Letter: Suffolk CCC has health programs
Adelphi University graduate students monitor fellow grad student Michael Aquino as he runs on a treadmill in the Human Performance Laboratory in Woodruff Hall on campus in Garden City. A new health sciences program is among several at Long Island colleges that are expanding. (Aug. 17, 2012) Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin
I read with interest your article "Colleges' major changes: Universities adapt by expanding health care degree programs" [News, Aug. 19]. As a professional assistant for the Health IT Technical Career Training Program at Suffolk County Community College, I know that there is an extensive list of health care degree and certificate programs that the school offers.
Besides the degree program you mentioned, the emergency medical technician-paramedic, there are programs such as practical nursing, chemical dependency counseling, physical therapy assistant, occupational therapy assistant, dietetic technician, American Sign Language and veterinary science technology.
The college's continuing education department also offers many health care certificate programs for professional development, including pharmacy technician, opthalmic assistant, medical billing, dietary management, CPR/First Aid and medical terminology.
Rachel L. Cloward, Brentwood
