Unitech Training Academy

The Dental Assisting program will help students to develop satisfactory dental assisting skills and demonstrate competence in a variety of dental office procedures and laboratory techniques. The procedures and lab techniques include: preliminary examination procedure, assisting chair side using fourhanded dentistry, charting, appointment scheduling, keeping patients records and sterilizing instruments. Graduates will be qualified to assume entry-level positions as a dental assistant in dental offices and clinics performing the lab techniques and office procedures described above.

Why a Dental Assisting Program?

Dental assisting is different from the duties of a dental hygienist in that the assistant often works side-by-side with the dentist. As such, dental assistants perform many basic but important duties.

This includes:

• Sterilization and handling of equipment.
• Comforting patients.
• Keeping the mouth clean.
• Making impressions of teeth.
• Obtaining and developing x-rays.
• Performing front desk duties.

The EKG/Phlebotomy Technician program is designed to prepare students to become skilled entry-level technicians who work closely with doctors, nurses, and other allied health professionals. The program includes the correct and accurate method of obtaining of an EKG tracing and cardiac monitoring while focusing on the ability to interpret normal and abnormal EKG. The student will also be taught safe practices of phlebotomy such as collecting adequate and correct blood specimens by capillary or venipuncture on adults, children, and neonates. The program consists of classroom, simulated laboratory settings, and clinical externship.

Why an EKG/Phlebotomy certification?

As an EKG/Phlebotomy Technician will learn how to draw and monitor blood from patients for donations and testing. Other important skill areas include those of an Electrocardiograph Technician (EKG), which is the anatomy of the heart and the interpretation of a Rhythm Strip. Also, when evaluating EKG tracings, is given on the various rhythms and dysrhythmias. Once equipped with the necessary knowledge, an EKG Technician and Phlebotomy Technician Certification Exam can be taken.

At Unitech, our students learn to perform many of the following as they go through the program:

• Understanding of techniques and specimen handling.
• In-depth knowledge of adult and pediatric phlebotomy procedures.
• Medical Assistant student will be able to apply for certification in both of these modalities and pursue a career as a Phlebotomist or EKG Technician.

The Medical Assistant program prepares students to perform duties under direction of a physician/practitioner, including preparing examination rooms, taking vital signs, assisting in minor surgical procedures, giving injections, performing venipuncture, assisting in laboratory operations, performing urinalysis along with various other laboratory tests, assisting in radiological procedures and administering electrocardiograms. Medical assistants also learn to function in an administrative capacity, including patient communications, maintaining patient records, billing, scheduling appointments, ordering supplies and processing insurance claims.

Why a Medical Assistant?

Unitech’s program for medical assistants provides you with the necessary skills to work alongside physicians and practitioners. You learn to perform the clinical tasks necessary to examine patients and serve in an administrative role.

• Receive hands on electrocardiogram (EKG) training and learn how to read rhythm strips, providing you with opportunities to assist physicians in assessing patients.
• Learn the venipuncture techniques, order of draw and the various blood tests physicians need to assist patients.

The Pharmacy Technician program will provide students with the skills to acquire entry-level employment within retail and/or hospital pharmacy settings while stressing the importance of professionalism, confidentiality, and ethics. Graduates will gain an understanding of medical and pharmaceutical terminology and the pharmacology of medications in relation to the anatomy they affect. The Pharmacy Technician program will also equip graduates with the skill and confidence necessary to excel in the range of responsibilities they will assume as pharmacy technicians, from interpreting physician orders and prescriptions and preparing and distributing medications to performing pharmaceutical calculations, processing insurance billing, and controlling inventory.

Why a Pharmacy Technician?

Not only does Unitech Training Academy teach you the necessary skills students need to be prepared for a career as a pharmacy technician, you receive support along the way to prepare you for what to expect beyond school and into the working world. From practice certification exams to resume building and interview simulations, you not only leave with job skills, you gain career skills as well.

At Unitech, you learn:

• Best practices on patient confidentiality and ethics.
• Basic knowledge of the pharmacology of medications.
• How to use industry-leading pharmacy software.

This program utilizes PioneerRX to simulate real-world pharmacy management solutions.