Health Occupations
These various programs provide training, and other educational exposures designed to provide students at each level with the common knowledge, skills, and values necessary to perform effectively in the workplace.
- ACTIVITY COORDINATOR
- Cardiovascular Technician (EKG Tech)
- Medication Aide
- Computed Tomography (CT)
- Dialysis Technology
- In Business With Beekeeping
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Medical Assistant
- NC Community Health Worker
- PHLEBOTOMY
- PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
- Psychiatric Technician
If you are interested in a career as a state-approved activity director for nursing homes, this is the course you need. You will learn about state and federal regulations, how to plan and implement activities, and various other duties that encompass the activity profession. State regulations set certain criteria to be an activity director. This 60-hour, state-approved course meets the NC qualification requirements.
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- Cost & Requirements
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Cost: $182
Requirements: In addition to 63 hours of classroom instruction, students must complete 25 hours of hands-on-experience to be completed in a skilled nursing facility under the direction of a qualified practicum supervisor.
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Dates: To be Determined
Days: Monday and Wednesdays
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
This program prepares students to become certified EKG technicians/monitor techs. The course will cover anatomy and physiology of the heart, principles of EKG, and recognition of multiple cardiac dysrhythmias which affect heart function. Students will learn cardiac terminology and medical disease processes. The medical and legal aspects of patient contact will be covered.
Skills include operating EKG equipment, running EKG’s, mounting strips, and the reading and interpretation of cardiac tracings. Students will practice with equipment and perform hands-on labs. An eight hour CPR class will be offered on a Saturday as a part of the course hours.
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- Cost & Requirements
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Cost: 182.00
Textbook: Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked by calling 272-3520
Requirements: You must show proof of a 12th-grade reading level by providing a copy of your high school diploma/transcript or GED or you may take advantage of a free comprehension exam given on campus.
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Face to Face Course Dates: August 6, 2024 – December 5, 2024
Location: Building 18 (Workforce Development Building) Room 1803
Days: Tuesday & Thursday
Time: 6pm – 10pm
Online Course Dates: February 17, 2025- July 13, 2025
Location: Completely Online
Time: NA
- Career Benefits
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EKG technicians are employed in physician offices, hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities. Monitor technicians are employed in hospitals.
This course is designed to meet the training requirements for becoming qualified as a Medication Aide. The course will cover the six rights of medication administration for non-licensed personnel. Topics will include medication administration via the oral, topical and instillation routes, medical asepsis, hand hygiene, terminology, and legal implications. Upon completion, students should be able to take the competency exam and demonstrate skills necessary to qualify for listing on the North Carolina Medication Aide Registry.
**You must be a CNA to take this course**
Click on the link below to register:
https://robeson-register.fundfive.com/filtered/course/medication%20aide
- Cost & Requirements
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Cost $72.00
The required textbook entitled “Medication Adm Training Course” by NC Board Nursing can be purchased through our bookstore for $35.00 plus tax.
**You must be a CNA to take this course**
- Schedule
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Dates: Jan 17 – Jan 19 **CLASS IS FULL**
Days/Times: Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM-7PM
Upcoming Dates: Feb 3 – Feb 22, 2025
Days/Times: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 3:30-6:30
This course is designed to educate technologists in the post-primary practice of computed tomography. Core topics include but are not limited to, computed tomography procedures and equipment operation, patient care (education, preparation, orientation, and positioning), patient history and assessment, contrast media usage, scout image, selectable scan parameters, and image processing and display. The program accepts 8 students in each cohort through a competitive application process. Cohorts start in January & July of each year.
Computed Tomography Admission Packet
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- COST & REQUIREMENTS
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Radiography AAS Degree REQUIRED
Registration Fee: $180.00
Campus Access Fee: $2.00
Drug and Background Check: $91
Malpractice Insurance: $15.00
Dosimeter Device and Monitoring Report Fee: $55
Textbook Fee: Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked by calling 272-3520
- SCHEDULE
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Days: 200 online instruction hours plus 491 mandated clinical hours.
Dates: 2025 TBD
Times: Online Instruction plus hours determined by your selected clinical site
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director | ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
This course is designed to prepare individuals with the theoretical, technical, and clinical skills needed to maintain equipment and provide patient care to those being treated for chronic renal diseases. Class format includes lectures, labs, and clinical activities. Successful completion of this course will prepare the individual for employment as a dialysis technician in hospitals, renal dialysis facilities, and clinics.
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- Cost & Requirements
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Cost: $182.00
Textbook: $35.00 (Ordered Separately Online)
Requirements: You must show proof of a 12th-grade reading level by providing a copy of your high school diploma/transcript or GED or you may take advantage of a free comprehension exam given on campus.
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Days: Tuesday & Thursdays
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Dates: 1/14/2025-5/8/2025
Location: Workforce Development Center
- Career Benefits
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After one year of work experience, individuals may be eligible to sit for national certification as a Clinical Hemodialysis Technician.
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director| ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
A 4 week course that will educate the student on the honey bee colony, constructing hives, spring, summer and fall management, honey production, wintering hives, identification and control of brood diseases, parasites and predators and the beekeepers options on turning beekeeping into a business. On the last day of class we will have an optional hands on day where students will learn all about using their equipment and actually check a functioning beehive.
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Cost: $125 Registration Fee
$2 Campus Access Fee
$ .60 Insurance Fee
Total = $127.60
Additional Cost- If student does not wish to participate in the hands on day there is no additional cost. Otherwise your instructor will reach out to you to discuss what options are best for you and your future plans for beekeeping.
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Course Online – This course will begin on the 1st day of each month (Will not run during months with temps below 60 degrees) and run for 4 weeks. Dates to be determined.
Hands on day will take place on 1 day during the last week of class in Building 18 (Workforce Development Building) Live Bee Hive Check will also take place on Main Campus
- Contact
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LOCKLEAR, CHRISTY
Health Occupations, Coordinator | Building – 18
Email: chlocklear@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3609Chavis, Angela
Administrative Assistant | Building – 18
Email: anchavis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
This course is designed to prepare technologists for post-primary certification in Magnetic Resonance Imaging/ MRI. Course content includes academic activities and clinical experience. Individuals applying for this course must be a registered or registry-eligible radiologic technologist, radiation therapist, nuclear medicine technologist or sonographer. Upon completion, students may be eligible to take the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) national examination. Classes begin in January and July of each year
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- Cost and Requirements
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Radiography AAS Degree REQUIRED
Registration Fee: $180.00
Campus Access Fee: $2.00
Drug and Background Check: $91
Malpractice Insurance: $15.00
Textbook Fee: Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked by calling 272-3520
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Days: 100 online instruction hours plus 500 mandated clinical hours.
Dates: 1/20/2025-6/9/2025
Times: Online Instruction plus Clinical hours determined by your selected clinical site
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director | ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
This is a HYBRID class. Class will have an online presence and face-to-face scheduled classes in addition to 80 clinical hours.
The Medical Assistant course prepares students for a broad range of skills that make medical assistants versatile and valuable to any healthcare team. Students will learn skills to perform duties from the front office to the back office. Core topics include principles of allied health, anatomy & physiology, medical terminology, medical assistant office procedures, pharmacology. clinical lab procedures & phlebotomy, clinical procedures, medical law & ethics and communications, advanced laboratory procedures & minor medical office surgeries. CPR is included and required as part of the curriculum. This course requires students to participate in 80 hours of a clinical externship. Upon completion, the student will have the knowledge to sit for industry-recognized certifications.
Dates:
2025 TBD Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Every other Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Cost & Requirements
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Class Cost: $232.60
Drug and Background Check: $91
Textbook Fee: Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked by calling 272-3520
- Schedule
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Dates: 3/10/2025-12/14/2025
Schedule: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 pm- 9:30 pm
and every other Saturday from 8 am- 3 pm
Location: ComTech in Pembroke
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director | ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
- Cost & Requirements
- Cost: $182
- Schedule
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Dates:
- January 6, 2025-May 4, 2025
- March 10, 2025- July 6, 2025
Time and Location: This class is completely online. All class assignments will be online with one virtual meeting every two weeks after that.
- Career Benefits
- This course is designed to provide individuals with the required knowledge, tools, and resources to become recognized as a certified Community Health Worker in NC working in a variety of healthcare and community settings including Health Departments, Hospitals, Clinics, and Faith-based Organizations.
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director | ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
Our six-month program in both fall and spring that will train you to be a phlebotomist. You will receive intense individualized phlebotomy training in theory and skills in the first three months of the course. During the second three months, you will actually practice phlebotomy at hospital and clinic settings supervised by highly skilled professionals.
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- Cost & Requirements
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$182.00 Registration Fee
Supply and Insurance Fees – $30.60
Book Cost – Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked by calling 272-3520
ONLY 16 STUDENTS ACCEPTED INTO EACH CLASS…..
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Phlebotomy Night meets on Monday and Wednesday nights and student will be required to complete 126 hours of clinicals in the hospital setting.
CLASS BEGINS: March 17, 2025- November 16, 2025
TIMES: 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
LOCATION: RCC, Building 9, Room 901
Phlebotomy Hybrid is online with On Campus Mandatory Classes held 1 Weekend a Month (Saturday and Sunday) and a mandatory 126 hours of clinicals in the hospital setting.
CLASS BEGINS : 11/9/2024-7/7/2025 **CLASS IS FULL***
MANDATORY CLASS DATES ON CAMPUS ARE : 11/9/2024-11/10/2024
12/14/2024-12/15/2024
1/11/2025-1/12/2025
2/15/2025-2/16/2025
LOCATION: Online with 1 Weekend a Month classes meeting in Building 9, Room 901 from 8:30-3:30
- Career Benefits
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A phlebotomist plays a vital part in healthcare by collecting blood specimens from patients for laboratory tests used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Phlebotomists perform venipunctures, finger sticks to obtain specimens.
In addition, phlebotomists also work with laboratory personnel to manage, process and transport specimens collected from patients. In some settings, phlebotomists may perform bedside testing. Phlebotomists work in dynamic, fast-paced environments and are challenged each day with situations requiring specialized knowledge and skill. Hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, nursing homes, research settings, and reference labs all employ phlebotomists. Skilled phlebotomists are in great demand now and many more are projected to be needed in the future.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will be eligible to take the Phlebotomy examination given by the ASCP Board of Certification.
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director| ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Health Occupations, Coordinator | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
Pharmacy technicians are used in a variety of ways to support the work of a supervising pharmacist. They will assist licensed pharmacists as they provide medication and other health care products to patients. They may assemble prescriptions in a pharmacist’s absence, but the pharmacist must check the medication before it is dispensed to a patient.
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- Cost & Requirements
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Cost
- Tuition & Fees: $182.00
- Doesn’t include the cost for the certification exam
- Textbook: Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked by calling 272-3520
Requirements: High School diploma or GED
- Tuition & Fees: $182.00
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Pharmacy Tech Day Class meets Monday – Thursday
Dates: May/June 2025 TBD
Times: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Location: Building 9 Room 901
Pharmacy Tech Night Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dates: January 7, 2025 – May 13, 2025
Times: 6:00pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Building 9, Room 901
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Pharmacy Tech Online
Dates: January 6, 2025 – May 12, 2025
Location: Online
- Career Benefits
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Pharmacy technicians are used in a variety of ways to support the work of a supervising pharmacist. They will assist licensed pharmacists as they provide medication and other health care products to patients. They may assemble prescriptions in a pharmacist’s absence, but the pharmacist must check the medication before it is dispensed to a patient. Pharmacy technicians in North Carolina are considered a valuable part of a pharmacy’s team. The State Board of Pharmacy and the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists are looking for more ways to expand the pharmacy technician’s role. From measuring medications to maintaining patient records, your administrative and clinical knowledge will open doors in:
- Hospitals
- Community pharmacies
- Assisted living facilities
- Outpatient clinics
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Subject matter for this class includes pharmacy laws and regulations, pharmacy calculations, pharmacy terminology, proper handling and storage of medications, dispensing systems, labeling requirements, record-keeping, and documentation.
- Contact
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Angela Dennis
Director| ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
| This course is designed to prepare individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe, therapeutic patient care to individuals who have mental health/behavioral needs in an effective and ethical manner. Course work includes lecture, clinical instruction, isolated clinical experiences, module assignments, module tests, and class projects, delivered through a variety of learning modalities. Successful completion of this instruction will prepare students for Level I American Association of Psychiatric Technicians (AAPT) certification exam and entry level positions for Psychiatric Aides, Mental Healthcare Technicians and Healthcare Techs/Nurse Aides whose primary patient population has special mental health/behavioral needs. | |
- Cost and Requirements
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Ask Us About Scholarship Opportunities For This Course!
Registration Fee: $180.00
Campus Access Fee: $2.00
Plus Cost of textbook: Current cost from the RCC Bookstore can be checked
by calling 272-3520
- Schedule
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Ask Us About Scholarship Opportunities For This Course!
Dates: June 2025
This class is 100% online.
- Contacts
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Angela Dennis
Director | ComTech
Email: adennis@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3319Kaitlyn Collins
Administrative Assistant | AS Thomas
Email: kcollins@robeson.edu
Phone: (910) 272-3603
