Nursing Unit Clerk
Certificate of Achievement
Online Learning
Plan # C2175
Start date: Fall / Winter / Spring
About This Certificate | Program Delivery | Career Opportunities | Certificate Benefits | Obtaining Your Certificate | For Further Information
About This Certificate
This program prepares you for the challenging and rewarding career of providing clerical and administrative support for a hospital unit or health care institution.
You will develop office management and business communications skills for the healthcare environment, and acquire a thorough understanding and ability to interpret and relay medical terminology, medical conditions, pharmacology, surgical procedures, and medical tests.
Program Delivery
Individual courses are open to all students whether or not they are working toward the certificate.
Prerequisites may be required for these courses. Please refer to individual course descriptions for specific requirements.
To view individual course descriptions and/or to register for available CE courses,
please select a course title in the table below. For Late Start Online Course Offerings, see this listing.
Course Number |
Course Title |
Delivery |
Course Availability |
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2012 |
2012 |
2012 |
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Required Course - Choose one of the following: |
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In Class |
Yes |
TBA |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Required Courses: |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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On-line |
Yes |
TBA |
TBA |
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Career Opportunities
This certificate prepares you for exciting work as a member of a healthcare team. Graduates may work in hospitals, long-term-care facilities, physician’s offices, community agencies, walk-in clinics, retirement homes, chiropractor’s offices, and complementary health care clinics.
Possible career paths include:
Certificate Benefits
The up-to-date curriculum includes training in rapidly changing technological skills such as software applications and in all aspects of standard operational procedures utilized in the modern medical institution, office, or clinic.
Obtaining Your Certificate (Graduation)
Upon completion of all requirements, the student must complete an “application to graduate” form available from the Registrar’s Office. Students will be required to pay a $25 fee to attend the convocation ceremony in the fall.
The fee is payable with the “application to graduate” form. Applications and fees are to be returned to the Registrar’s Office. For more information, contact the Registrar’s Office.
Niagara College Registrar’s Office
Email: registrar@niagaracollege.ca
905-735-2211, Ext 7500
For Further Information
Niagara College Continuing Education
Email: ce@niagaracollege.ca
Web: www.niagaracollege.ca/ce
Phone: 905-735-2211, ext. 7510.
Information Last Modified:
Fri, May 14, 2010 at 09:21:08 AM ET
