Mission and Purposes  

Fortis College provides postsecondary career education to both traditional and nontraditional students through a variety of diploma and degree programs that assist adult students in enhancing their career opportunities and improving problem-solving abilities. Fortis College strives to develop within its students the desire for life-long and continued education. The staff at Fortis College believes that they make an important contribution to the economic growth and social well-being of the Miami area. Fortis College educates its students to help meet the economic needs of their community in entry-level positions. The educational process is a change-oriented approach to education that provides the community with graduates who possess the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in existing and emerging career occupations.
The following goals are integral to the mission of Fortis College:

• To develop each student’s individual and professional growth, including written and interpersonal communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving competencies.
• To develop each student’s professional attitude and an awareness of contemporary career practices through exposure to pragmatic course content.
• To promote self-discipline and motivation so that students may enjoy success in their career and in society.
• To attract and retain effective and qualified instructors who are familiar with current medical and/or technical practices, and who motivate and develop students.
• To offer sound degree and diploma programs.
• To maintain a dynamic organization that is responsible and responsive to its constituencies.
• To minimize economic disadvantages as a barrier to postsecondary education by providing financial aid services and by accepting students without regard to age, sex, religion, race, physical challenges, or economic or social background.
• To assist graduates in finding positions for which they are trained.

Critical Strengths of Fortis College

• Career-oriented programs: Fortis College programs have been developed and are periodically reviewed in conjunction with industry advisory boards to ensure that they continue to prepare graduates according to current needs and expectations of the community of employers served by Fortis College.
• Qualified, caring faculty: In their academic credentials and professional experience, faculty members are well-qualified to teach the courses assigned to them, and all are committed to providing the extra assistance students may need to achieve their career goals.
• Graduate employment assistance: Students approaching graduation receive, at no additional charge, career and employment assistance in finding entry-level positions in their preferred careers. While the primary responsibility for securing such employment rests with the student, the Career Services Department is available for information, contacts, and guidance.
• Small classes and personal attention: A small student-to-faculty ratio helps students obtain the most from their educational investment by ensuring easy access to instructional equipment and to attentive and helpful faculty.

Facilities and Equipment
Fortis College occupies a 39,000 square foot building well-suited to our students’ needs and our educational mission.  The College has a student lounge equipped with seating, refrigerator and microwave ovens. A student libraries/resource center is available with on-line access.

Medical Labs are equipped with the necessary equipment for training medical personnel including microscopes, stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, EKG machines, surgical instruments, examination tables, and injection arms and skins. Electronic classrooms are equipped with workstations, analog/digital trainers, function generators, frequency counters, oscilloscopes, and soldering magnifiers. CIS labs utilize essential information systems hardware and up-to-date operating systems, application development languages, Pentium class computers, and network servers.

Business program computer labs include Pentium class computers, and students utilize word processing, presentation, spreadsheet, database, and accounting software applications.  The Dental Program will have 2 operator functional clinics including a sterilization center, dental materials clinic with lab, front office training area,
panoramic x-ray machine, 2 intra-oral x-ray heads, and a darkroom.
 

Fortis College Miami campus offers training recognized by the American Heart Association to people in Miami, Miami-Dade county, and the greater Miami, FL metro area in a wide variety of continuing education courses.

Continuing Education courses offered at FORTIS College Miami:

• BLS Provider / Instructor
• ACLS Provider / ACLS Instructor
• PALS Provider / PALS Instructor
• PHTLS / PHTLS Instructor
• AMLS / AMLS Instructor
• TCCC / TCCC Instructor
• Advanced Airway

For information on these programs, please contact the following people:

Courses listed above are non-accredited, non-credit continuing education courses.