The program consists of 96 hours of didactic instruction and over 100 hours clinical experience that will prepare students for entry level positioins within the healthcare field as a trained phlebotomist. Didactic instruction will take place at St. Catherine Hospital where there is a dedicated room for phlebotomy program instruction. Course work includes lectures on accurate patient identification, proper technique, as well as infection control procedures, safety measures and laboratory regulations. Students will received printouts of all lectures, worksheets, quizzes and exams. Students must pass a mock registry prior to entering the clinical portion of the program. The didactic portion will also include student labs where the students will practice phelbotomy on a fake arm, and then eventually perform phlebotomy on the instructors and other willing volunteers (including each other). Clinical practium consists of 2 weeks of performing phlebotomy at multiple draw sites within Community Healthcare System. The student will also spend one week performing phlebotomy on in-patients at St. Catherine Hospital and the other hospitals within the Community Healthcare System. Students need to complete 100 successful sticks, 20 of which must be collected on inpatients.   Students learn a variety of techniques in specimen collection e.g. straight needle and butterfly collections.