HECOIN TOUCHING LIVES, LAUNCHING OUT

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 Zhane Squire

March 10, 2021 |Dr Colin O Jarrett |

Health, Education and Counselling Institute/HECOIN, the Polytechnic of the Caribbean, which has spread its wings beyond Caribbean, has kicked off its first online training nursing programme with overseas students recently.

LAUNCH, COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM & OLDEST REGISTERED PRACTICAL NURSING SCHOOL IN JAMAICA

The 32 year-old flagship institution in Jamaica and the Caribbean, launched its core nursing programme called Elderly Care/EC (formerly Geriatric Nursing) on March 2, 2021. EC nurses provide bedside nursing to older persons in the population which is a growing area of specialization globally. This first of learners include male and female not only from Jamaica, but from St Kitts and Nevis, Ghana and the United Kingdom. The training will expose the international students to the comprehensive practical nursing curriculum written by its founding President/CEO, the late Dr. Clover P Jarrett who was a Nursing Educator par excellence. This International Diploma Level 2 curriculum was the request of the Government of Jamaica for implementation as the national curriculum for Practical Nurses in the island of Jamaica. HECOIN is the oldest registered practical nursing school in Jamaica and is highly recognized in the Caribbean and beyond.

FOUR FOR THE PRICE OF ONE

In addition, in 2012, the late founding president included other specialized areas in the curriculum to include care giving and nursing assistant. Successful students will not only receive one course written on their diploma, but will include four: Elderly Care Nursing, Geriatric Nursing, Nursing Assistant and Care Giving. So instead of students paying independently for each course, they will pay for one and get the other three free of cost. This is a COVID-19 special which will run for this calendar year.

AMCA & AAH U.S. INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Upon successful completion of HECOIN’s EC and other health-care programmes, students are able to sit the American Medical Certifications Association/AMCA or the American Allied Health/AAH examinations, which are both national examinations, recognized in all 50 States. These online assessments give test results in less than 10 minutes. HECOIN is a proud testing site/Centre for these two internationally accrediting examination bodies.

PRE-REQUISITE FOR ENTRY & DURATION

Interested persons are required to have at least completed high school in their respective countries, be 16 years and above and have a passion for the field of study. Most certificate courses last 6 weeks, while diplomas last 3-12 months depending on the programme. Degrees, on the other hand, can last 9-12 months at the bachelors, masters or doctorate levels. Certificate and diploma courses have four cohorts for the year (February, May, September and November) while degree programmes start every/other month.

ONLINE PROGRAMMES @ HECOIN

International Certificates in House Keeping, Food and Beverage Service, Security Management, Customer Care Management and Call Centre Management along with basic and advance Chaplaincy. International Diplomas include Home Health Aide, Elderly Care/Geriatric Nursing, Child Care, Health Care Assistant/HCA, Vocational Nursing (sometimes called Licensed Practical Nursing), Dental Tech, Pharmacy Tech, Phlebotomy Tech, Tourism and Hospitality Management and Business Management. Internationally accredited Degrees include BBA, BA, BDiv, MBA, MA, MDiv and DBA, PhD and EdD

SKILLED WORKER PROGRAMME

Skilled Workers who are not certified, can be assessed on-the-job by external verifier in the industry and certified on-the-job. This programme includes all categories of construction workers along with hairdressers, barbers, nail techs, cosmetologists, mechanics, electricians, farmers, electronic techs, cashiers, store-room clerks among others. The entire process for skilled worker certification can take 7-14 days all things being equal.

FEE PAYMENT, DOCUMENTS SENT VIA EMAIL& EASY RETRIEVAL

Fees are broken down into weekly/monthly payments with online banking or through Western Union/MoneyGram being the preferred methods of deposits available to students. Students are sent the application forms online to their email addresses and all documents are submitted electronically. HECOIN is one of the first paperless institutions in Jamaica which allows for all documents to be easily sent and retrieved online when needed through a software and back up via an email set-up entirely for this purpose.