The
Medical Assisting Curriculum prepares multis-skilled health care professionals
qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.
Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and
processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transciption,
computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing
routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication
administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.
Graduates
of CAAHEP accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit
for the American Association of Medical Assistants Certification Examination
to become Certified Medical Assistants. Employment opportunities include
physicians offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments,
and hospitals.
View course & hour requirements for Medical Assisting - A45400 |
