Texas Regional Healthcare Training Center will have been training healthcare professionals for a year come Nov. 4.

The hybrid format nurse aid certification training program comprises online instruction and in-person practice. The 100-hour course, broken into 60 hours of lecture and 40 hours of externship, prepares students to take a certification exam with the state.

Locally-owned by Richard and Andrea Graham, the three week program provides and expedited alternative to longer courses and offers monthly enrollment.