ADVANCED HEALTH CAREERS
Embark on a fulfilling journey in the world of healthcare with three compelling options: become a diagnostic aide & nurse aide, veterinary assistant, or specialize in sports medicine. This class opens doors to immediate job opportunities or serves as a stepping stone for pursuing higher education and advanced degrees in the health field.
Three pathway options
Advanced Health Careers (AHC) is open to high school seniors and adult students. You can choose either:
All three of these options give graduates the opportunity to go right to work or pursue higher education and advanced health degrees. Our graduates seamlessly transition into the healthcare field, securing positions in hospitals and nursing homes, and as Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) or phlebotomists. Some pursue careers as veterinary technicians, while others further their education at colleges to become veterinarians, nurses, dentists, physical therapists, or nurse practitioners.
In addition to your pathway choice, you will participate as a HOSA-Future Health Professionals of America member. Officers of the organization create a “plan of work” to schedule monthly community service. In the past students have provided a mini health fair for a shelter, staffed a first aid tent for children cancer survivors, taught first aid to girl scouts troops, ran a canned food drive, and volunteered at a wildlife refuge.
DIAGNOSTIC AIDE & NURSE ASSISTANT
PATHWAY
Details
If you choose this option, you should earn a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Certification in the first semester and a National Phlebotomy Certification in the second semester. In addition to learning health skills such as drawing blood and monitoring/understanding vitals, you quickly learn how to communicate and work with different types of people.
During your second semester, you will gain clinical hours in a nursing home, clinic, or hospital. If you are interested in specific health fields like sonography, radiology, or dentistry, let your instructor know. Our teachers will work with you to find job shadowing opportunities allowing you to experience these areas first-hand as you determine your medical pathway.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will be ready to join the health care industry as a CNA or as a phlebotomist. Many of our students seek higher education and pursue doctor degrees (MD, DO, etc.), physician assistant (PA), nursing degrees (LPN, RN, BSN, APRN, etc.), or even combat medics in the military. With more than 200 health care occupations, this is a great place to start and find your direction in the medical field.
Areas of Study
- LTC & Home Health
- Diagnostic Aid Capstone
- Phlebotomy Practicum
- Nurse Assistant Capstone
- Phlebotomy Specimen Collection & Processing
VETERINARY ASSISTANT
PATHWAY
Details
If you love animals (more than people, lol), then this is the place for you.
Our veterinary class lets you jump right into clinical settings in the classroom. The AHC class uses an incubator to hatch chickens, host a dog day, cat day, and bird day – where students practice their skills. Some years they’ve experienced horses and bearded dragons as patients.
Outside of the classroom setting, you will enjoy nearly three months of veterinary clinicals. You and your classmates may see everything from house pets to equine therapy and cattle to exotic reptiles and birds. You also have the privilege of learning from other schools and businesses. For example, students have spent time at the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine and the Jenks Aquarium where learners received behind-the-scenes tours and animal information.
Upon successful completion of the class, you can choose to go right to work as a veterinary assistant or pursue a higher degree. Many of our students earn a Veterinary Technology (AAS) associate degree through TCC or earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) through OSU Veterinary Medicine.
Veterinary Assistants feed and bathe animals, administer medication as prescribed by the veterinarian, and assist the veterinary team with animal nursing techniques.
You will learn Veterinary Medical Terminology, how to do basic office procedures, and how to provide large and small animal care including how to perform diagnostic procedures.
Areas of Study
- Vet Med Term & Office Management
- Animal Care & Medicine
- Diagnostic & Surgical Procedures & Pharmacology
- Principles of Pathology & Parasitology
- Internship for Veterinary Assistant
SPORTS MEDICINE
PATHWAY
Details
So, you’re an athlete who loves sports and wants to make a career out of helping others recover from injuries and improve their performance. In sports medicine you will learn to help all people with muscle, bone, and joint treatment, not just athletes.
This class focuses on the trauma and rehabilitation side of the medical field instead of dealing with blood and guts. You will also learn treatment and management of concussions (mild traumatic brain injury).
Since students in this class are preparing for higher education, you will take field trips to learn about career options. Students in the past have visited the University of Tulsa, University of Oklahoma, and The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital (for those interested in pediatrics). Tulsa’s Athletic Training program shared with student’s current technologies and equipment used for injury prevention, injury management, rehabilitation of injury’s, and education on healthy living. At OU, students went behind the scenes to visit with and experience a day in the life of athletes and athletic trainers.
Many students choose to volunteer or accept paid summer jobs aiding physical therapists in clinics or hospitals. In fact, some schools require these volunteer hours as a prerequisite for acceptance into physical therapy school.
After completion of the course, you may choose to pursue physical therapy (PT or PTA), occupational therapy, speech therapy, exercise physiology, chiropractic adjustment, or athletic training.
You will also be provided a history and introduction to the athletic training profession and an introduction to pharmacology and nutrition.
Areas of Study
- Sports Med Essential
- Therapeutic Modalities & Exercise
- Kinesiology & Clinical Mentorship
- Exercise Physiology
Potential Career Path
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Making a difference one screening at a time. 🩺
Shoutout to our Advanced Health Careers students for their help with Mannford`s ninth grade health screenings!
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Vein Drain and Advanced Health Careers? Name a better duo. 🧛♂️🩸
The blood drive was a huge success, shoutout to our wonderful students! Check out our Facebook for more pictures.
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Advanced Health Careers students learning all about skin and wounds! 🩹
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It`s time to treat yourself! 💅
Our cosmetology class salon is officially open for the school year. Come by and let our talented students practice their skills on you.
Advanced Health Careers students certainly did. 🫶
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You`re looking at the newest Oklahoma @hdayhosa Leadership Advisory Board Large School Advisor! 🎉
Congratulations Brandi Fisher, well deserved!
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Calling all animal lovers! 🐶🐱 Did you know Advanced Health Careers offers a Veterinary Assistant pathway option? A few other pathways include Diagnostic Aide & Nurse Assistant and Sports Medicine. Apply today: centraltech.info/AdvancedHealth #centraltechAHC
Advanced Health Careers students, what an awesome blood drive with @okbloodinstitute! Remember, you`re always somebody`s type. 😉 #centraltechedu #centraltechAHC
Thank you Southwest Dairy Farmers for bringing your dairy cow out and educating the Advanced Health Careers, Health Careers, and CAD classes!
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Some of the Advanced Health Career Vet students had a great time touring the OSU Vet school and hospital!
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Advanced Health Careers students practice patient care in the lab with a focus on shaving, bathing, and providing foot care for patients. Yes! Those are muscles drawn on saran wrap to better understand anatomy.
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Congratulations to Advanced Health Career students, Scarlett, Ashley, Hattie, Hailey, Kelly, Emily, Jaelynn, Avery, Maycee, Zhy`ere, Tarynn on earning your National Phlebotomy License.
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Thank you Advanced Health Careers students for the sweet treats and message today!
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Congratulations to Advanced Health Career students, Haydyn R, Alyssa B, Shaylyn M, Savannah D, Katey L, Toni L, Pamela H, Abbie P, and Emma P on earning your National Phlebotomy License.
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Advanced Health Career students choose from three options: diagnostic aide & nurse aide, veterinary assistant, or sports medicine. As a graduate, they can go straight to work or pursue higher education and advanced health degrees.
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Thank you to the Advanced Health Careers class for coordinating today`s blood drive and to all the students and staff who donated.
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Vet students in the Advanced Health Careers class learned surgical scrubbing from our Surg Tech friends next door - thank you Mr. Prough and Ms. Fox! Then they learned to suture and remove sutures.
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Congratulations to Advanced Health Career`s Nationally Certified Phlebotomists! Isabel B, Lillian B, Alexis A, Landon J, Rylee R, Nakiyah J, and Emylee K!
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Advanced Health Careers students visited Wild Heart Ranch on Friday, April 30. They took lots of donations to help out this wildlife rehabilitation center. Students assisted with laundry, dishes, bathing baby coyotes, working on several habitats, sweeping, mopping, landscaping, learned about feeding times, and assisted with new wildlife brought in.
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In Advanced Health Careers, Sierra, a sports med student, learned how to do wound care and work with open fractures!
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Advanced Health Careers students made life-sized hearts out of masking tape. They had to outline the heart, label, and walk the instructor through the blood flow.
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MORE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSE
May require additional fees.
Read More- Certified Nurse Aide-Long Term Care with Home Health Care Aide Deeming – Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician – National HealthCareer Association
- Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR Certification – American Heart Association
QUICK FACTS
Students, Campus, Times
Read More- Students: Adult & High School
- Campus: Drumright Only
- Times: Morning, Afternoon, Full Day
- School Year: August-May
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