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Jacob's The eLearning Centre  proudly offers the most comprehensive collection of online continuing education courses from the world's best eLearning companies and authors. Through partnerships with respected online training corporations and institutions across the globe we provide self-study courses with open enrollment in nearly every subject imaginable.

 

 

Categories of Certificate Courses and Sample Courses

 

Healthcare and Fitness

 

Administrative Dental Assistant

Benefit from the rewards of working with a dentist to produce brighter smiles! This thrilling new online Administrative Dental Assistant Program can assist you to make a difference. The crucial skills you learn in this course will enable you to gain the edge you require to be an entry level administrative dental Assistant.

 

 

Administrative Medical Specialist with Medical Billing and Coding

The medical and health industry is experiencing a tremendous demand for folks with understanding of medical office operations, which includes billing and coding, processing insurance forms, and using medical software. According to the American Medical Association, there are more than 1.2 million Medical Specialists in the United States. This profession is listed as one of the fastest growing professions in allied health. The Administrative Medical Specialist with Medical Billing and Coding will offer you the skills you require to find the job YOU are looking for as an Administrative Medical Specialist (AMS), Medical Billing Specialist, and/or Medical Coder. In addition to the wide-ranging Medical Billing information, you will learn every aspect of the Medical Receptionist/Front Desk position. This includes scheduling appointments, industry- specific techniques for filing, proper protocol for patient interaction, and hands-on training with a Practice Management system used in many doctor’s offices around the country. This course also provides groundwork for the Certified Coding Associate (CCA) national certification exam. Upon successful completion of the Administrative Medical Specialist with Medical Billing and Coding course, students will be prepared for an entry-level position doing medical billing or coding in a medical office setting and will be prepared to sit for the CCA national certification exam.

 

 

 Advanced Coding for the Physician's Office

Constant modifications in the health care sector billing and coding industry, coupled with frequent HIPAA changes, have resulted in a great demand for those who have been trained in coding. The Advanced Coding for the Physician's Office Course is catered to students who already have as certain amount of coding experience, a fundamental coding training, or who have gone through the GES Administrative Medical Specialist Course. In this course, CPT, ICD-9-CM (Volumes I and II), and HCPCS Level II Coding are covered, in addition to information on the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI), compliance and reimbursement issues, E&M guidelines, and much more. Detailed information and tips are also included to make sure that the most in-depth knowledge is mastered. This results in increased accuracy in code selections and a smoother billing process with faster and more consistent reimbursement. This course helps students to prepare for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certification examination conducted by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC).

 

 

 Advanced Hospital Coding and CCS Prep

This Advanced Hospital Coding Program helps students to prepare for the American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) official certification exam to qualify as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS). This program comprises advanced ICD-9 coding procedures and is geared to enable students to meet the challenge of today's changing standards while learning and improving their coding skills.


Facility coding (hospital coding) has become a very well paid sector of the coding profession. This program is geared for coders who wish to further develop their facility coding skills.

If you are already performing some aspect of facility coding, this course will fill in the gaps so that your skills are properly rounded. This "rounding" of skills makes a more marketable employee and is essential to successful completion of the American Health Information Management Association's mastery level credentialing exam, the Certified Coding Specialist (CCS).

If presently you are employed in a physician office or billing service, this course will provide you with the edge that will help to proper you to advance in your job. As most hospitals cannot afford to provide on-the-job training, they will employ only experienced coders or certified coders. Coders of all levels have to constantly upgrade themselves through continuing education to stay current with the constantly changing regulations.

This program will build on your existing knowledge of medical terminology and healthcare sciences. Your coding skills will be sharpened and this program will focus on preparing you for employment testing, job performance, and successful completion of the CCS examination.

 

 

Advanced Personal Fitness Trainer

This certificate program includes:
• Personal Fitness Training career path development or advanced education for current health/fitness/medical professionals
• Advanced education in exercise prescription and nutritional programming
• Study of the exercise sciences, kinesiology, and biomechanics 
• A medically-based fitness model
• Knowledge of business administration and management systems in fitness
• Conduct health and fitness testing techniques
• Understand the ACSM screening processes
• Analyze exercise movements and performance
• Develop exercise prescriptions for all age groups
 Optional Field Internship Course: Students that enter the program may complete an optional internship course that is 6 weeks/60 hours in length.
• Guidance, instruction, and interaction from instructors that hold either a Master’s or Ph.D. degree in exercise science, biomechanics, exercise physiology, kinesiology, physical therapy, nutrition or an exercise science-related degree.
• The program is offered in partnership with the American Council on Exercise® (ACE). Graduates of the Certificate Program will receive a preferred discount of 20% to take the ACE Certified Personal Trainer® Certification Exam (an NCCA accredited exam) and on study materials.

 

 

 Certified National Pharmaceutical Representative

Upon successful completion of the NAPSR course, students will:

      · Understand all pharmaceutical terms, definitions, and abbreviations needed to sell pharmaceuticals. 
      · Have the necessary medical terminology required to sell to physicians and pharmacists. 
      · Know the pharmaceutical industry, major product lines, and therapeutic categories. 
      · Understand the FDA's role in the industry, laws enforced by the FDA, Hatch-Waxman Act, and regulatory compliance in drug labeling and promotion 
      · Comprehend Medicare/Medicaid issues and how they affect the selling process. 
      · Understand research & development of new drugs, stages and timelines of new drug development, and clinical trials. 
      · Know patent/patent extensions, generic drugs, US drug distribution channels, manufacture/distributor relationships, and distributor/retail relationships. 
      · Gain knowledge of government reimbursement programs, drug discount cards, major concepts and components managed care, main stakeholders in the managed-care marketplace, drug marketing and group purchasing organizations. 
      · Grasp the concept of pharmaceutical sales territory planning and information gathering, importance of call planning and record keeping, appointment calls/impromptu calls, strategies for no see offices, and downtime strategies. 
      · Have the knowledge to effectively use sales brochures and support literature, how to sell new products versus established products, prepare for hospital calls, security concerns of a hospital, and sampling rules in hospitals. 
      · Be prepared to properly comment on competing pharmaceutical products, effective drug sample positioning, citing clinical studies and trials, closing sales, exhibit preparation and to communicate with a district manager. 
      · Be prepared to take the CNPR certification exam.

 

Coding, Reimbursement and Documentation for Physicians

 

 Emergency Management Training

The increasing frequency of disasters in recently has positioned the field of emergency management in the limelight. The requirement for skills in this field is growing out of need and provides lots of opportunities in both the public and private sector for job seekers.

This multimedia-rich course reflects the practitioner and applied knowledge base, particularly lessons learned at local and state government levels. It is an emergency management program to attend to all phases of emergency management—the societal and environmental processes that cause hazards, hazard/vulnerability analysis, hazard mitigation, emergency response and disaster recovery, emergency response, disaster recovery, as well as emergency planning.

This exceedingly interactive course will present you with a firm understanding of emergency management values and practices. It uses a amalgamation of online presentations, interactive activities, animation and reading assignments. Presentations offer essential concepts and information. Animated scenarios lead through a disaster where you take on the responsibilities of different roles and answer questions about how to proceed through the scenario. The reading assignments supply you with the additional information required to complete the activity. Students will also work one-on-one with their expert facilitator on essay style activities that necessitate personal in-depth responses to the scenario based emergency situations. 

The end outcome is a superb knowledge of the field of emergency management. 

In addition to the web-based course access and expert facilitator, each student will get five top Emergency Management textbooks which will be used extensively to complete the course.

 

 HIPAA Compliance

 Human Resources for Healthcare Professionals

 ICD-10 Medical Coding: Preparation and Instruction for Implementation

Medical Billing & Coding

 Medical Terminology

 Medical Transcription

 

 Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness, and Sports

The online Nutrition for Optimal Health, Wellness, and Sports program has been designed to meet the growing demand of allied health/medical professionals, Registered Dietitians, fitness professionals, personal trainers, and the general public who want to learn about developing individualized nutritional programs for clients, patients, or for personal improvement. Research of current issues include: energy and nutrient needs for performing activities of daily living with emphasis on particular physical activities; common myths and fallacies concerning diet and athletic performance; and appropriate behavioral change modifications and dietary approaches for different ages and populations. Content and curriculum in each course is designed to prepare allied health care professionals and Registered Dietitians to apply their client’s health history toward optimal nutritional health and wellbeing. Personal trainers and fitness professionals will learn fundamental nutrition education to work with clients in partnership with Registered Dietitians. Individual consumers interested in learning more about nutrition, daily meal planning, wellness strategies, and sport nutrition and performance will be introduced to information to help them achieve their own goals or for their family members. The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for theAmerican Dietetic Association (ADA) has approved the Certificate in Nutrition program for 120 Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEUs)/ or 30 (CPEUs) per course for both theRegistered Dietitian (RDs) and Dietetic Technician-Registered (DTRs).

 

 

 Personal Fitness Trainer

 Personal Training and Group Exercise Training for Older Adults

 Pharmacy Technician

 Revenue Cycle Management for Health Care Providers

Veterinary Assistant

 

 

Women's Exercise Training and Wellness

This program has been designed for:
● Current allied health/medical and fitness professionals and personal trainers interested in developing safe and effective exercise programs for women
● Current fitness managers and directors wishing to manage and market new programs to women
● Education directors of multi-site facilities or chains training fitness professionals to work with women
● Companies that require the certificate program as a professional development program for employees to achieve key business goals, career objectives, and skills to advance beyond entry-level positions
● Individual female exercise enthusiasts interested in seeking to stay current in exercise program design, health, and wellness

Brought to you by Jacob Gan, PhD (Mich)