Medical Assistant

With the U.S. population aging and the demand for healthcare services growing, medical facilities are looking for trained professionals who can support healthcare teams and patient care. Medical assistants are one of the most in-demand medical jobs right now, growing by 12% through 2034 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and project to add over 100,000 positions.

Medical assistants are essential to the healthcare structure in both clinical and administrative capacities. From the front desk to the exam room, their tasks can include scheduling appointments, rooming patients, taking vital signs, recording medical histories, assisting with examinations, drawing blood, performing EKGs and lab procedures, sterilizing instruments, administering medications, and completing insurance billing and coding.

About Our Medical Assistant Program

The objective of our Medical Assistant program is to provide training that meets professional standards and qualifies our graduates to sit for national certification and entry-level employment. We balance both administrative and clinical skills, as well as other knowledge and techniques that can lead to additional national certifications. Obtaining stacked credentials in various medical assisting areas can open up even more employment opportunities.

The program includes exam review modules and practice exams for the CCMA (NHA) exam, and if you are successful on the mock practice exams, the school will pay for your

certification exam. Because we are accredited with ABHES, you are also eligible to sit for the CMA (AAMA) exam provided by the American Association of Medical Assistants or the RMA exam provided by the American Medical Technologist organization.

What You Will Learn

We offer a unique structure where our students take only one course at a time, attending class just two days per week. Classes meet from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on either a Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs, depending on the class schedule for the term.

Regular Track (Attend Just 2 Days a Week)
Program Length: 54 Week

FAST TRACK (Attend 4 Days a Week)
Program Length: 30 Weeks

• Medical Terminology
• · Anatomy & Physiology
• · Medical Administration I
• · Medical Administration II
• · Medical Administration III
• Clinical Assistant I
• Medical Laboratory Procedures
• Clinical Assistant II
• Medical Assistant Externship

These classes cover topics that include healthcare law and ethics, electronic health records, legal reporting guidelines, appointment scheduling, patient education, telephone techniques, medical billing and reimbursement, procedural and diagnostic codes, medical record documentation and patient history taking, basic pharmacology, injection administration, and assistance with routine physical and specialized examinations.