Choice's Medical Administrative Technology program is a two-year program specifically focused on the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant ((AMA) profession, considered by many to be an effective entrance into the health-care field.
DPT is given in the form of an inoculation (shot or injection) in three separate doses about two months apart, with a booster shot one year after the primary series of inoculations is completed.
In the U.S., health officials recommend active immunization of infants and children with DTaP -- diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (whooping cough) -- vaccine at the ages of 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 to 18 months, and again between the ages of 4 and 6.