Education
Explore Our Schools & Educational Resources
CoxHealth is dedicated to the education of future health care leaders, every day and on every level. Whether you're seeking a degree or just wanting to expand your mind, CoxHealth has opportunities for you. Good health care starts with the best education.
Our Schools
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The Education Center - Continuing Education
The Education Center offers programs ranging from basic life support to advanced health care certifications and licensing, as well as educational conferences and seminars covering new medical research and other health care topics.
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Cox College
Cox College is a private college with more than 100 years experience of educating nurses, offering associate, bachelors and masters degrees in nursing and a wide range of health care areas.
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School of Medical Laboratory Science
This 12-month, hospital-based program offers a certificate of completion for clinical training in medical laboratory science. You must have a B.S. in biological science or have at least 94 semester hours of college credit.
Internships & Practicums
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Child Life Internships & Practicums
Certified Child Life Specialists are key members of the health care team and help reduce fear, anxiety and pain for hospitalized children. We offer spring, summer and fall internships and practicums for students interested in the Child Life field.
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Center for Addictions Internship
The Center for Addictions offers internships for students from local universities pursuing human services degrees. If you’re studying guidance and counseling, social work, sociology, psychology, or related fields and wish to learn about treating addictive diseases, contact us.
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Pharmacy Internships
Our pharmacy internship program can help you gain practical work experience to supplement your pharmacy school training.
Residency Programs
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CoxHealth Family Medicine Residency
The CoxHealth Family Medicine Residency is an unopposed program combining intellectual, academic excellence with the real-world experience of a community hospital.
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Pharmacy Residency
Our PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residency programs have been reviewed and accredited since 1995. Program graduates are active leaders in the field, providing patient-centered pharmaceutical care and education.
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Graduate Nurse Residency
Extensive lab and classroom training, followed by monthly education sessions and the assistance of a peer mentor, clinical educator and nurse manager.
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Clinical Pastoral Education
CoxHealth works with the Institute for Clinical Pastoral Training to offer this clinical residency for clergy and students in the ministry profession.
More Educational Programs & Resources
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Clinical Rotations
We offer a variety of opportunities for medical, nurse practitioner, physician assistant and anesthesia students interested in performing their clinical rotations in one of our hospital or clinic locations.
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Nurse Training Programs
Take a look at our nurse assistant training and certified nurse assistant sponsorship programs. You'll learn the skills you need to succeed in these in-demand fields.
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Medical Explorers
This program is a fun learning experience for students ages 15 to 20 interested in the medical field.
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Job Shadowing
Whether you are exploring health care professions or preparing for a professional program, we're happy to offer job shadowing opportunities to our community.
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Conferences & Seminars
Stay up-to-date on the latest health care research, trends, issues and more.
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Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Program
