What to Know About Working in a Dental Office

Updated: March 12, 2026 We’ve all sat in the dentist’s chair at least once, but what is working in a dental office like? The dental field offers a fast-paced, hands-on environment that many find professionally fulfilling. If you’re exploring a career in dental assisting or dental hygiene, understanding the day-to-day experience can help you decide […]

Top 5 “Need-to-Know” Tips from a Veterinary Assisting MVP

Sandy Moore is Carrington’s Veterinary Assisting [1] Program Director at the Phoenix North campus. Sandy was recently chosen as the 2016 MVP Community Leader by the Veterinary Health Care Team of Arizona [2] (VHCTAz). You don’t win awards without knowing your stuff, so we picked Sandy’s award-winning brain to get her top 5 things you need to […]

What Does a Medical Laboratory Technician Do?

Updated March 14, 2022 If you’re interested in health care, chances are you want to help people feel better…why else get into it right? But until a doctor can figure out what’s going on, they can’t help their patient. That’s where a medical & clinical laboratory technician comes in. A Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), also […]

Year-Round School: What’s It Like?

You might think most colleges use the same calendar you probably did in high school – go to class from August or September through May or June and take the summer off. But some schools, like Carrington College, offer students programs year-round. Personally, I love the concept of year-round programs because I feel it allows […]