SHORELINE - Shoreline Community College will offer a part-time option for nursing students beginning next January.  The new part-time option, created in response to the local nurse shortage, was designed for students who cannot enroll in the College’s full-time Nursing Program. 

Students will complete the program in 10 consecutive quarters, with the first class finishing the program in the early summer of 2010.  The average credit load will be three to seven credits, with students attending classes two to three days a week.  The majority of theory classes will be scheduled in late afternoon or evening and clinical experiences will be offered both day and evening shifts.  The course will not be offered during Summer Quarter.

The application period is currently underway for both the part-time and the full-time programs.  Completed applications must be received no later than October 3, 2007.  Students admitted to the part-time program must meet the same pre-requisites as the full-time program.  Check out the web site at http://www.shoreline.edu/nurse.html or call (206) 546-4734 for more information or for application procedures.

SHORELINE - The Associate Degree Program in Health Information Technology (HIT) and the Certificate of Proficiency Program for the Medical Coding and Reimbursement Specialist (MCRS) are in the final stages of conversion to a total online basis.  There will be a few more courses in hybrid format (half online, half on campus) this academic year, but all will be totally online effective Summer Quarter 2008.  Both full and part-time students are welcome to enroll.

The MCRS program has received full Approval Status for a Comprehensive Medical Coding Program through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the only program in the state with this approval.

The HIT program is fully Accredited through the AHIMA sponsored CAHIIM commission, one of only three programs in the state with this accreditation. Students will be able to access health information management and coding software through the AHIMA Virtual Lab, available only to accredited or approved programs in the nation.  The program already has enrolled students who live in other states, since they do not need to come to campus.

For further information, please go to www.shoreline.edu/hciprograms or contact Donna Wilde at dwilde@shoreline.edu or Gloria Anderson at ganderso@shoreline.edu.