Patient Care Technician Program at Amarillo College
Summary of the Patient Care Technician Program at Amarillo College, which included ABE pathways, soft skills training, and technologically enhanced learning strategies to produce a new training curriculum with TAACCCT grant funds.
- Date:
- 2016
- Primary Material Type:
- Program
- Other Material Types:
- Program Assessment and Evaluation
- Institution:
- Amarillo College
- Subjects:
- accelerate progress, basic skills, career pathways, contextualized learning, job placement, personalized instruction, simulations, latticed credentials, technology-enabled learning, soft skills, supplemental instructor, TABE, problem solving skills, critical thinking, acute care, patient care technician
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Amarillo College Patient Care Programs Advisory Committee: provided input into curriculum redesign, emphasizing both technical and soft skills needed by new employees.
- Industry Sector:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (62)
- Occupation:
- Healthcare Support Occupations -- Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants (31-1012)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (51)
- Credential Type:
-
- Stacked/Latticed Credential Model
- Number of weeks per course:
- 10-May
- Number of courses in the program:
- 5
- Program Delivery Format:
- Face-to-face
Copyright / Licensing