More about the CHCP Houston Med Center Campus
CHCP's Houston Med Center campus offers many healthcare training programs that can help you prepare for a new healthcare career. Houston is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., making it a great place to start a career in healthcare. Houston is home to over 100 hospitals. Once your medical training with CHCP is complete, you will have plenty of opportunities to begin your healthcare career!
For healthcare technicians, the presence of multiple medical facilities makes Houston an area of great opportunity. The Texas Med Center is also located in the Greater Houston area and is considered the largest medical center in the world and includes 21 renowned hospitals.
Conveniently located in Houston just off the 610 loop between Kirby and Main, students at CHCP’s Houston Med Center campus have easy access to everything the city has to offer. To begin, the campus near the Medical Center in Houston offers access to hundreds of different medical offices and services, providing access to any number of career opportunities for our graduates.
This campus focuses on training future healthcare professionals such as Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, and Medical Coding and Billing certificate and degree programs. In addition, there is no end to activities its centralized location has to offer. The home of the Houston Texans, NRG Stadium, is just up the road. The homes of the Astros and Rockets are less than 10 miles away, as are the Museum of Fine Arts, the Children’s Museum, the Houston Zoo, and the Cockrell Butterfly Center. Plus, the Houston Med Center campus is at the center of the city’s medical district, offering easy access to any number of externship sites, job opportunities, and career possibilities for our students and graduates.
In addition to a host of professionally focused programs to choose from—including the Dental Assistant certificate and Medical Assistant certificate—our Houston Med Center campus location is perfectly situated in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas to prepare you to pursue any number of career opportunities. Plus, with all the nearby parks, shopping centers, and leisure activities available to you, you can live life while pursuing your education and career future. Easy access to 610 means you are never more than a short car ride from Houston’s exciting sports scene and invigorating night life.
CHCP’s Houston Med Center Campus—Making a Difference in Healthcare
CHCP's Houston Med Center campus offers many healthcare training programs that can help you get started on the path to a new career.
CHCP has been helping students achieve their professional goals of working in the healthcare field for 30 years. Whether you're looking for medical coding and billing or dental assisting career training in Houston, TX, CHCP offers a variety of flexible courses that will provide you with the skills and knowledge needed to join exceptional healthcare teams at hospitals, nursing facilities, physician's offices, and many other locations.
Pursue a Career as a Dental Assistant
Earn Your Dental Assistant Certificate Right Here in Houston, TX
CHCP’s Houston Med Center-based Dental Assistant Program is designed to help you prepare for entry-level positions in dental work. As a dental assistant, you will provide compassionate patient care in a dental support role. Your dental assistant certificate program will cover everything from administrative and office procedures to technical patient-centered tasks, such as dental radiographs and maintaining dental equipment. And, from our modern dental lab located at our Houston Med Center location, you will learn how to help dentists with procedures such as fillings, crowns, extractions, and root canals.
Once you complete your Houston Med Center-based dental assistant program from CHCP, you will be prepared to take your certification test and move forward to obtaining your state-registered dental assistant x-ray certification through the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Or Pursue Your Medical Assistant Career
Earn your Medical Assistant Certificate in Houston, TX in the Med Center
The Medical Assistant Program offered at CHCP’s Houston Med Center campus will prepare you for a career as a medical assistant. This blended (on-campus and online) program is designed to take 36 weeks. You will learn how to take vital signs, record patient history, perform EKG injections, and more. Graduates from our program are well-trained in both clinical and administrative skills; this versatility allows them to be utilized at the front desk as well as in a hands-on, medical capacity. In addition, we emphasize professional communication, so you will be able to communicate well with coworkers, patients, and other medical personnel.
Once you complete our Medical Assistant Program in Houston, you’ll be more than ready to take the Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant Exam through the National Association of Health Professionals. With medical assistant training from CHCP, you’ll be equipped with all of the knowledge you need to be an entry-level medical assistant.