Concorde Career College
201 East Airport Drive
San Bernardino, CA 92408
The following programs are available:
As a medical assistant, you will be an integral part of the healthcare delivery team. In this position, you
are considered a "multi-tasked" provider. This means you will be trained and qualified in both clinical and
administrative capabilities.
Medical assistants work closely with doctors in clinics and physicians' offices. You will be entrusted with
a variety of critical responsibilities.
Administrative skills and responsibilities include scheduling and receiving patients, preparing and maintaining
medical records, performing basic secretarial skills and medical transcription, handling telephone calls and
written correspondence, serving as a liaison between physicians and other individuals and managing practice finances.
Clinical responsibilities include taking patient histories and vital signs, performing first aid and CPR, preparing
patients for procedures, assisting the physician with examinations and treatments, infection control, collecting and
processing specimens, performing selected diagnostic tests and preparing and administering medications as directed
by the physician.
As a medical administrative assistant, you are an integral member of the healthcare team. Your organizational skills and clear understanding of medical and insurance coding terminology keeps your workplace running efficiently. You will be trained in basic CPR, but will mainly function in an administrative environment performing duties such as transcription, billing and word processing. You will also use medical computer applications to manage patient records.
At Concorde you will receive "multi-tasked" training, which means you will be trained in both clinical and
administrative capabilities.
Clinical responsibilities include sterilizing and preparing instrument trays, exposing and processing X-rays,
conducting oral inspections, preparing patients for treatment and taking vital signs. Administrative
responsibilities include patient charting, appointment setting, completing insurance forms, accounts payable
and fee collections.
Upon completion of the program and passing the licensing examination, as an LVN you can enter the workforce as a competent, skilled nurse. Vocational nurses, as they are called in Texas and California, provide bedside nursing care at the direction of physicians and/or registered nurses. The practice of vocational nursing is based on concepts from the physical, biological and behavioral sciences. Each state has its own nurse practice act, so the scope of practice varies from state to state.
As a surgical technologist, you perform essential tasks before, during and after operations. You work closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses and other key surgical personnel in hospital operating rooms and outpatient surgery centers. Surgical technologists play a critical role in patient care.
As a respiratory therapist, you will assist physicians in the diagnosis and management of heart/lung deficiencies
and abnormalities, as well as utilize sophisticated equipment to measure lung function and monitor heart functions.
You might treat newborns, trauma victims, drowning victims, and patients suffering from asthma, bronchitis, coronary
heart disease, emphysema and pneumonia.
In addition to the realistic laboratory environment Concorde provides, we also offer a hands-on working experience
in various hospital settings through clinical rotations.
Graduates of this program will be eligible to sit for the Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) examination
administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
Dental Hygienists provide dental health education, prevent and treat oral disease, promote and encourage the preventive aspects of dental care, and assume responsibility for patient care in the dental office. As part of their responsibilities, the Dental Hygienist will perform certain healthcare assessments including reviewing patient health histories, oral cancer screening, dental charting, and taking blood pressure. They expose, process and interpret dental radiographs. Dental Hygienists remove soft and hard deposits both above and below the gum line. They teach patients proper techniques to maintain healthy gums and teeth. They counsel their patients about the importance of good nutrition.
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