Online E-Learning Healthcare Courses
These courses are highly interactive and provide students with an enriched learning experience. Each course includes:
- 24 hour a day instructor support & course mentors
- Engaging labs, student exercises and course videos
- All textbooks, workbooks and student materials
- A new "Secure Student Website" – including career resources & other training
- Certain programs include clinical externships!
The following courses are available anytime:
- Clinical Medical Assistant / Student Tuition: $2,499
This course is also available on campus Fall 2012. See 13S1D030 - Dental Assisting / Student Tuition: $1,299
- Medical Billing & Coding / Student Tuition: $1,399
This course is also available on campus Fall 2012. See 13S1D029 - Medical Coding ICD-10 / Student Tuition: $999
- EKG Technician / Student Tuition: $1,299
This course is also available on campus Fall 2012. See 13S1D028 - Phlebotomy Technician / Student Tuition: $1,299
- Medical Administrative Assistant / Student Tuition: $1,299
- Dialysis Technician / Student Tuition: $1,299
- Medical Terminology / Student Tuition: $499
- ECG / EKG Course for Nurses / Student Tuition: $699
Note: Ask us about national or state certification and clinical externship opportunities through these courses!
To ensure that all students have the resources they need to succeed, students will have access to a secure "Student Portal" website which includes:
- Career building exercises, resume writing tips, interview techniques, etc.
- Career mentors - there to help students take the next step in their career!
- Other skills training including lifelong learning skills, healthcare review, etc.
Visit us online at to experience a Course Demo and to learn more about these exciting new programs!
Contact Information
For additional information, please contact Auburn University at 334-844-3108, email barbara.osterrieder@auburn.edu – or call toll free 1-888-574-6218.
Course Descriptions
Clinical Medical Assistant Program / Student Tuition: $2,499
This program prepares students to assist physicians by performing functions related to the clinical aspects of a medical office. Instruction includes preparing patients for examination and treatment, routine laboratory procedures, pharmacology, taking and documenting vital signs, technical aspects of phlebotomy, the 12-lead EKG and the cardiac life cycle. Program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider!
Dental Assisting / Student Tuition: $1,299
This course prepares students for entry level positions as a chair side dental assistant. This course covers the history of dentistry, introduction to the dental office, the legal aspects of dentistry, oral anatomy, dental operatory, tooth structures, primary and permanent teeth, the oral cavity, and other areas. Program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider!
Medical Billing & Coding / Student Tuition: $1,399
This billing and coding course offers the skills needed to perform complex coding and billing procedures. The course covers CPT (Introduction, Guidelines, Evaluation, and Management), specialty fields (such as surgery, radiology, and laboratory), ICD-9 (Introduction and Guidelines), and basic claims processes for insurance reimbursements.
Medical Coding ICD-10 / Student Tuition: $999
Effective October 2014, the U.S. healthcare system is working to move from ICD-9 to ICD-10 for service coding purposes. Program includes a detailed review of both ICD-10 (diagnostic coding) and ICD-10-PCS (inpatient procedural coding); differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10; federal regulation; hands on exercises and case studies; and much more!
EKG Technician / Student Tuition: $1,299
This EKG Technician Program prepares students to perform EKG's. This course will include information on anatomy and physiology of the heart, medical disease processes, medical terminology, medical ethics, legal aspects of patient contact, electrocardiography, and stress testing. A highly interactive course!
Phlebotomy Technician / Student Tuition: $1,299
This course prepares students to collect blood specimens from clients for the purpose of laboratory analysis. Students will review blood collection, the skills needed to perform venipunctures and other collection techniques. This course also includes terminology, blood collection procedures, order of draw and other topics. Program also includes an optional clinical externship at a local healthcare provider!
Medical Administrative Assistant / Student Tuition - $1,299
This course covers information on the medical assisting profession, interpersonal skills, medical ethics and law, medical terminology, basics of insurance billing and coding, telephone techniques, scheduling appointments, medical records management and management of practice finances. A great course for physicians medical office professionals!
Dialysis Technician / Student Tuition: $1,299
This Dialysis Technician Program provides students with the knowledge needed to perform the responsibilities of a Dialysis Technician. It reviews normal kidney physiology, the basic principles of hemodialysis, kidney dialysis machines, dialyzer preparation and reprocessing as well as how to assist dialysis patients in managing their disease and treatment.
Medical Terminology / Student Tuition: $499
This course is a guide to identifying and understanding the basic word structure, root words, suffixes, and prefixes, the organization of the human body and the associated systems, medical abbreviations, symbols and common medical terms.
ECG / EKG Course for Nurses / Student Tuition: $699
This course is a valuable resource for learning the fundamentals of reading and interpreting ECGs. Course information includes: cardiac anatomy and physiology, electrical basis of ECGs, sinus dysrhythmias, and much more.
The Health Ed Today courses were developed through a partnership with leading education organizations including Pearson Education, E-College and Condensed Curriculum International.
Last Updated: August 21, 2012
