INTRODUCTION

Medical assisting is a multi-skilled allied health profession whose practitioners function as members of the healthcare and delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures. The Medical Assistant Program is designed to provide the students with clinical and administrative skills, which will enable them to perform both front and back office procedures in medical offices such as Physician’s offices, clinics, hospitals, etc.

MISSION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES

The administrative skills students will learn include: ethical medical codes; how to deal with a variety of patients; schedule appointments; complete insurance forms; as well as patient billing.

Students will learn how to perform the following clinical skills:  setup an examining room and assist with general examinations; take vital signs; perform and evaluate routine laboratory tests.

Students will learn how to use these skills and procedures via classroom and clinical hands-on training.  The medical assistant graduates will be qualified for entry-level employment in medical offices, various hospital departments, and health-care clinics.

COURSE & CURRICULUM

This program will consist inter-alia the following courses:

• English
• Introduction to Medical Assisting
• Medical Terminology
• Medical Law & Ethics
• Psychology of Human Relations
• Anatomy & Physiology of Structural
• Anatomy & Physiology of Organ Systems
• Infection Control
• Medical Administrative Procedures
• Medical Office Procedures
• Pharmacology
• Hematological Procedures
• Clinical Procedures
• Clinical Laboratory Procedures
• Word Processing I
• Medical Procedures
• Medical Laboratory Procedures
• Employment Preparation
• Medical Externship

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Student must be at least 18 years of age
• Must possess a high school diploma or GED.

REGISTRATION NEEDS

• Driver’s License
• Social Security Card.