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.
While at JCC, you’ll work with faculty and advisors to explore career paths in clinical healthcare. You can also earn healthcare certifications in subjects such as:
- Barrier Precautions/Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- CPR/AED for professional rescuers, first aid, and emergency response
- Epinephrine auto-injector
- HIPAA laws
- Phlebotomy
2024 median pay for healthcare support occupations: $37,180/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
Program pathway
Earn this certificate as a part of:
This program includes courses that may qualify for Credit for Prior Learning (CPL).
Courses
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.
- Computed tomography
- Dental technology
- Diagnostic medical sonography
- Echocardiography
- Emergency medical technology
- Patient & home health care
- Massage & occupational therapy
- Medical scribe
- Nursing
- Paramedic technology
- Pharmacy
- Phlebotomy
- Radiologic technology
- Respiratory care
- Surgical technology
- Ultrasound technology
- Veterinary technology
- Vision care technology