Healthcare Professions News

TJC nursing graduates pass licensing exams in high numbers
Tyler Junior College nursing graduates scored higher than the state and national averages on their recent licensing exams.

TJC hosts Tri My Best Triathlon for special needs kids
The Tyler Junior College Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program hosted its second in-person Tri My Best Triathlon for special needs children on Saturday, April 30.

TJC diagnostic echocardiography program begins in Fall 2022
Beginning this fall, Tyler Junior College’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences will add diagnostic echocardiography to its ever-increasing list of healthcare programs.

TJC hosts training for new Christus nurses
Registered nurses soon to start their careers at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Health System recently gained hands-on training at the TJC's Robert M. Rogers Nursing & Health Sciences Center.

TJC celebrates National Radiologic Technology Week
Within a year of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen’s discovery of the X-ray on Nov. 8, 1895, using radiographic images for diagnosis and therapy became an established part of the medical profession.

TJC vet tech program helps to fill vital need in animal care industry
Tori Buckley has been an animal lover all her life, and she’s turning that passion into her profession.

Creating opportunity: Professor recalls her journey from TJC student to nurse to educator
Tyler Junior College nursing professor Jennifer Wilson never had any intention of becoming a teacher.

A legacy of caring: TJC Nursing program celebrates 70 years
For 70 years, the TJC Nursing program has not only improved the lives of thousands of graduates, it has also helped generations of patients across the region who have benefited from their expertise.

TJC respiratory therapy graduates go immediately to work in area hospitals
Graduates of Tyler Junior College’s respiratory care program have hit the ground running and joined the workforce after wrapping up their degrees in December.

TJC professor awarded by Texas Physical Therapy Association
Tyler Junior College professor Amanda Storer has been named the 2020 recipient of the Texas Physical Therapy Association’s Outstanding Physical Therapist Assistant Faculty Award.