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Health Sciences Programs
Nurses and allied health professionals serve a vital role and save lives. The unique qualities of caregivers are in high demand in the health care industry.
- Clinical Data Coding
- Dental Assistant
- Dental Hygiene
- Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- Emergency Medical Services
- General Studies: Health Sciences Specialization
- Health Information Management
- Health Information Technology
- Medical Laboratory Assistant
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy Assistant
- Personal Training
- Phlebotomy
- Physical Therapist Assistant
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiography
- Respiratory Therapy
- Veterinary Technology
Clinical data coding specialists are in demand across the spectrum of healthcare organizations including hospitals, physician offices, insurance companies, managed care organizations, contracting groups, and accounting firms.
This curriculum is designed to prepare students to perform chairside assisting, minor laboratory, and basic office procedures.
The program is designed to prepare students to serve in a dynamic and growing health profession as members of the dental health team.
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program is designed to prepare competent entry-level general, vascular, or cardiac (echocardiographic) sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The curriculum is designed to prepare students to produce diagnostic images of the human body using special equipment to direct high frequency sound waves into different anatomic structures in a patient’s body.
The curriculum is designed to develop the competencies needed to prepare the student to be certified as a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate and/or Paramedic.
The General Studies, Health Sciences Specialization AS degree program provides students with an academic foundation that allows them to continue their education by applying to competitive programs at the Medical Education Campus or preparing them for entry to various allied health or health sciences baccalaureate programs.
The curriculum is designed to provide training in the management of systems to collect, store, process, retrieve, analyze, disseminate, and communicate information related to the research, planning, provision, and evaluation of healthcare services.
This curriculum is designed to produce students competent in all aspects of workflow process analysis and redesign, as it relates to the adoption, implementation, maintenance, and optimization phases of the transition to the use of an electronic health records system.
The program is designed to prepare personnel who collect, process, and perform selected tests on samples for medical laboratory analysis.
The program is designed to prepare personnel who collect and process blood and other samples for medical laboratory analysis.
The program is designed to prepare students to participate as contributing members of the healthcare team, rendering direct care to patients in a variety of healthcare facilities and agencies.
The program is designed to provide students with the philosophical, theoretical, and clinical knowledge necessary to provide quality occupational therapy.
This program is based on the standards of the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and prepares students to become knowledgeable fitness professionals in health clubs, recreation departments, and fitness facilities in private, commercial, corporate, or government settings.
The program is designed to prepare personnel who collect and process blood and other samples for medical laboratory analysis.
The program is designed to prepare students to utilize exercise, specialty equipment, and other treatment procedures to prevent, identify, correct, and alleviate movement dysfunction.
Through a collaborative arrangement with Virginia Western Community College (VWCC), NOVA students have access to the VWCC Radiation Oncology Program.
The curriculum is designed to prepare students to produce diagnostic images of the human body through safe application of x-radiation. The radiographer is a central member of the health care team and assists the radiologist, a physician specialized in body image interpretation.
The curriculum is designed to prepare students to be effective members of the healthcare team in assisting with diagnosis, treatment, management, and preventive care of patients with cardiopulmonary problems.
Our program is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA).