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Puget Sound Welcome Back Center is pleased to offer the following FREE classes and labs for Welcome Back participants:

 

New FREE Winter Quarter Class! 

Communication in Healthcare  II

 

Learn the soft skills needed in the healthcare workplace!

This class is just for Welcome Back participants. All students in this class have a healthcare background.

Winter Quarter  Starting the week of January 4th, 2010

Students may enter the class at any time during the quarter.                                 

Offered Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Instructor: Lori Davis

 

AND Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Instructor: Marie Lieberg

 

Location: Highline Community College main campus                             Building 19 room to be announced

 

Students will learn:

  • strategies for building medical vocabulary

  • ways to successfully communicate with co-workers, patients and supervisors

  • policies and procedures in U.S. healthcare

  • standards of professionalism in healthcare

  • job search and interviewing skills

  • computer skills for medical settings

  • and more!

Practice speaking, reading, writing, listening, computer skills and pronunciation specific to the healthcare workplace. Visit other medical training classes on campus. Hear guest speakers from Washington State healthcare providers.  This class is only for Welcome Back participants, trained in healthcare in home country.

For more information, call 206-878-3710 ext. 3345, email welcomeback@highline.edu, or come to our office on campus. Building 19 room 103. Office hours are 8:30 - 4:30 Monday through Friday.

 

FREE!

Saturday Nurses' Support Group 

Twice a month.  Come when you can on these 2009 dates:

November 21 and December 5

Winter Quarter 2010 to be announced.

Location: Highline Community College, Building 19, room 203  

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

  • Start studying for the NCLEX PN or RN test.
  • Get free NCLEX study materials.
  • Meet other nurses working to get their RN and LPN licenses in Washington state. 
  • Learn about nursing in the U.S. from group facilitator Mohinder 'Mo' Randhawa, RN, a nurse at Group Health for over 20 years.

RSVP or for more information, call 206-878-3710 ext. 3345.

 

Do you need help with pronunciation?

FREE!

Pronunciation Lab for Healthcare Professionals

Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Building 30, room 212.  A lab assistant will be there to help you with the software. 

  • Practice your pronunciation using medical works, phrases, and sentences for healthcare jobs.

  • Record your own voice and compare to the voice on the software.

  • This lab will continue through the year with more drop-in hours.

 

FREE Workshop!  Online Applications!

Applying for healthcare jobs online!

Most healthcare employers do not accept paper applications.  Do you know how to apply online?

It's not just sending a resume and email.

Come to a workshop on applying for jobs online.  December 9, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Building 30 room 212

 

 Watch the website for announcements...

  • Interviewing for Healthcare Jobs

  • Job Search Skills

  • Writing for Healthcare Jobs

  • Pronunciation for Healthcare Jobs


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2400 S. 240th St

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Des Moines, WA 98198
(206) 878-3710 ext 3345
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