Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) (The Commission Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, Department of Accreditation, American Physical Therapy Association, 1111 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA 22314; Web site: www.apta.org/CAPTE; Phone: 703-706-3245.)

The Physical Therapist Assistant Program prepares assistants who will contribute to physical therapy services by performing a variety of functions under the supervision of a physical therapist. The curriculum provides theory, lab practice, and clinical experience to prepare students to perform quality patient care. A student completing the program is eligible for admission to the licensing examination administered by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. Job opportunities exist in a wide variety of health care settings. If developmental courses are needed for Texas Success Initiative requirements, such courses must be completed before entry into the program.

A student has five years to complete the Physical Therapist Assistant curriculum after official enrollment in the first Physical Therapist Assistant course. Contact the program director for further information.

Approved by the Department of State Health Services (1100 W. 49th St., Austin, TX 78756; www.dshs.state.tx.us; 512-458-7111) (Pending Tech-Prep Approval)

The Paramedicine Program is designed to prepare students for a career in emergency medical services. Progression through the program is EMT Basic, EMT Intermediate, certificate in Paramedicine, and A.A.S. in Paramedicine. Students may complete a 12-month program and be awarded a certificate of completion and be eligible to take the exam for certified paramedic administered by the National Registry for Paramedics. Students completing the two-year program will be awarded an A.A.S. degree in Advanced Paramedic or Paramedic Management and will be eligible to apply for paramedic licensure. Regular admission to the college is required. Contact the program director for more information. If developmental courses are needed for Texas Success Initiative requirements, it is recommended such courses be completed before enrolling in the program.

For information about credit through advanced standing for students holding their Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-Basic and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-Intermediate, see the policy on Advanced Standings.

Prerequisite: Emergency Medical Technician Basic certification.

Certificate of Paramedicine

Level Two Exit
Students entering the Certificate of Paramedicine program will receive 5 hours of credit for their EMT-Basic Certification

Tech-Prep Approved

Accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (8410 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 670, Chicago, IL 60631; www.naacls.org; Phone: 773-714-8880)

This program prepares entry-level medical laboratory technicians for an important role in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Students learn to perform tests in clinical chemistry, microbiology, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, immunohematology, and immunology. Graduates are eligible to take a national certifying examination.

A student in an Associate in Applied Science degree program has five academic years to complete the technical curriculum after official enrollment in the first program course. If a student withdraws from a program course and then re-enters the program, that student must still complete the program within the time allotted.

A student who has failed two program courses may apply for admission to the program as a new applicant after the original five-year completion date has expired. A student who withdraws from a program course must still complete the curriculum within the allowed five-year period. If, for any reason, the student is unable to complete the program within the allowed five-year period, he or she may apply as a new student.

A program course is one that has the prefix of the major, e.g., MLAB courses are program courses for all of the Medical Laboratory Technology Program degree and/or certificates.

Notes:

* Credits for the Associate in Applied Science degree include a minimum grade of C (2.0 grade point average) in each major course in the technical curriculum. A major course is a course that has the prefix of the program (i.e., MLAB or PLAB). A minimum grade of C will be required for related courses when specified in the catalog course description as a prerequisite. A minimum grade of C will be required for courses transferred or substituted to satisfy degree requirements.

* The MLT program at MCC also conducts a phlebotomy sequence of courses that leads to a Certificate in Phlebotomy awarded by the college. Individuals who want national certification as a phlebotomist must take PLAB 1223 Phlebotomy, MLAB 1160 Clinical-Phlebotomy/MLT and PLAB 1160 Clinical-Phlebotomy/PLB with a minimum grade of C. The phlebotomy sequence of courses is offered each spring and fall semester.

* PLAB 1160 Clinical-Phlebotomy/PLB is an optional 80-contact-hour course for MLT majors but is a required course for phlebotomy students. MLAB 1160 Clinical-Phlebotomy/MLT is a 48-contact-hour course that is required for both MLT majors and phlebotomy majors.

* The phlebotomy sequence of courses at MCC is also a Tech-Prep, dual-credit program available to area high school seniors enrolled ­in health occupation classes. Individuals interested in Tech-Prep should contact their high school counselor or the MLT program director for more information.

* No more than one program course may be repeated, and that course may be repeated only once during the five-year time period. In other words, failure of two program courses, or failure of one course twice, will cause the student to become ineligible to re-enroll in the MLT program. The individual must complete and new application after the initial five-year time period ends and repeat the application process as a new student.

Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)(233 N. Michigan Ave., 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60601-5800; www.cahiim.org); http://ahima.org; 312-233-1100.

The Health Information Technology Program is a two-year associate degree program. Graduates of the program are eligible to apply for the national qualifying examination for certification as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). If developmental courses are needed for Texas Success Initiative requirements, it is recommended that such courses be completed before enrolling in the first fall semester of the program. In addition, applicants are encouraged to complete support courses, such as Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health and Medical Terminology, early on since new classes begin each fall semester and courses should be taken sequentially for progression in the program.

The Health Information Technology program is designed to prepare the graduate to perform technical duties vital to the health-care industry. The health information technician is responsible for the compilation, inspection, preservation, and appropriate disclosure of patient information for patients, health care institutions, and the public. Typical job functions include health data collection, analysis, monitoring, maintenance, retrieval, and reporting of quality health information that is compliant with professional practices, guidelines, and regulatory standards in traditional and electronic environments. In addition, health information technicians are responsible for maintaining and submitting patient data used for reimbursement, quality of care studies, research, and the compilation of statistics for health care organizations. Supervising day-to-day operations of a health information department and sustaining the flow of health information within the organization also encompass roles of the health information technician.

Numerous career opportunities exist for the profession, such as employment in hospitals, physician clinics, insurance companies, governmental agencies, pharmaceutical companies, mental health, long-term care, and an array of other health-related agencies.

Students must maintain an overall grade point average of 2.25 in the program curriculum and a minimum grade of C in all HITT courses, HPRS courses, and Anatomy and Physiology courses to progress in the program.

All students must demonstrate math competency by being eligible to enroll in a college-level math course at MCC, which may be accomplished by passing the math portion of THEA or an approved alternative test or by having passed a college-level math course.

A student has five years to complete the curriculum after official enrollment in the first Health Information Technology course. No more than one program (HITT) course may be repeated, and that course may be repeated only once during the five-year time period. Failure of two program (HITT) courses or failure of one course twice will render the student ineligible to re-enroll in the program. That student will have to apply and compete as a new applicant following the initial five-year time period.

Program prerequisite: Keyboarding skills.

Accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) (35 East Wacker Dr., Suite 1970, Chicago, IL 60601) upon recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for Education in Electroneurodiagnostics and Polysomnography Technology (Co-AEND) (7600 Hunters Hollow Trail, Novelty, OH 44072-9541; Web site: www.coa-end.org)

The Electroneurodiagnostics and Polysomnography curriculum leads to an Associate in Applied Science degree in Electroneurodiagnostics and Polysomnography Technology. Students who complete the curriculum are eligible to complete the national examinations for credentialing in R. EEG T. for electroencephalography, R. EP T. for evoked potentials, and CNIM for intraoperative monitoring, administered by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential technologists (ABRET); CLTM for long-term monitoring, and R.EDT. for nerve conduction by the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists (AAET); and RPSGT for Polysomnography administered by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT).

Electroneurodiagnostics (END) is a term for the field of medicine that uses specialized instruments to study the electrical signals generated by the brain and its many pathways. The five major categories of procedures in the END field are: Electroencephalography (EEG), Evoked Potentials (EP), Polysomnography (PSG or Sleep), and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) and Intraoperative Monitoring (NIM-IOM). Under the direction of a physician, Polysomnography technologists administer various sleep studies in order to diagnose the type and extent of sleep disorders, and they perform routine patient assessments and score sleep records. The knowledge and skills for performing electroneurodiagnostic and polysomnography testing are achieved through didactic classroom, campus laboratory and clinical preparation. Electroneurodiagnostic and polysomnography technologists are employed in hospitals, clinics and private companies.

A student has five years to complete the Associate in Applied Science degree in Electroneurodiagnostics and Polysomnography after official enrollment into the program. If a student chooses to pursue the certificate in polysomnography, the student has three years to complete the certificate in polysomnograghy after official enrollment into the program. Contact the program director for further information.

(An Approved Tech-Prep Program)

Accredited/Approved by Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas (P.O. Box 430, 333 Guadalupe, Tower 3, Austin, TX 78701; www.bne.state.tx.us); National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) (61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006; www.nlnac.org; Phone: 800-669-1656, ext. 153).

This two-year program is designed to prepare registered nurses to give patient-centered care in general nursing at hospitals and other health care agencies. The curriculum provides students with nursing theory and clinical experiences that prepare them to become registered nurses as defined by the state of Texas. Graduates are eligible to apply to write the examination for licensure as a registered nurse.

If developmental courses are needed for Texas Success Initiative requirements, it is recommended that such courses be completed before enrolling in RNSG 1523/1462.

A grade point average of at least 2.8 in the academic courses and a grade average of C or better in all nursing courses will qualify the student to receive the Associate in Applied Science degree. A grade of C or better is required for other courses in the curriculum as prerequisites for nursing courses.

Completion of all Level I and II courses with a grade of C or better is required for admission to Level III of the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

All students must be concurrently enrolled in both a theory course and a clinical course each semester in the program.

A student has five years to complete the Associate Degree Nursing curriculum after official enrollment in the first Associate Degree Nursing course, or three years if the student enters through advanced placement.

Completion of Level I curriculum will qualify the student to receive a Certificate of Completion as a Nursing Assistant.

Completion of RNSG 1523, 2504 and 1293 with a grade of C or better and credit for RNSG 1462, 1463, 1161 and 1162 and VNSG 1119 will qualify the student to enter VNSG 1463. RNSG 1162, VNSG 1119 and VNSG 1463 are optional courses to meet licensure requirements for the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. See Course Descriptions.

Level III
Prerequisite: Completion of all Level I and II (RNSG 1523, 1462, 2504, and 1463) with a grade point average of at least 2.0 and a grade of C or better in all nursing courses. Students may also enroll in RNSG 2514 if they successfully complete the challenge examination for each freshman level nursing course or take RNSG 1327 Transition from Vocational to Professional Nursing. See the section about Advanced Standing for Licensed Vocational Nurses for details regarding those two paths for entry into RNSG 2514. Enrollment in RNSG 2514 is limited.

Office Technology Careers certificate programs are designed to provide students with skills and knowledge applicable to secretarial and information processing positions: receptionist, medical unit secretary, correspondence secretary, data entry and bookkeeping. Certificate programs in secretarial training, medical unit secretary, and computer applications can be completed in nine months to one year and provide for employment or advancement in various business environments.

1 May be waived if the student has taken a keyboarding course (touch method) or if the student can keyboard by touch at least 30 words a minute. Keyboarding test is required.
2 May be eligible for articulation through high school Tech-Prep or by individual courses from high school. See your high school counselor.
3 Students must meet Guidelines for Internships and have approval of the program director to enroll in this course.
4 This is a Capstone course, which brings together skills and knowledge learned in other classes and applies them in decision-making situations and in completing job tasks. Check for prerequisites.