Concorde Career Institute
600 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 200
Arlington, TX 76011
The following programs are available:
Dental Assistant *
At Concorde you will receive "multi-tasked" training, which means you will be trained in both clinical
and administrative capabilities.
Clinical responsibilities include sterilizing and preparing instrument trays, exposing and processing X-rays,
conducting oral inspections, preparing patients for treatment and taking vital signs. Administrative
responsibilities include patient charting, appointment setting, completing insurance forms, accounts payable
and fee collections.
Insurance Coding & Billing Specialist *
In your position as an Insurance Coding & Billing Specialist, you play an integral role in your employer's office.
You help make it possible for your employer to collect monetary reimbursements from patient insurance providers.
You will assess patient records and classify levels of claims for reimbursement using detailed healthcare coding
systems. Your work is essential to the success of your employer's medical business.
Medical Assistant *
As a medical assistant, you will be an integral part of the healthcare delivery team. In this position,
you are considered a "multi-tasked" provider. This means you will be trained and qualified in both clinical
and administrative capabilities.
Medical assistants work closely with doctors in clinics and physicians' offices. You will be entrusted
with a variety of critical responsibilities.
Administrative skills and responsibilities include scheduling and receiving patients, preparing and
maintaining medical records, performing basic secretarial skills and medical transcription, handling
telephone calls and written correspondence, serving as a liaison between physicians and other individuals
and managing practice finances.
Clinical responsibilities include taking patient histories and vital signs, performing first aid and
CPR, preparing patients for procedures, assisting the physician with examinations and treatments,
infection control, collecting and processing specimens, performing selected diagnostic tests and
preparing and administering medications as directed by the physician.
Surgical Technology
As a surgical technologist, you perform essential tasks before, during and after operations. You work closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses and other key surgical personnel in hospital operating rooms and outpatient surgery centers. Surgical technologists play a critical role in patient care.
Graduates will be eligible to sit for the national examination leading to the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) credential as sponsored by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) formerly known as the Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST).
Vocational Nursing
Upon completion of the program and passing the licensing examination, as an LVN you can enter the workforce as a competent, skilled nurse. Vocational nurses, as they are called in Texas and California, provide bedside nursing care at the direction of physicians and/or registered nurses. The practice of vocational nursing is based on concepts from the physical, biological and behavioral sciences. Each state has its own nurse practice act, so the scope of practice varies from state to state.
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