Certificate in Pre-Health Sciences

SAIT Polytechnic

Our Pre-Health Sciences certificate program allows you to simultaneously explore different career opportunities and build a related skillset through a variety of foundational courses.

In this program, you will:

learn the skills, attitudes, and attributes expected of healthcare practitioners

explore various healthcare professions

build competencies in communications, math, and statistics

train in the foundations of healthcare practice, including medical terminology, anatomy, and infection control.

In addition to the prescribed curriculum, you'll have the opportunity to select from elective courses that most suit your area of interest, including a course in Phlebotomy that can help you secure employment, even if you don't want to pursue additional education.

This certificate exposes you to numerous healthcare career pathways, serves as a strong foundation for further studies and equips you with the competencies to excel in more specialized programming.

As related, this program's curriculum overlaps with that of a number of programs in SAIT's School of Health and Public Safety, and, provides an avenue through which to meet some or all of the admission requirements for many of these programs.