Collins Career Center is adding a new program to its Adult Education Allied Health course offerings. In an effort to meet the needs of the tri-state’s workforce, Collins Career Center will offer an Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (END) program beginning in March of 2008.
Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (END) is the scientific field devoted to recording and studying the electrical activity of the brain and nervous system. END technologists are trained to operate specialized equipment which measures and records electrical activity of the brain, peripheral nervous system, and spinal cord. The data is interpreted by neurologists and used to assist in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with neurological disorders including: epilepsy, stroke, infectious diseases of the nervous system, degenerative diseases, head trauma from accidents, brain tumors, endocrine disorders, and brain death.
END technologists are responsible for: obtaining medical histories, preparing written reports for the neurologist, maintaining diagnostic equipment, and operating digital computerized EEG instruments.
Collins Career Center is adding this new Allied Health program to its adult education course offerings in response to a demand, both locally and nationally, for trained healthcare workers. According to the US Department of Labor, nine of the nation’s 20 fastest growing occupations are in health services. Employment in health care occupations is expected to grow at twice the rate of non-healthcare jobs with more than 5 million new health care workers needed by 2010. With the number of people reaching retirement age growing rapidly, the level of new tests and services continuing to rise, patient loads increasing, and healthcare facilities expanding, the need to develop the workforce to fill these positions is significant.
The shortage of qualified electroneurodiagnostic technologists is not only an immediate issue, but will continue to be problematic over the next several years. Based on a survey conducted by the American Society of Electoneurodiagnostic Technologists, 47% of healthcare managers surveyed responded that they had a position opening. In addition, a study conducted by the American Hospital Association reports that there will be a 46% increase in growth for END technologists from 2000 to 2010.
The Collins Career Center Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (END) program will begin on March 3, 2008. The program will be eleven (11) months in length and will be held Monday-Thursday at the school’s Coal Grove campus. For more information on the END program, or any Collins Career Center Adult Education program, please contact 740-867-6641,
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