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Medical Coding with CPC-A National Certification (SET CLASS TIMES)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professions

Calendar Current session started Mar 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 20 weeks

There is a cost of $3,950 to enroll in the class.  If you choose to do a payment plan through Academy of Medical Professions, Cost is $4,325.

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 $3,950 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 Professions. Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.  

All Medical Coding Programs Offered

     $3,950 Medical Coding (CPC-A Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $5,150 Medical Coding w/Practicode (CPC Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $1,200 Practicode only (6 - 10 Weeks) - Adding Practicode will remove the apprenticeship designation from the CPC credential.  

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 contact you to complete your registration process.

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This program will be held once a week for 20 weeks. Upon completion of the program, you will sit for your CPC national certification which is included in tuition. Your title will be a CPC-A, for the first year; CPC-A means you will be considered a certified coder with an Apprentice designation for one year. Once you have worked for a year, you will have your Apprentice title removed and be an official CPC! This program consists of Medical Terminology/Anatomy for ICD-10 and Medical Coding curriculum.

March 13, 2025 class runs through August 7, 2025

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

 

Medical Coding with Practicode Only (SET CLASS TIMES)

Free

with Academy of Medical Professions

Calendar Current session started Mar 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 19 weeks

There is a cost of $1,200 to enroll in the class.  If you choose to do a payment plan through Academy of Medical Professions, Cost is $1,625.

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 this 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 $1,200 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 Professions. Payments go directly to American Medical Professions.  They offer multiple payment methods.  

All Medical Coding Programs Offered

     $3,950 Medical Coding (CPC-A Certification) (20 - Weeks)

     $5,150 Medical Coding w/Practicode (CPC Certification) (20 - Weeks)

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 contact you to complete your registration process.

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This course is a 6-to-10-week online practicum taken after earning your CPC-A. CPC-A’s get real-world experience coding actual medical charts. This new coding practice course helps to improve coding skills across multiple specialties, allows a new coder to gain coding experience. It is comprised of 3 modules of 200 actual, redacted medical records per module. Upon completion of this program, you will have your Apprentice designation removed immediately- providing you an equivalency of 2 years’ experience in the field in under 30 weeks.

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

 

Introduction to Cybersecurity

$195

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Current session started Apr 7, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.  This class can be taken up to one week past the class start date.

Explore the field of cybersecurity, including its history, importance, and core principles. Understand the various types of cyber threats and the fundamental concepts of information security.  Come away with a familiarity of the basic types of cyber threats. 

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

Advanced Legal Research & Writing

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts May 5, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks

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

This exciting course is designed to teach advanced and specialized approaches to utilize the legal resources available in a law library, and elsewhere. The conceptual differences between computer-assisted legal research and hard-copy research will be taught. You will also learn how to formulate WESTLAW search queries and effectively and efficiently use WESTLAW and other online legal research methods as time-saving devices in legal research and legal writing. This course is designed to examine more thoroughly advanced and specialized approaches to utilizing the legal sources available in the law library and online. Successful graduates of this non-credit course will be awarded a Certificate of Completion from the college or university of their choice.

Lesson 1: Legal Authorities and Citations

Lesson 2: Legal Analysis

Lesson 3: Westlaw© online legal research

Lesson 4: The Legal Memorandum of Law

Lesson 5: Manual Legal Research

Lesson 6: Types of Legal Writing Course Objectives

How to conduct manual legal research.  How to conduct electronic legal research.  How to find, interpret, and use various types of legal authorities.  How to share with legal authorities.  How to write a legal analysis.  How to draft a Memorandum of Law.  How to briefcase opinions How to engage in various types of legal writing, participants will be expected to complete reading and homework assignments and will be assigned an advanced legal research project and legal writing assignment. Final research and writing projects will be presented for grading to the instructor or CLS by Barbri as a prerequisite of course completion.

PREREQUISITE: Students must have completed the core Paralegal Certificate Course or have one year of paralegal experience before enrolling in this course.

Books Approximate Cost: $400

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

 

CERTIFICATE SQL

$595

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Next available session starts May 5, 2025 , runs for 10 weeks
1 additional session on Jun 2, 2025

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the industry standard database programming language. It is one of the most in demand skills in occupations that require interaction with data and analyzing data. Through your knowledge of Structured Query Language, you will become more marketable in computer related career fields that pertain to database administration. Learning SQL can also lead to a job that is specific to analyzing data such as a data analyst, a quality assurance analyst, or a business analyst.   You’ll first learn about relational database structures, the history and uses of Structured Query Language, and how to use Structured Query Language to create a database, add records to database tables, and how to use SQL queries to extract meaningful data from database tables.  You will quickly progress from creating simple SQL queries that query a single table to querying multiple tables simultaneously. You’ll also learn how to alter data in a database and how to gather significant statistics from data stored in a database. Finally, you'll learn techniques that will enable you to write powerful queries that perform complicated searches and sorts on your data. This certificate will enhance your competitiveness in the field of database administration and data analyst jobs.

This includes three classes which may be taken individually or grouped as a certificate:

          Introduction to SQL - $245

          Intermediate SQL - $245

          Advanced SQL - $245

Classes go through the following dates for certificates:

     May 5 - Aug 1

     June 2 - Aug 29

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

 

eDiscovery for Paralegals

$995

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts May 5, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

This introductory 7-week course is for those entering the eDiscovery field, as well as professionals wanting to broaden their knowledge of the eDiscovery process. Course covers the entire eDiscovery process, from preparation to collection, to review of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). Learners will progress through the basics of eDiscovery prep, best practices for ESI collection, and the review process. 

Books Approximate Cost: $150

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

 

 

 

Intermediate AI

$195

with LERN U Got Class

Calendar Next available session starts May 5, 2025 , runs for 4 weeks

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere during the class dates specified.  This class can be taken up to one week past the class start date.

Dive deeper into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence. Explore machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, and neural networks, while gaining hands-on experience with popular AI frameworks and tools. Take your AI expertise to the next level.

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

 

Legal Nurse Consultant Training Course

$1,295

with Center for Legal Studies

Calendar Next available session starts May 5, 2025 , runs for 7 weeks

This is an online course.  This class can be taken anytime, anywhere.  You can work at your own pace.

This exciting program prepares medical professionals for a career in the legal field as legal nurse consultants. Building on your medical education and possible clinical experience, this course provides nurses with the fundamental skills necessary to advise law firms, health care providers, insurance companies, and governmental agencies regarding medically related issues and to appear in court as expert witnesses. The course teaches legal concepts related to the healthcare industry, as well as the role a legal nurse consultant might play in litigation areas such as medical malpractice, toxic torts, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, criminal law, and workers’ compensation. Any nurse interested in entering the legal field can benefit from the education provided by this course. The course is also open to anyone interested in the field of forensic testimony and medical-legal issues, but participants without a nursing background might not be able to take the LNCC exam after graduation. Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) is a discretionary test separate from this training course that experienced registered nurses graduating from this course may decide to sit for. LNCC test eligibility requirements are discussed during this training course; however, nurses graduating from this course need not take the LNCC to practice as legal nurse consultants.

This nurse continuing professional development activity was approved by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Successful graduates will receive a certificate for 42 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development from CLS by Barbri that they may be able to use to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Books Approximate Cost: $275

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

 





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