Duración de la capacitación
Algunas instituciones comunitarias de educación terciaria ofrecen programas de capacitación educacional. La mayoría de las agencias proporcionan capacitación de dos a tres semanas para asistentes de atención médica domiciliaria, si no se posee experiencia previa. La capacitación se centra en mantener un ambiente limpio y seguro, proporcionar una nutrición básica, tomar y registrar signos vitales, controlar infecciones, reconocer situaciones de emergencia, desarrollar habilidades comunicativas, cuidar la higiene personal y poseer amplitud de movimientos.

Matrícula/Certificación profesional
Para obtener la certificación nacional de asistente de atención médica domiciliaria es necesario aprobar el examen administrado por la National Association for Home Care. Esta certificación es voluntaria.

Programas educativo

University or College

City

Degree*

Alvin Community College	Alvin	C

Amarillo College	Amarillo	C

Angelina College	Lufkin	C

Austin Community College	Austin	C

Blinn College	Brenham	C

Brazosport College	Lake Jackson	C

Central Texas College	Killeen	C

Cisco College	Cisco	C

Clarendon College	Clarendon	C

Coastal Bend College	Beeville	C

College of the Mainland	Texas City	C

Computer Career Center	El Paso	C

Del Mar College	Corpus Christi	C

El Centro College (DCCCD)	Dallas	C

Frank Phillips College	Borger	C

Galveston College	Galveston	C

Grayson County College	Denison	C

Hill College	Hillsboro	C

Houston Community College System (HCCS)	Houston	C

Kilgore College	Kilgore	C

Laredo Community College	Laredo	C

Lee College	Baytown	C

Lone Star College System: Cy-Fair Campus	Houston	C

Lone Star College System: Kingwood Campus	Humble	C

Lone Star College System: Montgomery Campus	Conroe	C

Lone Star College System: Tomball Campus	Tomball	C

McLennan Community College	Waco	C

Midland College	Midland	C

Navarro College	Corsicana	C

North Central Texas College	Gainesville	C

Odessa College	Odessa	C

Paris Junior College	Paris	C

Ranger College	Ranger	C

San Jacinto College: Central Campus	Pasadena	C

Sanford Brown Institute (Houston)	Houston	C

Schreiner University	Kerrville	C

South Plains College	Levelland	C

South Texas College	McAllen	C

Southwest Texas Junior College	Uvalde	C

St. Philip's College (ACCD)	San Antonio	C

Sul Ross State University	Alpine	C

Temple College	Temple	C

Texarkana College	Texarkana	C

Texas Southmost College District	Brownsville	C

Texas State Technical College-West Texas (TSTC)	Sweetwater	C

The University of Texas at Brownsville	Brownsville	C

Trinity Valley Community College	Athens	C

Tyler Junior College	Tyler	C

Vernon College	Vernon	C

Victoria College	Victoria	C

Virginia College at Austin	Austin	C

Weatherford College	Weatherford	C

Western Texas College	Snyder	C

Wharton County Junior College	Wharton	C

*D- Doctorate  M-Masters  B-Bachelor  A-Associates  C-Certificate