Award Type:

Certificate

Learning Outcomes:

Completion of this course will prepare students to successfully complete the ASCP National Certification.  Students can then be employed in a healthcare laboratory as a Nationally Certified Phlebotomist.

Educational Objective:

Vocational

Tuition:

Tuition: $1699.00

Fees: Instructor cost, textbook, handout, lab costs to include needles and vacutainers, lab artificial arms and pediatric feet, centrifuge, specimen cups, etc.  

Length of Course:

200-hour course; Two to three sessions per week for class/lab, typically a 4-6 week schedule; 40-hour work week for the clinical portion of this course.  Students obtain 120 clinical hours over a three-week period, unless prior arrangements have been discussed.

Course Outline:

200 contact hours: 80 hours of lecture/lab, 120 hours of clinical in an approved accredited lab.

Admissions Requirements:

High school diploma or equivalent of, CNA or direct patient care experience preferred, documentation of all immunization/vaccinations required.  Iowa Western will coordinate drug screens and background checks after the start of this course.

Attendance Requirements:

Course policy allows four hours of classroom/lab absence.  Anything beyond four hours must be discussed with the instructor and/or program coordinator in advance.  All 120 hours of clinical must be attended for successful completion.

Instructor Qualification:

Instructor is registered, certified, or licensed in the occupational area in which the state requires registration, certification or licensure for the occupational area in which the instructor is teaching.