In downtown Long Beach, Charter College provides career training for medical insurance coding and billing, massage therapy, medical assistant and pharmacy technicians. Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSCT), Charter College provides diplomas in these specialized areas with eight-month programs. Charter College also has an online program.
The Preferred College of Nursing in Los Angeles provides training for nurses in health care facilities. The nursing assistant program comprises direct patient care in medical and non-medical settings. Registered nurses supervise training and nursing assistants at Preferred College of Nursing also assist nurses in hospitals. Preferred College of Nursing also offers training to pharmacy technicians who work in patient care facilities.
In partnership with Everest College, WyoTech offers medical programs in Long Beach. Their medical assistant program creates a hands-on environment where students learn communicating and caring for patients, assistant in clinics and pharmacies, coding and billing in medical insurance, therapeutic care, endocrinology and reproduction, lab procedures and cardiopulmonary procedures.
With campuses in Long Beach, Santa Ana and San Diego, Newbridge College provides medical programs in surgical technology, medical assisting, diagnostic medical sonography, clinical lab assisting, phlebotomy technician certification and medical billing and coding. The surgical technology program educates students on preparing the operating room with sterilized instruments, equipment, fluids and supplies as well as delivering critical patient care before, during and after surgery. The diploma program takes 62 weeks and provides students with the eligibility to sit for the National Certifying Examination by Liaison Council on Certification for Surgical Technology.