Career Training Objective

This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and clinical skills to become a laboratory phlebotomist. This program includes the role of the phlebotomist, basic anatomy and physiology, safety and infection control principles, techniques of blood draws and technical complications that can occur. Special emphasis is also planned on understanding life-span differences and legal principles that can affect the actions of a phlebotomist. Successful completion of the course will also entitle the students to take state certification exam for laboratory phlebotomist.
This Class requires 67 hours of basic, 57 hours of advanced classes, 40 hours of practical training in a clinical setting, 50 times of successful venipunctures and 10 successful skin punctures on real patients.

Program Outline

Module Descriptions

Module 1 – Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology

In this module, students become familiar with the use of the medical dictionary, basic medical terms and medical abbreviations. The circulatory and respiratory systems, including the structure and function of the heart and lungs, are introduced. The renal system's anatomical structures and common diseases are presented.

Module 2 – Basic Phlebotomy

Students learn specimen identification, collection, handling and transportation procedures, infection control, and practice venipuncture and routine diagnostic hematology.

Module 3 – Advanced Phlebotomy

 This module, infection disease control, isolation procedure, anticoagulation theory, knowledge of pre-analytical sources of error in specimen collection, infection control, Anatomical site selection and patient preparation, risk factors and appropriate responses to complications that may arise from phlebotomy.

Externship

Upon successful completion of all six modules, Phlebotomy students participate in a 40-hour externship. The externship enables students to have the opportunity to demonstrate and reinforce the knowledge and skills presented and practiced throughout the training program. Externs work under the direct supervision of qualified personnel at the externship site and under general supervision of college staff. Supervisory personnel evaluate externs and the evaluations are placed in the student's permanent record