Study healthcare at JCC
The Healthcare Studies certificate at Jamestown Community College prepares you for careers in the healthcare industry. You’ll be ready to enter the workforce immediately after graduation and pursue entry-level jobs in nursing, dental, medical, and health-related fields. According to area healthcare providers, job candidates with JCC’s Healthcare Studies certificate will be considered stronger employment prospects than potential job candidates without the certificate.
While at JCC, you’ll work with faculty and advisors to explore career paths in clinical healthcare. Your courses will help you build a foundation in general education, professional courses, and healthcare-related science.
You can also earn healthcare certifications while at JCC in subjects such as:
- Barrier Precautions/Infection Control
- CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers
- Epinephrine auto-injector
- First aid/responding to emergencies
- HIPAA laws
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Phlebotomy
If you want to expand your studies, you can start with the Healthcare Studies certificate and ladder into programs such as JCC’s Nursing and Occupational Therapy Assistant programs. You can also enroll in any of JCC’s two-year programs at the same time as the Healthcare Studies certificate. For example, you can dual enroll in the certificate and the A.A.S. Individual Studies/Pre-Nursing program.
2023 median pay for healthcare support occupations: $36,140/year according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where to study at JCC
- 50% available online
- Fully available on the Jamestown Campus
- Fully available on the Cattaraugus County Campus
Healthcare studies skills
After you complete the program, you will be able to:
- Explain, at a basic level, the scope of and main ideas within each facet of healthcare.
- Identify the main structures of and explain the main functions of organ systems.
- Apply a basic framework to understanding common diseases.
- Utilize soft skills required by entry-level healthcare professions.
- Consider how their interests, values, abilities, limitations, and strengths integrate with career or degree program choice.
- Have the ability to successfully transfer into a healthcare degree program and/or compete for entry-level healthcare employment as aligned with the student's goals.
Jobs & programs after JCC
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health aides and personal care aides are in the top five fastest growing occupations for 2018-2028. According to the 2/14/18 JOBS eQ Economic Overview: Cattaraugus County, New York, “over the next 10 years, the fastest growing occupation group in Cattaraugus County, New York is expected to be Healthcare Support Occupations.”
- Nursing
- Computed tomography
- Dental technology
- Diagnostic medical sonography
- Echocardiography
- Emergency medical technology
- Patient & home health care
- Massage & occupational therapy
- Medical scribe
- Paramedic technology
- Pharmacy
- Phlebotomy
- Veterinary technology
- Radiologic technology
- Respiratory care
- Surgical technology
- Ultrasound technology
- Veterinary technology
- Vision care technology