Cisco Certification
Train for a New Career in IT or Health Care
President Obama’s Workforce Retraining Initiative brings workers new educational opportunities for job retraining in high-demand IT careers. Cisco Networking Academy, in collaboration with colleges across the State of Michigan, including Davenport University, will offer online classes with hands-on training in two important IT areas — broadband infrastructure and healthcare IT.
Davenport University is proud to offer a Cisco Network Certification Fastrack Program with an Enhanced Health Care focus. The five month program is currently offered at Davenport’s Warren campus and available based on enrollment requests in Livonia, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Midland. Prospective students for this training program do not need to currently hold a degree or certification in IT or health care.
Cisco NETWORK CERTIFICATION FASTRACK Program - IT/Health Focus
Given the importance of information accuracy, privacy and security, Information Technology Health graduates are prepared for involvement in regulatory compliance and quality assessment activities designed to ensure that health information systems support patient care and safety. The Network Certification Fastrack Program w/ Enhanced Health Care Focus (Networking/Health) prepares graduates to work with health care systems, applications, and electronic health information databases. Graduates work with nurses, physicians, other healthcare providers, and managers and technical specialists in a variety of setting such as hospitals, nursing home facilities, physician’s office, dental offices, insurance and managed care organizations, government agencies, public health offices and health product vendors.
Graduates of the Cisco IT Health Program will be able to:
- Use Information & networking technology to evaluate & implement solutions in business and health care.
- Interpret the technical computer network requirements for implementing an EHR software application.
- Install, configure, test and manage the network
- Support healthcare data analysis and management using Electronic Health Records (EHR) system software applications.
Tuition
The total tuition investment for this certification program is $4,495 for six courses including all books, materials and refreshments during class. You may be eligible for MI Works or Workforce Retraining Funding to help with tuition.
Courses in the Information Technology Health Program include:
- IT Essentials
- CCNA 1 + Health Case Study
- CCNA 2 + Health Case Study
- CCNA 3 + Health Case Study
- CCNA 4 + Health Case Study
- CERTIFICATION Exam Prep Course
This program is scheduled to begin October 2009. IT Essentials will be offered in an accelerated 2-week format. Each CCNA course will be offered in an accelerated 4-week format. Total program length is 5 months.
These courses may be eligible for later transfer into a technology degree at Davenport University. View all programs here.
Get started / contact us
To apply for this program simply give us a call at 800-686-1600. A representative will discuss your career goals and help you determine if this is the right program for you.