Upcoming Programs
CNA Program
This 5-week accelerated course prepares you for success on the CNA certification examinations. Led by highly experienced, state-approved instructors, our CNA program ensures you are on the fast-track to a credential that is recognized nationwide.
Program Duration
This comprehensive course includes 5 consecutive weekends of classes followed by 16 hours of supervised clinical experiences and a clinical skills exam.
Classes run Fridays (6-9pm) Saturdays (8am-5pm) and Sundays (1-5pm). Keep your job and family life while training for this in-demand career!
Affordable Tuition
Course cost is $1,350. We have many flexible payment plan options to eliminate obstacles and help you succeed.
Students are responsible for costs outside the course for CPR, Background Checks, vaccine records and fees for written and skills examinations. These costs will vary based on your individual situation.
Experienced Instructors
Our instructors are highly experienced and state-approved. Our facility is fully set for this course and meets all required standards.
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Business Communications & Soft Skills
The primary objective of the Front Desk Administration/Customer Service Program is to provide the skills needed to successfully and professionally be the "face of the business." This program instructs front-of-house employees on effective communication in-person, via email and over the phone in a manner that most desirably represents the business and creates productive interactions with customers/clients/patients. Soft Skills Training in Empathy, Collaboration & Communication is a major component of this course.
Program Duration
24 hour course with 3 consecutive 8 hour days of instruction and practical interactive training. Our hybrid concept includes 1-2 hours of online coursework. Class size is minimum 4 students and maximum 12 students. Course price is $650 per student.
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Business owners and managers are encouraged to send groups or teams to "level up" their skills and benefit your business!
Class Structure
This program utilizes a combination of themed instructional sessions, active training and take-home assignments designed to give students a well-rounded experience.
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Topics
Program topics include telephone etiquette, drafting/proofing emails, record-keeping and filing, handling money, scheduling appointments, appropriate conversation topics and more.
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Dental Assisting Program
Our mission is to provide our students with a basic understanding of the field of dentistry and help them obtain the skills necessary to have a successful and rewarding career. Our Dental Assisting Course runs 96 hours over 6 weekends, all day Saturday and Sunday, from 8am to 5pm. An Externship of variable duration follows the course to provide live experience supervised by dentists and experienced staff. Talk to your dentist and ask about working with them. The objective of this course is to introduce you to the language and procedures and concepts of general dentistry, so you know "what you’re getting into". Dentistry needs great new professionals like you!
Program Duration
6 weekends (96 hours) of instruction and practical training, plus externship of variable duration
Facility
State-of-the-art dental practice with labs, clinical areas and X-ray equipment – learn on real equipment in an actual dental office setting
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Class Structure
4 hours of lecture and video instruction and approximately 4 hours of clinical or hands-on instruction per week
Equipment
Working chair, rheostat, overhead light, computer, water unit/supplies, X-ray head, X-ray sensors, imaging unit/intraoral equipment, lab equipment
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Externship
Develop practical skills working directly under the supervision of a licensed dentist, get additional hands-on training
Student Services
Upon satisfying the program requirements, students will receive a certificate of completion, a list of your new dental assisting skills and a letter of recommendation.
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WPT will not find a job for you, but we will assist you as much as we can. In 2024, 100% of our Dental Assisting graduates were hired!
About Mark Thoreson D.D.S.
Program Director
Mark G Thoreson, DDS is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.
He owned and operated a solo general Dental practice for nearly a decade.
He has taught Dental Assisting privately in the past, training more than 100 people in Oregon to enter the Dental profession as Dental Assistants. He has also taught at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, in Human Anatomy and Physiology to students in Dental Hygiene, Registered Nursing, Emergency Medical Technician and Respiratory Therapy programs. He mentored and advised those and other students toward their career success. Dr Thoreson also provides Health Careers presentations to Middle and High Schools across the Country.
Dr Thoreson has had a long business career in the Dental industry, including sales of Dental lasers, practice growth coaching, Dental equipment and particularly instruments for Dental and Dental Hygiene schools across the Western US and into Western Canada. He has presented and spoken for company products at events ranging from small gatherings at Dental practices through the National and International levels for Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Lasers and Instrumentation as well as for magnifying loupes. He has been the corporate liaison for Fotona presenting their Dental Lasers to the prestigious Las Vegas Institute, which has an international client base, presenting to and training Dentists and their teams clinically with lasers. Also for Fotona, Dr Thoreson led the creation of a Laser Periodontal Surgery program, leading 4 International Key Opinion Leaders through a 3-day course presentation. This course was highly received and has been repeated.
Dr Thoreson has consulted with international companies regarding laser use in medical, dental, and podiatric fields. He holds 3 US patents for a dental restorative device currently in late-stage development and clinical evaluation.
His biggest joys are his family, creating new things, writing, singing Barbershop Baritone, and leading others into new successes. (The Minnesota Vikings fit into that list, but not always with joy.)