Diploma in Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant

at Centennial College - Morningside Campus Canada

Centennial College’s Liberal Arts to Trent University program will teach you about a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences as well as communications and research methods. More importantly, it will lay the foundation for future post-secondary education, letting you smoothly transfer into a program at Trent University.

This arts diploma program is for you if you're planning on:

• Applying to a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree at Trent University;
• Applying to a Bachelor of Arts (general) in Communications and Critical Thinking at Trent University;
• Pursuing a college program in areas such as business administration, child studies and community services, hospitality and tourism, journalism, and media and design;
• Exploring your ultimate career goals and various educational opportunities.

The Diploma in Liberal Arts has established an old-style relic where you will be acquainted with a moderately wide scope of subjects so as to obtain information and scholarly limits that are general to varying backgrounds, instead of explicit to a specific calling or exchange. Certificate in Liberal Arts program at Centennial College - Morningside Campus covers a scope of themes in humanities and sociologies and furthermore correspondence and research techniques. 

The Liberal Arts program is for understudies, who are anxious to apply to a Bachelor of Arts program at a perceived college or are quick to investigate definitive profession objectives and other instructive open doors also. Examining humanities creates general learning and explicit scholarly aptitudes identifying with human ideas and relations, for example, the manner in which we conveyor how the past has influenced the present. Sociology investigations and clarifies social orders and the connections of people inside those social orders. 

Upon effective finishing of this course it is normal that you will have the option to: exhibit the scholarly abilities innate in the translation of wellsprings of learning relating to the scholastic control, build up a comprehension of the world perspective on the field of study, and show the limit with respect to examination, scrutinize and imaginative intuition in the order.

Centennial College's Healthcare Environmental Services Management (HESM) program was designed to meet the demand for qualified environmental services managers with the ability to develop systems and processes to protect workers, clients and patients from environmental hazards in the health care setting and operate buildings that are safe.

Today's health care environment is changing, and there's an increased need for infection control measures, outbreak or pandemic planning, isolation cleaning levels, emergency preparedness and timely response in the health care setting. In this college health diploma program's courses, you'll learn to develop, implement, and monitor operating systems and preventative maintenance in the housekeeping, laundry, maintenance and transportation areas within the environmental department of a health care facility. You'll also learn about the emergence of new technologies to fight antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" and to help support disease control of bacteria and viruses.

The curriculum will include concepts of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) as well as going "green" for a healthier environment and to reduce pollution and the carbon footprint. You'll also research the use of effective eco-friendly products with lower volatile organic compounds.

To help you acquire the necessary skills, the HESM program will also expose you to the industry's best practices and continuous quality improvements to coordinate and monitor building, sanitation, maintenance and operating systems. You'll also be informed of the wide range of environmental issues health care facilities encounter as they work to comply with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Health Canada, Occupational Health and Safety, Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) and other regulatory requirements. As part of Public Health Ontario, the PIDAC has created best practice documents, reports and recommendations on matters related to communicable diseases, immunization, and infection prevention and control and surveillance. Centennial's HESM program is recognized as a recommended program that managers and supervisors in environmental service departments can attend when directly related to environmental cleaning in health care.

Through this offering, you'll combine health care environmental service knowledge with business and human relations, critical thinking and problem solving skills. This combination will prepare you to work with a diverse team in this challenging field.

As a Centennial College HESM student and graduate, you may be eligible to apply for Ontario Healthcare Housekeepers' Association and Canadian Association of Environmental Management memberships. Both are recommended for employment opportunities.

Program Highlights

• The Healthcare Environmental Services Management program will incorporate classroom lectures, hands-on practical lab experience, field trips and guest speaker presentations.
• Experiential learning and practical skill development will occur on campus in designated lab areas and in computer labs with industry-specific software.
• Included in this School of Community and Health Studies program will be two field placements in semester 3 and 4.
• The diploma you'll earn reflects high standards of learning and transferable skills.

As a Healthcare Environmental Services Management graduate, you'll be able to reliably demonstrate the ability to:

• Support the provision of a healthy, safe and sanitary health care environment according to guidelines set by current legislation, standards and regulations;
• Analyze infection prevention and control practices to ensure compliance with current legislation standards and regulations;
• Effectively work as part of an interprofessional health care team to ensure successful functioning of the facility;
• Apply quality management principles in compliance with requirements established by the organization and regulatory bodies;
• Manage the health care environmental services operations as outlined by the departmental/organizational business plan;
• Develop ongoing personal and professional development strategies and plans to achieve realistic career goals and to enhance management skills;
• Analyze and evaluate the impact of social, ethical and legal issues on individual and/or organizational operations within a health care environmental services context;
• Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of recruitment, orientation, training, development and retention programs for health care environmental services employees;
• Develop and evaluate a departmental budget that reflects fiscal accountability and financial planning;
• Apply effective human resource management practices to enhance organizational and individual productivity and performance;
• Document, generate and maintain all required records in compliance with current healthcare environmental services regulations, standards and established protocol.

Centennial College's Biotechnology Fast-Track program was created for qualified college or university graduates wishing to receive a diploma in one year (two semesters). By gaining direct admission into the second year (third semester) of the two-year Biotechnology program, you'll be trained to work as a laboratory technician for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

This program will offer detailed practical training in microbiology and chemistry (analytical, organic and biochemistry). Laboratory techniques including aseptic technique and appropriate safety procedures will be extensively highlighted. A special feature of this diploma program is its project-focused approach, with independently designed microbiology projects that will enhance your problem-solving and research skills.

You'll learn to:

• Isolate, enumerate and identify microorganisms from many types of samples (water, soil, air, the human body, food, and pharmaceutical and cosmetic products);
• Prepare specimens for staining, becoming an expert light-microscopist;
• Become proficient in aseptic handling of materials;
• Accurately calibrate and use a range of instruments such as pH and BOD meters, gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers (regular/IR/UV) and HPLCs;
• Prepare microbiological media and reagents, and culture pathogenic microbes;
• Design and perform your own microbiology experiments;
• Use microorganisms to assay pharmaceutical products;

You'll have the option of graduating as a biotechnician in one year or continuing for a second year to study specialized topics such as microbial genetics, systematic microbiology and environmental microbiology to graduate with an Advanced Biotechnology diploma.

In Centennial College’s General Arts program, you'll study a range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences as well as communications.

This college preparation program is for you if you're:

• Considering college programs in areas such as communication arts, child studies, community services, hospitality or tourism administration;
• Planning on transferring to the Liberal Arts diploma;
• Exploring your ultimate career goals and various educational opportunities.

The Massage Therapy program at Centennial College will provide you with both the fundamental and advanced massage therapy skills to become a successful massage therapist. The program will emphasize professionalism and teach an evidence-based approach to assessment, treatment planning and implementation.

Recognized as a distinctive and rigorous offering within the School of Community and Health Studies, this program will balance a combination of theory and practical application through in-class lectures, lab experience, an onsite public clinic and offsite outreach placements.

You'll learn the proper assessment tools and techniques to deal with a wide variety of conditions that involve lymph, muscle, nerve, fascia and joints of the body as well as a wellness focus that maintains physical health, function and mobility.

Program Highlights

• Programs at Centennial College are awarded Key Performance Indicator Awards based on student satisfaction survey statistics. The Massage Therapy program has received the President’s Academic Gold awards for Graduate Satisfaction and for Quality of Learning Experience.
• The Massage Therapy program will offer strong clinical components through onsite labs and clinics and offsite placements. 
• At Centennial’s Morningside Campus, you'll obtain hands-on practice in modern clinical spaces where you'll meet clients who experience injuries, dysfunction and disease. Your responsibility will be to offer assessment and treatment, under the supervision of experienced RMT faculty members, to help improve patients’ physical ability and quality of life.
• When you graduate, you'll be eligible to write the registration examinations administered by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) to obtain the Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) designation. Centennial students have demonstrated an excellent success rate at the CMTO entry-to-practice examinations (see www.CMTO.com for results).

Centennial College's Food Science Technology program will examine the many processes food undergoes as it travels from the field to your fork.

In the advanced diploma program, which the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science facilitates, you'll gain theoretical, technical and practical training in the three fundamental disciplines of biology, chemistry and food science.

Courses in this college science program will teach you to integrate and apply knowledge within the disciplines of chemistry, engineering, physics, biology and nutrition to preserve, process, package and distribute foods that are healthy, affordable, desirable and safe to eat.

Program Highlights

• Comprehensive laboratory training helps you to take your skills from foundational to professional.
• Through practical Food Science Tech courses, hands-on experience is acquired with a wide range of instrumentation.
• The Biotechnology, Environmental Technology and Food Science Technology programs share a common first year, which provides the flexibility to transfer between these programs before entering the second year.

Courses in this college science program will cover the three foundational disciplines of biology, chemistry and civil engineering — and teach you to understand and manage complex environmental problems. To balance theory, you'll gain hands-on experience using technology and equipment in water and soil quality analysis, ecological field sampling, analytical chemistry, hazardous material management, surveying, municipal engineering, AutoCAD drawing and geographic information systems (GIS) mapping. You'll also acquire the skills to analyze and remidate the urban environment through laboratory practice in water quality testing, groundwater movement, computer aided environmental audits and the chemistry of pollutants.

Program Highlights:-

• You can participate in local conservation and restoration activities.
• Graduates can apply to register with the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT).
• After you complete Semester 4 courses, you can write the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Operator-in-Training (OIT) and Water Quality Analyst (WQA) exams.
• Environmental Technology (and its co-op version) is the recipient of the President's Academic Program Recognition Award for Outstanding Student Satisfaction.
• The Biotechnology, Environmental Technology and Food Science Technology programs share a common first semester, which provides the flexibility to transfer between programs before starting the second semester.
• The unique combination of technical skills in this advanced diploma program will greatly increase your career options.

Co-op Option:-
This program offers an optional co-op component. During this opportunity, academically-qualified students can put classroom learning into practice and make valuable contacts for future careers.
To participate in programs with optional co-op, you'll typically complete an application process in the second semester of your studies. If you qualify academically, you'll be admitted to the co-op program. When you graduate, your diploma will highlight the co-op credential.

Centennial College's Esthetician program is the only undertaking of its sort in Toronto to offer both clinic and placement components. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills for spa applications, medical esthetics and business operations.
During your time in this college health program, you'll learn from qualified instructors who have many years of experience in the industry and explore a comprehensive curriculum that will incorporate:

• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Pathology
• Histology
• Chemistry
• Infection control
• Practical applications
• Product knowledge
• Sales techniques
• Business practice

As a Centennial College Esthetician student, you'll have the advantage of developing your skills in esthetician lab facilities using cutting-edge equipment that is common in today's wellness and medical spas. The lab facilities, located at Morningside Campus, also serve as the faculty-supervised Censation Esthetics Student Clinic, in which you'll gain real-world experience. Each semester, new services will be added to the curriculum to prepare you for applying your knowledge.

To round out your training in this college diploma program, you'll apply your skills to field placement experiences in both industry clinics and established businesses. This aspect of the offering will allow you to learn in an atmosphere that will build the confidence and skills to enter this challenging and exciting career.
Upon graduation, you'll be able to provide the entire range of professional services offered in today's spas, medi-spas and doctor's offices and have the skills required to successfully operate a private business.

Program Highlights

• A strong curriculum will emphasize preparing you for the current workplace by providing the latest knowledge.
• Medical esthetics embedded in semesters 3 and 4 will include:
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Micro current lifting
  • Photobiostimulation
  • Low level coherent light and ultrasound
  • Laser/IPL (55 hours of theoretical and practical training)
  • Chemical peels
• Among specialized body equipment you'll become familiar with will be:
  • Vichi capsule/showers
  • Body contouring, drainage
  • Ultrasound
  • Non-invasive meso therapy
• You'll learn to effectively use computer software commonly utilized in spas.
• Your education will allow you to apply knowledge of business operations, exceptional customer service and diverse population needs to the daily operations of an esthetic business in a professionally managed salon or spa environment.
• Faculty members who have extensive experience and knowledge are all accomplished and well respected in the field.
• Many placement sites hire Esthetician program students upon completion of the program/placement. Up to 95 per cent of the placement sites have hired grads.
• The Esthetician program receives high Key Performance Indicator satisfaction rates from students, graduates and employers. It has received 100 per cent employer satisfaction and 100 per cent student satisfaction for program quality, learning experience, clinical experience and quality of teachers with current industry skills.

The Food Science Technology (Fast-Track) program will grant qualified college or university graduates direct admission into Year 2 (Semester 3) of this three-year advanced diploma program, allowing them to receive their advanced diploma in two years (four semesters).

The Centennial College Food Science Technology program will integrate and apply knowledge within the disciplines of microbiology, chemistry, engineering, biology and nutrition to preserve, process, package and distribute foods that are healthy, affordable, desirable and safe to eat.

This college science program will prepare you for food science careers in areas such as quality control/ assurance, laboratory analysis, product development and food safety.

Program Highlights

• In Centennial College's fully equipped labs, you receive comprehensive laboratory training that ranges from foundational to professional skills.
• You experience practical, hands-on activities with a wide range of instrumentation throughout the Food Science Technology (Fast Track) program.