Certificate Program With 180 hours of Externship
900 Clock Hours/31 Weeks/8 Months Program
Objectives and goals
The Medical Assistant MA 900 program (Clinical and
Administrative) is designed to
prepare students to become skilled entry level both
front and back office technicians and technologists.
They will be trained as multi-faceted members
of the medical office team who work closely with
doctors, nurses and other office personnel
delivering patient care and assuming appropriate
responsibilities before, during, and after hospital
stays, surgical procedures and doctor's care.
Training also consists of the basic knowledge of
medical terminology, pharmacology, anatomy and
physiology, math skills and medical office software.
The main focus of this program is to teach students basic patient care skills and be able to perform EKG, urinalysis, draw blood, take vital signs, give immunizations, as well as schedule appointments, fill out insurance forms, understand billing and coding concepts and handle various clinical and administrative patient related issues and correspondence.
Upon successful completion of the program, the graduates will be proficient in performing entry-level front and back duties in doctor's office, both general practice as well as specialty practice, hospitals, emergency rooms, clinics, and other health care facilities.
Working conditions
Medical Assistants work in clean, well lit, and cool and relatively quiet
environments. They may well be required to stand for long periods of time, and
it is vital their attention be focused on the tasks
at hand. Most medical assistants work a regular 40-hour week: although they may be
"Part-time", work nights, weekends and holidays on a rotating basis, depending
on their facility.
Employment
Many medical assistants are employed in Doctor's offices, hospitals, ambulatory
centers, and emergency departments. Some are employed directly by doctors in
the "private assistant role," while others work as surgical assistants. They
are also utilized in clinics, surgery centers, and general and specialty
medical offices. Their broad educational background plus specialized focus,
allows medical assistants to function well in a number of diverse areas of
their field.
Employment possibilities in addition to Medical Assistant include, surgery schedulers, materials management, organ/tissues procurement and preservation, cardiac catheterization laboratories, product development, EKG technicians, phlebotomists and marketing and sales. A number of medical assistants become instructors after 3 years of experience in the field.