Programme

Diploma in Phlebotomy Technician

A Diploma in Phlebotomy Technician is a career-focused training program that teaches students how to safely and accurately draw, collect, and process blood and other clinical specimens from patients

The coursesWhat this programme teaches, semester by semester. Each course runs for the number of weeks the college sets for it, and every week has its lesson, a narrated version of it, a printable outline and an assessment.

All programmes

Semester 1 13 courses

GEN 101
Introduction to Health Care ( Medical Science Reloaded)
Shared
PLB 105
Waste Management and Decontamination Techniques
PLB 104
Performing Venous and Dermal Puncture Procedures
PLB 103
Phlebotomy Equipment Used in Phlebotomy Procedures
PLB 102
Blood Circulatory System and Phlebotomy Techniques
PLB 101
Introduction to Phlebotomy History
SOC 103
Chemistry 101
Shared
GEN 107
General Microbiology
Shared
GEN 102
Medical Terminologies, Anatomy and Physiology
Shared
GEN 103
Communication Skill
Shared
GEN 104
Problem solving and Decision Making Skills
Shared
GEN 105
Ethics and Law
Shared
GEN 106
Vital Signs
Shared

Semester 2 5 courses

PLB 106
Special handling and Processing Procedures
PLB 107
Special Phlebotomy Techniques
PLB 108
Clinical Laboratory Procedures for Phlebotomy
PLB 109
Troubleshooting in Phlebotomy Procedures
PLB 110
Practicing Phlebotomy Profession

A course marked Shared is taught in more than one SPACS programme. It is the same course, so a student who has passed it does not sit it twice.

Take the week with you

Every week downloads as a printable outline, readable on a phone with the data off.

Listen instead of reading

Lessons come with a narrated version for studying on the move.

Weekly assessment

A short quiz each week, marked straight away, with the score kept on record.

Course material

Lessons, recordings and assessments sit behind the sign-in.

Enrolled students reach them with a link emailed to their college address, so there is no password to remember. Staff use the same sign-in. If you want to know more about this programme first, write to a lecturer.