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Medical
Assisting
Occupational Codes 31-9092, 43-4051
Instructor:
Karrie
Steinmetz, CMA,RMA
The Medical Assisting Program offers
636 hours of classroom training and 264 hours of hands-on experience at
externship sites in surrounding healthcare facilities.
Certified Medical Assistants (CMAs) are trained to
perform administrative and clinical duties.
They are instrumental in helping patients feel at ease in the
doctor’s office and often explain the physician’s instructions.
If you have good communications skills and a caring
manner you might be well suited for a career in medical assisting.
As one of the fastest growing allied health care
careers, Medical Assisting offers terrific opportunities for advancement.
CMAs can advance to
office manager, clinical supervisor or qualify for a variety of admin-istrative
support occupations. They can
choose to teach medical assisting or obtain a bachelor’s degree in Human
Services, Health Promotion or Health Services Management, to name a few.
Medical
Assistants perform administrative and clinical duties under the direction of a
physician. Some tasks include:
ü schedule patients
ü
prepare patients for examination
ü perform electrocardiograms
ü assist in clinical or patient care procedures
ü perform patient education
ü perform management and supervisory tasks
ü process medical billing, coding, and insurance claims
ü perform blood draws
ü maintain medical records
ü administer medications.
Graduates
may be eligible for college credit if enrolled at NCSC within one year of
completion of this program.
recommendations
of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association Of
Medical
Assistants Endowment.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs
Classes begin September 2, 2008
Program Cost $6257.00 (includes books and uniforms)