The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences offers a Graduate Diploma program in cardiovascular perfusion. While this school is in Canada, graduates from the program are eligible to write the required certification exams that allow them to work as perfusionists in either the United States or Canada.
Michener is located in Toronto, Canada. Their Graduate Diploma program is 16 months in duration, which breaks into four semesters of study. The final semester is completely devoted to clinical education.
The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is home to the School of Perfusion Technology. This school offers a post-baccalaureate certificate in perfusion technology, a program that runs over 12 months. The curriculum covers the operations of bypass equipment and other operating room equipment. Graduates conclude the program with significant operating room experience. Graduates are eligible to write the certification exams administered by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion.
At the Medical University of South Carolina, students can pursue a Bachelor of Science in Cardiovascular Perfusion. This program has a 30-year history of producing perfusionists who are at the top of their profession, according to the school's website.
Students of the program have a chance to practice their knowledge in a practical environment at the Life Support Department at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital. The program typically takes two years to complete, including summer study. To apply for admission, students must have completed at least two full years of postsecondary education.
The University of Iowa offers a Perfusion Technology Education Program. Their program breaks down into two semesters of academic study and three of clinical practice.
Students get to work in a hands-on environment with the doctors at the university hospital. As a facility that performs more than 500 heart surgeries annually, the hospital allows students a way to gain the experience they need to become skilled perfusionists.