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Medical assistants aid the physician and other medical personnel as they examine and treat patients. Medical assistants perform office administrative tasks that keep a medical office or clinic running smoothly. The program provides clinical instructions, class lectures, and practical experience through an externship in a medical facility. During clinical instructions, students will learn how to prepare patients for examinations, give injections, conduct electrocardiograms, and process routine laboratory tasks. They will also learn office duties such as completing insurance forms, CPT and ICD 9 CM coding, scheduling appointments, billing, bookkeeping, and medical collections.

Graduates are prepared to work in physicians' offices, clinics, nursing homes, and health care centers as medical secretaries, medical assistants, medical receptionists, or medical office managers.They prepare for the medical assisting exam with the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)

The approximate amount of time required to complete the program is 42 weeks for day school and 72 weeks for night school.

The Medical Assisting Program is designed to provide the student with the skills to perform medical front office tasks including recording, statistical tracking, medical diagnostic and coding and billing reimbursement of medical claims.

Students will learn medical terminology and medical abbreviations, basis human anatomy and physiology, international coding systems, proper codes for medical reimbursements, basic accounting and basic mathematics; as well as, English grammar, word processing and spreadsheet skills that can be applied to medical offices.

Upon completion of this program, students will be prepared to work in an entry-level position as a medical billing or coding specialist, or as a secretary in a health care facility. This program thoroughly prepares the student for entry into the medical profession.

The approximate amount of time to complete the Medical Office Assisting Program is 42 weeks for day school and 72 weeks for night school.