York Technical College offers medical assisting education, as well as programs in dental assisting, dental hygiene, and surgical technology. Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Science offers programs in diagnostic medical sonography, nuclear medicine technology, surgical technology, radiography, and other areas. Harrisburg Area Community College has numerous allied health education offerings, including cardiovascular technology, radiologic technology, and respiratory therapy. WellSpan Health offers a radiography certification program at its York facilities. Medical billing and coding and medical assisting are among the courses of study at York Technical Institute. York College offers undergraduate degrees in nuclear medicine and respiratory care.
Projections for the allied health job market in the York area are encouraging. Health technologists and technicians can expect job growth of 22% through 2012, including increases of 44% for dental hygienists, 17% for radiologic technologists and technicians, 14% for surgical technologists and 30% for medical records and health information technicians. Jobs for health-diagnosing and –treating practitioners are forecast to grow by 20%, including increases of 52% for physician assistants, 21% for respiratory therapists, and 33% for physical therapists, and 28% for occupational therapists. Healthcare support occupations are expected to increase by 31%: medical assistants can expect growth of 60%; dental assistants, 44%; massage therapists, 47%; and physical and occupational therapy assistants and aides, 32%.
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