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Kaplan Continuing Education (KCE) offers health care certificates designed for health and human services professionals who operate in an arena as diverse as it is rewarding. The programs take into account that quality care, flexibility, and specializations are hallmark goals within the industry, applicable to every concentrated area of health and human services.

Continuing education programs in geriatric care management, life care planning, forensic nursing, and case management represent the varied and relevant opportunities within the industry and could help enhance health care careers.* The Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate focuses on how to leverage parallel skill sets, adding the valuable ability to move between specialized law firms and health care facilities alike.

KCE also offers programs in pharmacy technician training, medical billing, medical transcription, medical office management, and medical coding for those interested in entry-level health care careers.

From strategic assessment to planning and application, increased training could lead to increased results. Consider the benefits offered by a health care professional certificate. In the ever-changing health care industry, results could bring rewards to you, your employer, and your patients.

Learn more about which certificates may be right for your health care profession and your company’s goals. Start now. Call 866.721.7480 (Toll Free) to speak with an Admissions Advisor.

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The Case Management Certificate is designed to train registered nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, and physicians to better manage a full spectrum of patient care in a variety of health care settings, including acute and long-term care, occupational health, managed care, workers’ compensation, and private practice.*

 
 
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Intended as a continuing education program for registered nurses, the Forensic Nursing Certificate is designed to provide the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to address the health care needs of law enforcement agencies and criminal justice departments.

 
 
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The Geriatric Care Management Certificate is designed for health and human services professionals, including registered nurses, social workers, occupational and physical therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and physicians, who are interested in delivering quality care and optimizing the lifestyles of the elderly and their families.

 
 
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The Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate, a continuing education program for registered nurses, allows students to combine their nursing skills with legal knowledge to assist attorneys and their clients in understanding the health care issues related to legal actions.

 
 
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Intended as a continuing education program for registered nurses and rehabilitation professionals, the Life Care Planning Certificate teaches students the skills needed to facilitate the care, treatment, and/or rehabilitation of individuals with chronic illnesses.

 
 
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The Medical Billing Certificate is designed to help students understand the claims and reimbursement processes associated with commercial and government health insurance. Medical billers serve an important role in ensuring the fiscal strength and integrity of the health care industry.

 
 
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The Medical Coding Certificate is designed to help students examine and understand health care delivery systems, medical health care information terminologies, and classification systems for diseases, topics that are central to this health care profession.*

 
 
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The Medical Office Management Certificate is designed to provide students with the administrative knowledge necessary to pursue a career as a competent, confident, and successful medical office manager.* Medical office managers have an astute knowledge of state and federal health care regulations and medical insurance requirements, as well as medical terminology, medical records management, basic billing practices, insurance coding, and financial management.

 
 
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The Medical Transcription Certificate is designed to help prepare students to pursue an entry-level position as a medical transcriptionist and navigate future changes in the field of medical transcription.* Students will review relevant grammar and punctuation skills and study the proper way to format and proofread medical records.

 
 
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The Pharmacy Technician Certificate is designed to help students develop a broad understanding of medical and pharmaceutical terminology, and study the effects of medications on the human body.

 
 
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This online certificate program could help prepare students to pursue an entry-level position in a veterinary office/hospital, kennel, animal shelter, or research facility. In these settings students may have the opportunity to assist veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary technologists. The KCE program features an introduction to the veterinary profession and the job requirements a veterinary assistant will encounter, such as office and exam room procedures, animal health and diseases, lab and diagnostic procedures, surgical assisting, medications, and animal nursing. There is also an optional externship.
 
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The Executive Business Management Certificate provides business professionals with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of business theory as well as develop professional business skills through education within a specific area of interest. Choose from four specialization tracks: general management, marketing, corporate finance, or international business.

 
 
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The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program is designed to incorporate Lean methodology into Six Sigma training and implementation. This approach combines the Lean Management principles, aimed at the goal of waste reduction, with the Six Sigma tools that lead to process improvement. The Lean approach is focused on immediate improvement, using a smaller set of process improvement tools, and these tools are taught in parallel with the conduct of improvement efforts.

 
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*Kaplan Continuing Education's (KCE) programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.

† Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Tomorrow's Jobs, http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm (accessed September 2009). These projections are provided for informational purposes only. Long-term projections are not intended to predict short-term changes in employment demand due to the current economy.

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