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Sanford Community Adult Education



Personal Enrichment

CPR & BLS (Advanced)

$90

with Jayne Perkins

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025 , runs for 1 week

CPR and BLS (Basic Life Support) This is an advanced course for people in public service as a paid or volunteer first rsponder. Enhance your basic CPR and AED skills learning how to better manage breathing, airways and drug overdoses.  Course meets requirements for first responders, lifeguards and others who may need or want more advanced medical training. Course fee includes American Heart Association CPR card. (This instructor is AHA and ASHI Certified) 

There is a $75 materials fee for pocket mask, book, and specific card to this class.

Class Date To Be Determined at a later date.

 

CPR Heartsaver & First Aid

$90

with Jayne Perkins

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025 , runs for 1 week

Acquire the critical skills needed to respond to and manage a first aid, choking, or sudden cardiac arrest until emergency medical services arrive. Learn to treat bleeding, sprains, broken bones, and other first-aid emergencies. CPR and AED for Adults, Children, and infants.  Certification is good for 2 years and meets most requirements for advisors, camp counselors, and basic care providers.  The course fee includes American Heart Association CPR card. (This instructor is AHA and ASHI Certified).

There is a $40 materials fee for pocket mask, book, and specific card to this class.

Class Date To Be Determined at a later date. 

Medical Office Specialist (2 programs) with Medical Coding and CMAA National Certification (SELF-PACED)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professionals

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025 , runs for 36 weeks

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  All classes are pre-recorded for you to take at your own pace.   You still have instructor support for the self-paced class.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $6750 to enroll in the class itself.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professionals.  Payments go directly to American Medical Professionals.  They offer multiple payment methods.

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professionals.  Once you have completed the paperwork and the requested information, the Academy of Medical Professionals will contact you to complete your registration process.

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This course track combines two programs: Medical Administrative Assistant with Billing, as well as, Medical Coding with CPC-A, leaving you with 2 national certifications. It also includes our programs at a discounted rate. The Medical Professional courses are designed to be completed one after the other; course timing will be coordinated with you by our Education Advisors.

$6,750 includes National Certification, all books, fees, and resume and job assistance. 

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at AdultEd@Sanford.org

Medical Office Specialist (CMAA National Certification) (SELF-PACED)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professionals

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025 , runs for 16 weeks

This is an online course.  There are set times for classes.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $3,200 to enroll in the class.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professionals.  Payments go directly to American Medical Professionals.  They offer multiple payment methods.

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professionals.  Once you have completed the paperwork and the requested information, the Academy of Medical Professionals will contact you to complete your registration process.

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Classes are held once a week for 2 hours via Zoom and are recorded. You may choose to attend the course Live via Zoom or Self-paced by watching the recorded classes; both program options have instructor support. You will learn HIPAA compliance and health information in the medical office, insurance and billing procedures, financial and practice management, and administrative duties. In addition, we take you through the “virtual medical office” which allows you to practice “real” medical office skills before entering the workforce.

$3,200 includes National Certification, all books, fees, and resume and job assistance. 

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at AdultEd@Sanford.org

Medical Transcription Certificate (SELF-PACED)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professionals

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025 , runs for 30 weeks

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime anywhereAll classes are pre-recorded for you to take at your own pace.   You still have instructor support for the self-paced class.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $3,200 to enroll in the class itself.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professions.  Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professions.  Once you have filled out the paperwork and the requested information, Academy of Medical Professions will reach out to you to complete your registration process.

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Medical Transcription is a desired field for most people to work from home.  Strong typing, computer, and English Grammar skills are essential.  Medical terminology, formats, rules and regulations, jobs, calculation of pay, confidentiality, and tricks of the trade, all equipment, reference books, and course books are provided with the course fee.  Classes are online for 16 weeks with completion of 16-week to 6-month options.  This is a State Certified Program, and you will receive a Certificate of Completion and Letter of Recommendation upon graduation, resumes and how to obtain a job are covered in this program.  The program includes Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Transcription.  

$3,200 includes everything for the course and the field.  The required typing skills are above 60 WPM, and Microsoft Word proficiency.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@Sanford.org

 

Pharmacy Technician National Certification with PTCB (SELF-PACED)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professionals

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025 , runs for 14 weeks

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  All classes are pre-recorded for you to take at your own pace.   You still have instructor support for the self-paced class.

Registration for this class is free, meaning there is no fee to sign up for the course.  However, once registered, there is a cost of $2,850 to enroll in the class.  Your registration doesn't secure your spot in the class.  Your registration details are necessary for SCAE to forward to American Medical Professionals.  Payments go directly to American Medical Professionals.  They offer multiple payment methods.

After signing up for the class, you'll receive a packet to fill out and send directly to American Medical Professionals.  Once you have filled out the paperwork and the information requested, Academy of Medical Professionals will reach out to you to complete your registration process.

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 All-Inclusive 14 week program, you will learn everything from the role of the technician in the pharmacy setting to the basic sciences at the core of pharmacy practice, to preparing for the PTCB exam. You will learn complete drug information that includes proper name, spelling and pronunciation, drug class, generic and trade name, route of administration, dosage, and more of hundreds of drugs. You will be able to identify pills on sight with pill photos, gain a better understanding of how certain drugs work within the body with a concise review of relevant anatomy and physiology, and stay up to date with cutting-edge pharmacy practice with the latest information on new drugs, regulations, HIPAA guidelines, and safety procedures. 

$2,850  This Certificate program includes all course materials and PTCB National Certification (CPhT) Exam fee. 

If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

Wilderness First Aid/ASHI

$150

with Jayne Perkins

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 1, 2025

Wilderness environments create special situations not usually encountered in an urban or suburban environment. With an ASHI Wilderness First Aid class, first aid providers in a remote outdoor setting will be better prepared to respond with wilderness first aid training when faced with limited resources, longer times to care for someone, and decisions about when and how fast to evacuate an ill or injured person. This comprehensive 16-hour course meets or exceeds the Boy Scouts of America wilderness first aid curriculum and doctrine guidelines, 2017 Edition.  Topics include preparation and assessment, preventing and caring for injuries and illnesses, environmental hazards, and other wilderness considerations.

There is a materials fee of $35 for book and supplies.

Class Dates are To Be Determined at a Later Date

 

 

Advanced SQL

$245

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Next available session starts Jan 6, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
5 additional sessions through Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.

Registration can be done up to a week after class starts.

Take your SQL query skills to a new level by learning how to write more advanced SQL queries for enhanced decision-making. In this course, you will learn how to write advanced subqueries, advanced join queries, and UNION queries that query more than one table. You will learn how to use transaction processing to ensure SQL statements execute completely or not at all and how to create stored procedures that enable you to store SQL statements for execution.

For full details, see: https://www.yougotclass.org/index.cfm/Sanford

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org

 





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