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West Virginia Junior College Bridgeport<\/a> has offered career-ready education programs since 2002. The newest option for those seeking a career in the ever-growing medical field is the 9-Month diploma option for our Dental Assisting<\/a>, Medical Assisting<\/a>, and Medical Office Administration<\/a> programs. The nine month accelerated programs at WVJC help students balance family, work, and college. This allows students to fast-track their education through a combination of on-ground and online classes.<\/p>\n The option to complete the same high-quality educational program in 9 months or 12 months provides the student the opportunity to meet their individual needs and goals. The fast-track 9-month option prepares students to work in the field and obtain national certification* in specialty areas to meet the needs of employers in our area. Employers are excited about the opportunity to hire new employees and fill their workforce gaps quicker now.<\/p>\n Students who enroll in the accelerated, 9-month programs can benefit from on-ground classroom instruction for clinical or skill-based courses while enjoying the flexibility of online education for classes that do not focus on hands-on skills. Program directors and instructors work closely with students to ensure their success in the online course environment. Instructors provide live tutoring sessions and arrange in-person meetings to assist in any area of concern or to remediate content. Students enrolled in the Medical Office Administration 9 month program<\/a> receive training in specialized areas such as medical coding and billing, electronic health record management, and office management. Students enrolled in the Medical Assisting 9 month program<\/a> receive training in blood draws, EKG, diagnostic medical procedures, wound care, and ambulatory care. Students enrolled in the Dental Assisting 9 month program<\/a> to receive training in dental office procedures, radiology, chairside assisting of the dentist, and infection control. All accelerated 9-month programs complete an externship where they receive on-the-job training in the field at a clinical location while being supervised by the office staff and physicians.<\/p>\n To learn more about WVJC<\/a> Bridgeport’s nine-month healthcare training programs, request information here<\/a>!<\/p>\n *Certification is contingent upon passing the corresponding industry certification exam. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Be Career Ready in 9 Months! West Virginia Junior College Bridgeport has offered career-ready education programs since 2002. The newest option for those seeking a career in the ever-growing medical field is the 9-Month diploma option for our Dental Assisting, Medical Assisting, and Medical Office Administration programs. The nine month accelerated programs at WVJC help … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1990,2471,11,687,3,19,1922],"tags":[728,359,374,577,599,602],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17181"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17191,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17181\/revisions\/17191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvjc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}