Illinois School of Health Careers (ISHC) offers several diploma programs designed to train students for professional careers in health care related fields. At IISHC, you can get the skills, knowledge and confidence to achieve a meaningful career with a rewarding future.

Illinois School of Health Careers is approved to operate by the Illinois State Board of Education and institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools. Financial aid is available to those that qualify.

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

The Medical Assistant Program is designed to prepare 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 along with medical terminology, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, computer skills, administrative processes, accounting practices and the processing of medical insurance forms and claims.

In recent years, the medical assistant profession has become indispensable to the health care field. Medical Assistants are being 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.

Illinois School of Health Careers

Illinois School of Health Careers has a distinguished reputation in Chicago for graduating and placing students into allied health professions.

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

The Loop Campus is located at 11 East Adams Street in downtown Chicago. 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.

The Cumberland Campus is located at 8750 W. Bryn Mawr, in northwest Chicago near O'Hare Airport. It is conveniently located and easily accessible from the Cumberland exit off the Blue Line or the Kennedy Expressway (I-90).

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