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Welcome to Frederick Community College,

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where your healthcare journey begins.

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Our innovative programs
offer hands-on training

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and a strong foundation for your future.

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Our nursing program prepares
you to provide compassionate,

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high quality care, through hands-on
learning and expert instruction.

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You'll train in state-of-the-art
simulation labs,

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and gain real world experience
for success in any health care setting.

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Here, in the Nursing program,
you have real time, vital signs.

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You have mannequins that do all
of these, like, physiological things.

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They...they sweat, they cough.

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We've practiced injections that feel pretty real.

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The spaces are...they're terrific.

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We're very lucky to have an educational
organization close to home.

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Over the last, I would say, four years,
we've hired over 50% of that

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graduating class from FCC to become
nurses within our organization.

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FCC’s Respiratory Care program
prepares you to support

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patients facing breathing challenges
throughout the lifespan.

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With expert faculty and real world
training, you'll gain skills

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to make a difference across
hospital, clinic, and home settings.

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FCC has all the different types
of equipment that I use today.

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It is amazing.

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The fact that we had these
and actually got to be hands-on...

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definitely got me ready to go out there
and do my clinicals in these hospitals.

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We are on the front lines
saving people's lives.

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Hearing that “thank you so much,”

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you know, “you helped me,

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you saved my family member's life.”

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It's pretty much why I went into health care.

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Step into the operating room with confidence

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through our Surgical Technology program.

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In just one year, you'll be ready to assist in surgeries,

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support health care
teams, and ensure patient safety.

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Get hands-on training and become
a vital part of life saving procedures.

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Starting day one.

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Their lab space is an OR.

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As time went by, I started to
see it's deeper than that

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and there's this connection
between the science, the care,

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the practice, and just overall healing.

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The way that they handle things.

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It was very artistic.
It was very organized.

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It flowed.

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And I think that that's
why I liked the operating room.

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Just having that level of just comfort in
all of these different disease processes

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and then being able to act on it in that
moment, I find to be just amazing.

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Our Physical Therapist Assistant program
prepares you to help patients recover,

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regain mobility, and improve their quality of life

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through hands-on, evidence-based techniques.

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Learn the skills to make a real difference,

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empowering patients to gain
independence and well-being.

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Our lab is very interactive.

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It helps us be very hands-on with each other,

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and that's the best way that we learn.

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We can't learn

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if we're not in an environment
that enables us to do

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exactly what we do in real life.

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When I graduate, I'll have a degree
as a Physical Therapist Assistant,

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and I'll be able to treat real patients

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out in clinics, hospitals, or nursing homes,
or just about anywhere else.

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And I'll be able to make a real difference

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and empower them and really
take control of their health.

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A Health Science AS degree

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offers a strong foundation
for careers in health care,

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community wellness, and fitness.

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Specialize in public health, exercise science,

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or personal training, and build
practical skills to promote

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wellness, improve lives, and
pursue advanced study.

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Through our Health Sciences
programs here at FCC,

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students can complete their associates degrees,

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and then they are well-situated to transfer,

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not only within the State of Maryland,

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but nationally to four year colleges,
where they can

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then continue their advanced training
in a wide variety of health care fields.

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Our interprofessional education
model ensures students in health programs

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learn together and train
as a team across disciplines.

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This collaborative approach
mirrors real-world health care,

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and builds vital communication skills for success.

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Community college offers anyone,

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of just about any age,
a bundle of opportunities

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to get affordable education
without causing a fortune.

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There's so many different opportunities
that you can do just by coming to FCC.

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They're just endless.

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This partnership with FCC
allows us to help the students

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find a potential career path that
they can stay within the community

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where they were raised, or where
they may have moved to

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after graduating from high school.

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Our dedicated faculty bring years of
experience and a passion for teaching.

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They're here to mentor you,
provide personalized support,

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and help you achieve your career goals.

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Most instructors are available,
so email, office hours.

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You know, you have a lot
of people who care about you

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and what you're doing,
and they support you.

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Your classmates, they are basically the only people
who really know exactly what it takes.

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You find that we pick each other up, and
so you actually gain this cohort pride, I guess.

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We could always use good people
to join our organization.

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And the students coming out of FCC are those good people.