{"id":642,"date":"2012-06-20T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T17:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:14:26","slug":"health-careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/health-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Helping Professions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lead\">No matter your age, background, interests or location, there's a <strong>rewarding career awaiting you in the health care field<\/strong>\u2014and GCC is the perfect place to get you started!<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<h3>Credit Programs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/addiction-studies\/\">Addiction Studies &#8211; Certificate Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/allied-health\/\">Allied Health Transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/health-science\">Health Science &#8211; Liberal Arts Option<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Medical Assistant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/programs\/medical-assistant\/\">Medical Assistant &#8211; Certificate Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nursing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/practical-nursing\/\">Practical Nursing &#8211; Certificate Program<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/pre-nursing\/\">Pre-Nursing &#8211; Certificate Program<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/nursing\/\">Nursing &#8211; Associate Degree program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/paramedic\">Paramedic &#8211; Certificate program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academics\/programs\/surgical-technology\">Surgical Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Partner Programs<\/h3>\n<p>Complete your general education requirements at GCC before transferring to another community college.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/academic\/catalog\/bcc-physther.pdf\">Physical Therapist Assistant Associate in Science<\/a> \u2014 Berkshire Community College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academic\/catalog\/hcc-radtech.pdf\">Radiologic Technology Associate in Science<\/a> \u2014 Holyoke Community College<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/academic\/catalog\/stcc-resp.pdf\">Respiratory Care Associate in Science<\/a> \u2014 Springfield Technical Community College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These neighboring community colleges welcome students from GCC to apply to their programs. Interested students may complete the general education courses listed above at GCC prior to submitting an application to Berkshire Community College, Holyoke Community College, Mount Wachusett Community College or Springfield Technical Community College.<\/p>\n<p>Space in partner programs is limited, and admission is non-guaranteed. Students are encouraged to meet with program representatives at partnering community colleges for specific admissions requirements and application procedures.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<h3>Non-Credit Programs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/train.gcc.mass.edu\/workshops\/behavioral-health-associate-training\/\">Behavioral Health Associate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/train.gcc.mass.edu\/workshops\/certified-nursing-assistant-cna-home-health-aide-hha\/\">Certified Nursing Assistant\/Home Health Aide (CNA\/HHA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/train.gcc.mass.edu\/workshops\/emt-basic\/\">EMT Basic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/train.gcc.mass.edu\/programs\/healthcare\/\">CPR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"\/academics\/contact\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#fff;background-color:#0d6bf5;border-color:#0b56c4;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#fff;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#5698f8;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-info-circle\" style=\"font-size:20px;color:#fff\"><\/i> Request Information<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_custom_body_class":"","_custom_post_class":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"toolset-meta":{"notes":{"note":{"type":"wysiwyg","raw":""},"longnote":{"type":"wysiwyg","raw":""},"special-cori":{"type":"wysiwyg","raw":""},"special-wl":{"type":"wysiwyg","raw":""}}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 05:52:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}