CIP Code: 31.51.0801
Program Description: The Medical Assisting program prepares students to become members of the health care team in doctors’ offices, medical clinics, hospitals, and specialty practices. The curriculum includes administrative and clinical competencies with demonstrations and classroom instruction. Students receive supervised experience performing procedures using study models, mannequins, and other simulated methods. Administrative responsibilities may include but are not limited to scheduling appointments, managing the telephone, and maintaining medical records. Clinical responsibilities may include but are not limited to obtaining a medical history, preparing patients for the physician’s examination, taking vital signs, administering medications, performing routine lab procedures, and assisting the physician when the patient is examined.
Program content includes OSHA standards, CDC guidelines, infection control procedures, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, insurance/coding and billing, phlebotomy, professional orientation, computer concepts, pharmacology, medical dosage/ calculation and nutrition information, as well as 13 weeks of external rotation in physicians’ offices, clinics, and specialty practices.
Program Outcomes: The mission of the Medical Assisting Program is to guide selected individuals through an educational experience to become personally, professionally, and socially effective medical assistants.
Professional Accrediting Body:American Medical Technologist
10700 W Higgins Rd STE 150.
Rosemont IL 60018
(847) 823-5169
www.americanmedtech.org
Council on Occupational Education
7840 Roswell Road
Building 300, Suite 325
Atlanta, GA 30350
(Local): 770-396-3898
(Toll-Free): 800-917-2081
www.council.org
National Health career Association
11161 Overbrook Road
Leawood, Kansas 66211
1-800-499-9092
www.nhanow.com
State Agency/Entity Oversight:
American Medical Technologist
10700 W Higgins Rd STE 150.
Rosemont IL 60018
(847) 823-5169
www.americanmedtech.org
Applicable Certification/License or Industry-recognized certificates to be awarded: Upon completion of the program students will receive a diploma from the college and are eligible to become a Registered Medical Assistant in the State of Tennessee as well as sit for the Medical Assisting National Board to become a Registered Medical Assistant along with the National Certification as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician.
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