This certificate program is designed to prepare students to serve as phlebotomists in medical office, laboratory, or hospital settings. Foundational courses in health science and medical terminology are required. Students receive lecture as well as competency-based training in a variety of aspects of phlebotomy. There is also a non-compensated externship experience in which students work in an actual medical laboratory setting. Externship hours are scheduled during the day, Monday through Friday. Externship sites may have their own requirements that students must meet prior to their externship experience. Phlebotomy certificate students must maintain a grade of “C” or better in all program courses. Students may be required to repeat MAP and/or PLB courses, based upon the time sequence when these program courses were completed. Prior to externship, students must provide appropriate health examination record(s) and all required tests and immunizations, along with a urine drug screen and criminal background checks. Prior criminal records may prohibit students from program externship and employment opportunities. Students who do not academically pass their externship course or who are asked to leave their externship site, may be dismissed from the course and/or program.
Students must also have a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR certification. Successful graduates are eligible to sit for a national certification exam as a phlebotomy technician.*
Technical Standards
There are technical standards and skill requirements which students are expected to possess and demonstrate in order to be successful in this program. More information on these standards can be found on the Web page for this program.
Phlebotomy Pre-Externship Review
Students who do not complete the phlebotomy externship (PLB 106 ) in the semester immediately following completion of the Phlebotomy course (PLB 105 ), will be required to enroll in the phlebotomy pre-externship review course. This one-credit hybrid course will be a review of both didactic and clinical material to ensure that the student has not lost skills from lack of practice prior to being sent to an externship site.
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