Discover a rewarding career as a Patient Care Technician.

Our school provides the hands-on training you need to start making a difference helping others. Earn your certificate in as little as 8 months.

  • (not all programs are offered at all campuses)

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What does a Patient Care Technician (PCT) do?

  • Provides bedside care, takes vital signs, performs electrocardiography (ECG), blood draws and other needs
  • Prepares, initiates and discontinues dialysis treatments of the patient in both hemodialysis and central venous catheters
  • Interacts in daily communication with patients, nurses, doctors and patients’ families and advocates for patients’ needs
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Get hands-on training for your healthcare career at Pima Medical Institute.

Some of the courses throughout your education include Emergency Room Technician, Infection Control and Principles and Practices of Hemodialysis. The classes prepare you to work as an emergency department technician, dialysis technician, patient advocate, ECG monitor technician and more.

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The Patient Care Technician program (PCT) is offered at the following campuses:

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ARIZONA

EAST VALLEY

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TEXAS

HOUSTON

*Not all programs are offered at all campuses

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