Tag Archive: Allied Health

EMS Program Director Receives Emerson Excellence Award

November 28, 2022
East Central College EMS Program Director Jenifer Goodson incorporates innovation and technology to fully prepare EMT and paramedic students to serve their communities. That’s just one reason of why Goodson is being recognized with the 2022 Emerson Excellence in Teaching award. “She is extremely devoted to her EMT and paramedic students and their academic success,”… View Article

ECC OTA Student Pinned at Ceremony

September 2, 2022
  Freund will be awarded an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant from ECC for completion of the program. ECC is one of five colleges in the Missouri Health Professions Consortium (MHPC) offering the program as one cohort coordinated through State Fair Community College, Sedalia. Freund was enrolled in the general education… View Article

College to Hold Health Care Career Information Session

March 9, 2022
East Central College will hold a virtual informational session to highlight health care careers, and the programs ECC offers to prepare students for those fields. Director of Nursing Nancy Mitchell, MSN, RN, will be the keynote speaker for ECC’s Health Care Career meeting March 22 from 6-7:30 p.m. Mitchell also is the College’s dean of… View Article

Sinks, ECC Conduct Second Vaccination Clinic

May 3, 2021
It was another strong showing for the second and final round of COVID-19 vaccinations at East Central College. And according to Dr. Sandy Mitchell, owner of Medley Pharmacy, Inc. and Sinks Pharmacy, it was also another smooth vaccination clinic for her team. There were nearly 1,400 people who received their second shot of the Moderna… View Article

Longtime College EMS Board Members Retire from Positions

February 22, 2021
Three longtime members of the East Central College EMS Advisory Board, with more than a century of combined experience in ambulatory services, recently stepped down from their volunteer posts. Terry Buddemeyer, Ken Koch, and Tom Neurnberger attended their final EMS Advisory Board meeting late last year. Each of the three men have close ties to… View Article

Medical Assistant Program Ranked Top 3 in St. Louis

October 21, 2020
The East Central College Medical Assisting Program is one of the top 3 programs in the St. Louis area. That’s according to Medical Assistant Advice, a website that serves medical assistant students and professionals, which published its ranking during National Medical Assistant Week, Oct. 18-23. Nancy Mitchell, Director of Nursing and Dean of Health Science,… View Article

#InspiringExcellence – Nursing Program Named Top 10 in Missouri

April 20, 2018
More than 54 nursing programs were ranked in the state of Missouri, and East Central College landed near the top of the list in 2018! According to RegisteredNursing.org, East Central College is ranked the tenth best nursing program in the state. The methodology used for the rankings was based on the NCLEX-RN exam, which is… View Article