Diploma in Primary Care Paramedic

at Oulton College Canada

The Oulton College Primary Care Paramedic Program will prepare you for a career dealing with high-intensity, fast-paced emergency situations.

Our Primary Care Paramedic program provides hands on practical experience and training in:

• Paramedical science, both practical and theoretical, giving the ability to deliver reflexive medical care.
• Human anatomy and physiology, gaining the knowledge necessary to assess the human body and its state of wellness.
• The ability to think on your feet, understanding psychology and non-violent crisis inter-vention.
• Safe and effective patient lifting and transfer techniques.
• Critical thinking and rescue procedures necessary to quickly and effectively deal with medical and traumatic emergencies.
• Defensive driving techniques in our training ambulance.
• Physical fitness and wellbeing.

The Business Management & Entrepreneurship Diploma Program takes people just like you with the dream, the drive, and the desire to excel and gives them the skills they need to be successful in today’s marketplace. The modern business world has moved beyond spreadsheets and boring business plans - to launch a startup, build an empire or grow someone else’s company, you need a solid foundation of base skills but even that’s not enough. You need to learn from experience - both your own and from those who have blazed this trail before you. At Oulton, school’s out: training is in.

We source and recruit our instructors from the corporate world, so you learn from those who have had success in real life. We go beyond classroom lectures, giving you and every one of our students the opportunity to develop and use your skills, connect with the business community, and build your network - all before graduation day.

As a dental assistant you will contribute to the everyday success of a dental practice. A key player in the delivery of dental services, the dental assistant will assist the dentist in chair side procedures as well as perform many level two dental assisting skills. Dental assistants are able to perform many skills- such as take impressions, polish, expose radiographs, place rubber dams, fluoride treatments, etc. The objective of the Dental assistant program is to provide students with an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and clinical experience necessary in order to perform various duties of a level 2 dental assistant. The program will offer instruction by dentists, assistants and hygienists with practical experience and is reviewed by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

The Policing and Corrections program is designed to assist students in acquiring the knowledge and skills required for employment opportunities in the fields of Policing, Security and Corrections. This is a unique one year in-depth program, which focuses on the fundamentals of Policing and Corrections. It is designed for students with a strong interest in the Criminal Justice System and the desire to serve the community as a law enforcement or correctional officer. The college recognizes the differences and similarities between the two distinct areas of study. However with the changing needs in the law enforcement community, students need to have more options.

Ready for a career using your love of tech? Our Web & Mobile Development Program will give you advanced programming skills along with website and database design and app development, making you a hot commodity in today’s labour force. We’ll teach you the most in-demand technical skills in creating and building websites, while giving you a strong background in developing apps for mobile devices

You will receive individual attention from the best instructors in the industry. You will get lots of hands-on experience to build your confidence and expertise, with practical exercises and real projects.

The world of tech is huge…what exactly will I learn?

Our Web & Mobile Development Diploma Program provides hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Web Design: using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.
• Building Web Applications: using PHP and MySQL.
• Database Design: techniques to build a good server database and how to query, implement and maintain a database using SQL (Structured Query Language).
• Developing Enterprise Web Solutions: using the Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET environment and the Microsoft .NET platform to create an ASP.NET Web application that delivers dynamic content to a website.
• Programming using Java: building fundamental object-oriented programming skills.
• Android App Development: leveraging Java skills to build Android Apps

Child and Youth Care Workers try to improve the physical, emotional, intellectual and social development of children and adolescents in troubled situations. Many of the children or youths experience multiple challenges or have been diagnosed as having multiple problems. Oulton Child and Youth Care Work program is designed to assist students to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to attain entry-level employment opportunities within the Child and Youth Care field.

Beyond the work of a legal administrative assistant, as a paralegal, you can work with lawyers, crown prosecutors, judges, for federal and provincial courts, with justice departments, insurance companies, and real estate agencies in conducting legal research and helping to ensure the rule of law is upheld. With 18 years of experience in offering this program which is taught by a retired lawyer and a working paralegal, you will graduate with confidence that you possess the necessary skills to succeed in the legal profession.

Have you wanted to be a part of a medical team, seeing how doctors, hospitals, and dentists work from the other side of the counter? Look no further: Oulton College Medical Office Administration Diploma Program is the program that will start your career in the ever-changing Medical and Dental Administrative fields. The administration staff at every level of medical and dental care are a vital part of a health care team, providing patients with care and comfort, bringing organization and management to your team.

Depending on your career choice, you may be the first contact for patients while running an office smoothly and seamlessly (and earning the undying gratitude of the other members of your team!) If you chose to work in a hospital setting you may work in a unit handling sensitive and urgent tasks required to keep the medical system running at peak efficiency

That sounds like a lot of responsibility. How will you help me prepare?

Our Medical Office Administration program provides hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Communications and Interpersonal skills: interacting with clients, confidence and demeanor.
• Dental and Medical Office procedures: record management, phone etiquette, scheduling.
• Keyboarding: training to achieve graduation target of 50 words per minute.
• Medical Transcription: medical documents, chart notes and physical reports.
• Medical Terminology: specifically in Physiology and Anatomy.
• Medical Office Software: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word.
• Personal and Professional Development: resume writing, practical interview skills and practice, time management and professional expectations.
• Simply Accounting: computer based accounting procedures.

Once you have the skills and knowledge, we give you a chance to learn from professionals and practice in a safe and controlled environment. You will be given the opportunity to complete a 6 week practicum placement

This program was developed in response to high demand from all sectors of industry for workers able to effectively use the latest technologies, managing network systems and their security, and is CompTIA authorized. In just 10 months, the Oulton College Systems Management & Cybersecurity Diploma Program will have you ready for a think-on-your-feet, fast paced, highly valued career in the high stakes world of Big Data

You will receive individual attention from highly qualified instructors, allowing you to tap into their industry insight. You’ll be certified to work with Windows Server 2008, Linux, and Cisco Routers. You’ll also be trained in hacker techniques, exploits, and incident handling/security.

Our Systems Management & Cybersecurity Diploma program provides hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Hardware: how to recognize, clean, handle, install, diagnose and understand the different functions of various hardware components
• Operating Systems: preparing computers for various operating systems deployment and ensuring optimal performance and security
• Networks: understanding internet, intranet and extranet, VPN, Security, Firewalls, LANs, WANs and wireless networking
• Network Hardware
• Active Directory Domain Services
• Windows Server 2008, Linux and Cisco Routers
• Security and Defence from Hacking
• Cloud computing
• Office 365 administration and configuration

Opticians are vision care practitioners who prepare and sell glasses, contacts, and other vision aids by using the prescriptions of Optometrists or Ophthalmologists. Opticians don’t diagnose vision issues, and they don’t handle the manufacturing of glasses and frames. They are the coolest mix of science and fashion - helping clients live their best lives with the perfect vision aids and accessories.

Our Optician Program will provide hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Dispensing: lab safety, operation and use of equipment used for the fabrication of spectacles.
• Clinical Practice: simulated and real life hands-on practice.
• Contact Lens: principles of contact lens assessment, design, fabrication and fitting.
• Ocular Science: anatomy and physiology of the eye, structures of the eye and associated pathologies, as well as the physiological processes related to vision.
• Communications and Professionalism: communication techniques and professional interaction between various eye care practitioners, support staff and clients
• Business and Sales: overview of principles for operating a retail vision care business and selling products to clients