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Employ Florida Banner Centers |
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Florida’s health care industry will play a major role in shaping training developed by the Employ Florida Banner Center for Health Sciences. Based at Valencia Community College in Orlando, the program is funded by a $500,000 grant from Workforce Florida, Inc. Its major partners are: Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Seminole Community College in Sanford, University of Central Florida and Workforce Central Florida. The program focuses on workforce development in Florida’s nursing and allied health fields. In its first year, the center is developing curricula for
three new advanced certifications preparing participants who
have an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree
in a health care field for advanced certification in Magnetic
Resonance Imaging/Radiography, Computed Tomography /Radiography
or Polysomnography/Respiratory Therapy. It also is making an
existing paramedic course at Valencia Community College available
online to meet increasing demand for Web-based training. And
it is starting to develop a new Associate of Science Degree
in Health Information Management Technology at Seminole Community
College. Additionally, the center will focus on expanding nursing
training through several initiatives including offering training
in simulation labs at Valencia Community College and Lake-Sumter
Community College to about 40 incumbent workers, enrolling
about 250 people in entry-level nursing programs and offering
a “boot camp” for about three dozen nursing faculty
members. The Banner Center also is a major player in the 2007
Florida Nursing Summit.
For additional information, click
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