time lost on the job. Health care employees also can take advantage of instruction for credit by enrolling in one of Long Beach City College's health care programs. Associate of Arts (AA) degrees are available in areas such as Medical Assisting, Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Vocational Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing. These programs are among the best respected in the state, and are taught by health care industry experts. All educational services can be delivered on a contract basis to organizations and employers who wish to receive closed, on-site, or customized educational services.