High-Tech Institute
High-Tech Institute offers career-focused degrees and training programs in a number of health-care related fields of study including medical assistant, medical billing and coding, surgical technology, X-ray technician, and pharmacy technician. High-Tech Institute has been in operation for over 25 years when it first opened its doors in Phoenix, Arizona in 1982. The college now operates 23 training institutions in over 14 states including Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, New York, Tennessee, Florida, New Jersey, and Missouri. All of the school's campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools in Falls Church, Virginia and are recognized by the US Department of Education.
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High-Tech Institute offers two pharmacy technician programs, including the diploma of pharmacy technician and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Pharmacy Technician. Lectures and demonstration coursework is provided within the pharmacy program as well as hands-on clinical studies and laboratories. A 160-clock hour externship is required once all coursework has been completed for the program. The externship is unpaid and a program requirement.
High-Tech Institute provides a student services department that is made up of a career services center, academic tutoring program, and student activities facility. The student services department schedules events for students to take part in while on campus including sporting events, social gatherings, picnics, concerts, outdoor theater, and student faculty picnics. The school facilitates the establishment of close relationships with students; staff members are able to partake in getting to know the students they provide services for on a daily basis.
Through the career services department and student services program, a student-run tutoring program is available at no cost. Tutoring opportunities include assistance and supplemental laboratory or clinical time, class review, group study sessions, one-on-one exam preparation, and extensive preparation for certification and licensing examinations.
