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Are you interested in helping people solve their problems and cope with life’s challenges? Carroll’s psychology department will help transform this interest into an exciting and rewarding career. Incorporating secular, humanistic and moral values within its curriculum, the Carroll psychology department specializes in giving students a solid understanding of human and animal behavioral science.

Psychology students are heavily involved in the Carroll community through activities such as presenting practicums and participating in the psychology club and other departmental activities. A myriad of internship opportunities are available, including posts at Shodair Children’s Hospital and the Helena Police Department. This practical experience, in addition to the extensive laboratory training and rigorous academic course offerings, will allow you to graduate well-prepared for the next step, whether into a meaningful career or success in graduate school.

The Medical Laboratory Technician plays a vital role in patient care by performing laboratory testing to provide diagnostic evidence of health and disease. Medical Laboratory Technicians are trained in all major areas of the clinical laboratory, including Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Body Fluids, Blood Banking, Clinical Chemistry, and Histology.

Tasks performed by these professionals include examining microscopic specimens, cross-matching donated units of blood, identifying microorganisms in infections, or operating computers and complex laboratory instrumentation.

Employers include: hospital laboratories, physician offices, pharmaceutical companies, research facilities, armed forces, and veterinary clinics. Technicians may advance through education to levels of Medical Technologist or Specialist.

Bridgewater College has an agreement with Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A similar agreement is in place with Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville, Virginia. These hospitals are accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS). This agreement specifies three years of undergraduate study including required science courses and the general education component. After successfully completing a fourth year of study at the medical technology school of either of these two hospitals, the student is awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Bridgewater College. Once this program is completed, the student is eligible to sit for a national exam, either sponsored by the American Society for Clinical Pathologists or the National Certifying Agency for Medical Laboratory Personnel. This will certify the student as a Medical Technologist. The alternative is to take the required courses specified for that emphasis over four years, graduate from Bridgewater, and go on to any accredited Medical Technology program in the United States.

Clinical laboratory scientists perform many of the laboratory tests used in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. As part of the health care team they contribute data on blood, tissues, and fluids using a variety of precise methods and technologies. The program of study combines natural science and liberal arts education with clinical instruction.

Students complete 90 credit hours (3 years) of core science and general education classes at Bloomsburg followed by one calendar year in a hospital clinical program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS).

With more than 70 faculty positions, both medical and doctorate, and over 176 support staff including nursing, research and administrative positions, the Department of Internal Medicine fulfills the academic mission of the Brody School of Medicine through excellent patient care at our primary teaching facility, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, and several subspecialty outpatient clinics.

These clinics are located in Greenville as well as across eastern North Carolina. Our physicians operate state-of-the-art subspecialty clinics in the Leo Jenkins Cancer Center, the Dialysis and Hypertension Center as well as the Moye Medical Clinic and the Brody Outpatient Center located on the Health Sciences Campus. As part of the Brody School of Medicine and University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina, we deliver primary and subspecialty care to the 1.2 million citizens of eastern North Carolina.

In the North East, medical education is delivered through a partnership between Durham University and Newcastle University, two excellent academic centres, together with a region-wide NHS infrastructure of acute hospitals, general practices and public health units, serving a large patient population of 3.5 million.

Through this exciting partnership, the 5-year medical programme is delivered in two phases. Phase I of the programme (2 years), which establishes the essential knowledge base for medicine in a clinical context, is offered by both universities, while Phase II (3 years) provides clinical experience in a wide range of NHS hospital and community settings across the region, under the management of the University of Newcastle.

The Medical Assisting program prepares students to become multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.

Graduates of the Medical Assisting program have employment opportunities in physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations (HMO’s), health departments, and hospital clinics.

The respiratory therapy practitioner is an allied health specialist who treats, manages, controls, and cares for patients with deficiencies and abnormalities related to breathing and associated organs. Because their training enables them to perform specific testing techniques used in monitoring, evaluating, and treating their patients, respiratory therapy practitioners are frequently required to exercise considerable independent clinical judgment in the respiratory therapy of patients under the direct or indirect supervision of a physician.

In addition to managing patients, the respiratory care practitioner supervises technicians and junior respiratory care practitioners. Furthermore, the respiratory care practitioner is capable of serving as a technical resource to physicians and to the hospital staff for information on safe and effective methods for administering respiratory care.

The Respiratory Therapy program includes classroom instruction, clinical laboratory, and in-hospital clinical practice. The clinical laboratory provides training and evaluation for skills learned and demonstrated during lecture sessions. The program’s clinical phase, conducted at local hospitals, applies a competency-based educational approach to allow mastery of each skill.

Applicants who have previously earned a Bachelor’s degree are encouraged to apply for admission to the program. Minimum standards for graduate admission are a baccalaureate degree, completion of the graduate record examination and a GPA of 3.0. In addition, applicants must have completed 8 college credits each of biology, chemistry and physics (courses must have labs) and three credits each of psychology and statistics with a C or better. It is recommended that these courses are taken at a four year degree-granting institution. In addition, applicants are required to have participated in 250 documented, paid or volunteer hours at two separate physical therapy settings prior to beginning the first professional year of study. These experiences must be in at least two different physical therapy settings such as outpatient, acute care, inpatient (hospital), pediatric, skilled nursing facility, or rehabilitation centers. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that applicants are well acclimated to the physical therapy profession before beginning the program. Applicants should be aware when scheduling volunteer and work experiences that these locations may not be used for clinical education.

To be admitted as a freshman requires a minimum Q.P.A. of 3.0, a composite SAT I score of 1100 or a composite ACT score of 24, a minimum of seven units of math and science, and evidence of extracurricular activities during high school. A minimum of 40 documented shadowing, volunteer or paid hours in a physical therapy setting supervised by a licensed physical therapist must be completed by the first of August prior to the first freshman semester.

In addition, students are required to have participated in another 210 hours before April of their third academic year. These experiences must be in at least two different physical therapy settings such as outpatient, acute care, inpatient (hospital), pediatric, skilled nursing facility, and rehabilitation centers. The purpose of expecting the student to particpate in a variety of physical therapy practice settings for a total of 250 hours is to assure the student is well acclimated to the physical therapy profession prior to the beginning of the professional phase. Students should be aware when scheduling volunteer and work experiences that these locations may not be used for clinical education.