Welcome to Baptist Health Sciences University. We're pleased you're interested in the Allied Health Professions. Allied Health is not a single profession, but a calling that spans across multiple professions and diverse healthcare settings. It's a calling to use your knowledge, gifts, and talents to serve others and become a true ally and member of a healthcare team.
At Baptist University we offer associate degrees in Surgical Technology and Neuro Diagnostic Technology, as well as bachelor degrees in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Radiography, Neuro Diagnostic Technology, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Radiation Therapy, and Respiratory Care. Completion programs are also available for practicing clinicians who have a diploma or associate's degree to earn an advanced degree specific to their professional practice and advance their career as working professionals. Completion programs are completely offered for certified medical laboratory technicians, credential neurodiagnostic technologist, registered respiratory therapist, credential nuclear medicine technologist, and credentialed medical radiographers.
Transfer Pathways from community colleges and four year colleges and universities into Allied Health bachelor degree programs are available for those with associate degrees in Imaging Sciences, Medical Laboratory Technician, Medical Radiography, and Neuro Diagnostic Technology. Along with advanced progression, in other words transfer and accelerated progression, for first time freshmen pathways for qualified students in respiratory care.
Students in Allied Health programs are instructed by nationally recognized and highly qualified educators who have clinical practice experiences in diverse healthcare settings throughout the Baptist Memorial Healthcare System and other mid-south hospitals and healthcare facilities. The education training and support Allied Health faculty provide prepares students to attain the professional credentials to succeed as clinical professionals.
If you want to make a positive difference to improve health outcomes in our community and become an important member of a healthcare team, then join us. Your Blue Healer journey starts here with Allied Health.