How to Become a Dental Assistant

Duties, Responsibilities, Schooling, Requirements, Certifications, Job Outlook, and Salary Many different jobs in the healthcare industry will give you the chance to make people smile, but there’s one career in particular that takes the importance of smiles more literally than most. As a dental assistant (DA), you’ll play a major role in providing dental care […]

How to Become a Health Information Technician

Duties, Responsibilities, Schooling, Requirements, Certifications, Job Outlook, and Salary Behind the fast-paced emergency rooms, doctors’ offices, and every other patient-facing healthcare facility, there’s an entire world of healthcare information that plays a major role in providing quality patient care. If you’re excited by the idea of collecting and tracking information that helps drive decision-making for […]

How to Become a Medical Insurance Billing & Coding Specialist

Duties, Responsibilities, Schooling, Requirements, Certifications, Job Outlook, and Salary Not everyone is keen on the idea of being on the front lines of patient care, and that’s OK! The healthcare industry is full of rewarding career opportunities, even for people who’d rather avoid some of the things you might see in the trauma ward or […]

Surviving Your First Year As A Nurse

How to Survive Your First Year as a Nurse Graduating from nursing school is a major achievement, but nothing compares to beginning your first nursing job. Suddenly, everything has come together; you can apply all that you learned to treat patients. It’s exciting, certainly, but your first year as a nurse will also be frustrating, […]

Online vs. Remote Learning: What’s the Difference?

During these pandemic days, education as we once knew it has changed. Schools are closed, but resilience, innovation and modification keep the learning going. Many schools offer online learning, and some offer remote learning. Wait … isn’t that the same thing? What’s the difference between online and remote learning? Online learning usually is a course or […]

Roger Beckering Faculty Spotlight

Roger Beckering graduated from Brookline College where he received his Medical Laboratory Technician degree. It wasn’t until one of his former teachers found out that he had finished his chemistry degree and asked for him to come back and teach at Brookline. Now, Roger is the Program Director for the Medical Laboratory Technician/ Medical Laboratory […]