What is the difference between certificates and continuing education classes??
I attend a community college district that offers the usual Associates degrees… the first two years of school.
However, they also offer certificates and continuing education.
My sister is dead set on me taking a continuing education course in electrocardiography because she claims I can find a job in the hospital just performing those functions.
What gives with these continuing education classes? Who are they for? Would I be better off just getting a cerftificate or degree? Do EKG (ECG) Techs perform alone, or is it just one of the tasks of a medical assistant??
Thanks!
Do you need experience or a certificate to be an EKG tech? What does it take?
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A certificate will allow you to perform specfic jobs, but you will not be able to get an actual college credit towards your associate, bachlor, etc. EKG tech usually work in a large or small room surround by lots of heart monitors, which the tech is requiired to notify the nursing staff of any abnormal heart rythmns, or they perform bedside EKGs for patients suspected of having heart attacks, or any various heart disease. Being that EKGs are a simple to perform task, most any health care professionl will qualify to do the job.
In a nut shell, cerfificates are a short term solution while still working on your long term goals.