Illinois School of Health Careers

At Illinois School of Health Careers (ISHC), you can get the training to become a valuable employee in Health Care. You can have the skills, confidence and knowledge necessary to achieve a meaningful career with a rewarding future.

ISHC specializes in providing training for graduates to seek entry-level employment as Medical Assistants, Dental Assistants, Patient Care Technicians, Home Health Aides, Physical Therapy Aides, Occupational Therapy Aides, Phlebotomists or EKG Technicians.

Illinois School of Health Careers is institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools to award certificates and diplomas. Financial aid is available to those that qualify.

The Patient Care Technician diploma program is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions as patient care technicians in a variety of health care settings. In this multi-occupational diploma program, students are cross-trained to perform any number of clinical skills from performing electrocardiograms as an EKG Technician, to collecting laboratory specimens, or to assisting a patient to walk.

The Patient Care Technician graduate can expect to find entry-level employment opportunities in hospitals, rehabilitation centers and urgent care centers. In addition to being qualified to work as a Patient Care Technician, graduates of this program are also qualified to work as a Nurse’s Aide, Home Health Aide, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Aides, Phlebotomists, Laboratory Assistants, EKG Technicians or Respiratory Therapy Aides. The Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program includes the final module, which is referred to as a “clinical rotation.” During this rotation, which takes place at the completion of all classroom and laboratory training, students are given the opportunity to observe and become part of the health care team, as they gain hands-on practice working side-by-side with other health care workers.

The Dental Assistant diploma program provides graduates with the training and skills that will enable them to qualify for entry level positions as dental assistants in a variety of dental services offices. Since they are trained in clinical, radiographic and administrative procedures, their services are sought in dental offices, orthodontists, children’s dentists and by dental schools, dental supply manufacturers, hospital dental departments and insurance companies. Graduates of the Dental Assistant diploma program are also capable of filling entry level positions such as dental receptionist, dental insurance clerk, dental supply salesperson and administrative assistant.

The Medical Assistant diploma program is designed to train students for entry-level positions as medical assistants in a variety of health care settings. Students study the structure and function of the major body systems and medical terminology, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, computer skills, administrative processes, bookkeeping and the processing of medical insurance forms and claims. In recent years, the medical assistant profession has become indispensable to the health care field, and medical assistants are sought by medical offices, ambulatory care providers, clinics, hospitals, urgent care centers, nursing homes, medical supply businesses, home health agencies, insurance providers and pharmaceutical companies.

This diploma program prepares graduates to fill entry-level positions such as clinical or administrative medical assistants, medical receptionist and medical insurance billing assistants.

Illinois School of Health Careers

Illinois School of Health Careers was first established in 1990. The school has a distinguished reputation in Chicago for graduating and placing high-quality students into allied health professions.

ISHC has two convenient locations in Chicago, in downtown Loop near State Street and Adams, and near O’Hare Airport close to the Kennedy Expressway and the Cumberland blue line exit.

Illinois School of Health Careers, Loop Campus is located at 11 East Adams Street in downtown Chicago. The 28,000 square foot facility consists of spacious classrooms, medical and dental laboratories, X-ray room, resource center, computer lab, conference room and student lounge. It is conveniently accessible by public transportation just a few steps off world famous State Street in the “Education Corridor” of the downtown Chicago “Loop.” It is close to the Harold Washington Library, the Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan Avenue and Grant Park.

Illinois School of Health Careers, Cumberland Campus is located at 8750 W. Bryn Mawr, in northwest Chicago near O’Hare Airport. The facility consists of classrooms, laboratories, X-ray room, resource center, computer lab and student lounge. It is conveniently located in Northwest Chicago and easily accessible from the Cumberland exit off the Blue Line or the Kennedy expressway (I-90).

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