Medical assistants perform a wide range of duties in physicians’ offices, clinics and emergency medical centers. Clerical duties include screening and receiving patients; maintaining medical records; typing and transcribing medical reports; handling telephone calls and correspondence; entering data; filing insurance claims; and maintaining patient accounts. Clinical duties include preparing patients for examinations; obtaining vital signs; taking medical histories; assisting with examinations and treatments; performing routine office laboratory procedures (urinalysis, phlebotomy, CBC, specimen collection and shipment); performing electrocardiograms; and instructing patients for advanced procedures.
Required clinical experience (externship) is provided in a variety of outpatient settings including physician offices, clinics and emergency medical centers during the third semester of the program.
The Medical Assisting Certificate Program offered at the Airport Campus is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 210-2350
caahep.org
Third semester students should plan to take a medical assisting certification examination. Upon successful completion of the examination, graduates will receive the Certified Medical Assistant, CMA (AAMA) or the Registered Medical Assistant, RMA (AMT) credentials.
Students who are admitted to the Medical Assisting program are required to purchase and maintain standard white laboratory coats at an approximate cost of $25. Students must maintain at least a “C” in all Medical Assisting courses. Students may repeat no more than two program courses. All classes are at Airport Campus and admitted only during the fall semester.
In addition to the college’s placement test and the admissions requirements of the Health Sciences Department, specific admission criteria to the Medical Assisting program are:
High school diploma or equivalent
Acceptable interview eligibility criteria:
HOBET 46 composite percent (minimum reading 46 percent) and MTC writing sample score of 30; keyboarding skills of 25 wpm; math placement into MAT 101; or
SAT 840 (minimum critical reading 400) and MTC writing sample score of 30; keyboarding skills of 25 wpm; math placement into MAT 101; or
ACT 18 (minimum verbal 17) and MTC writing sample score of 30; keyboarding skills of 25 wpm; math placement into MAT 101; or
Successful completion of the Pre-Health Care certificate with a 2.5 GPA and “C” or higher in each course; and keyboarding skills of 25 wpm; or
Associate degree or higher; keyboarding skills of 25 wpm; math placement into MAT 101.
The keyboarding test is available through the MTC Assessment Center. To be utilized for eligibility in lieu of a current math placement test, math courses must adhere to the timeframe for the Health Science courses (See the general Health Science section of the catalog).
Acceptable admissions criteria:
Current First Aid and CPR certifications at time of program entry
Program interview
Acceptable criminal background check and drug screening results at time of program entry.
Other criteria:
- High school or college credits in science (recommended)
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Credit Hours |
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| AHS 102 | Medical Terminology |
3.0 |
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| BIO 112 | Basic Anatomy and Physiology |
4.0 |
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| ENG 101 | English Composition I |
3.0 |
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| MED 103 | Medical Assisting Introduction |
3.0 |
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| MED 104 | Medical Assisting Administrative Procedures 1 |
4.0 |
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| MED 106 | Medical Assisting Office Skills II |
3.0 |
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| MED 109 | Medical Business Records |
3.0 |
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| MED 112 | Medical Assisting Pharmacology 2 |
2.0 |
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| MED 113 | Basic Medical Laboratory Techniques |
3.0 |
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| MED 114 | Medical Assisting Clinical Procedures |
4.0 |
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| MED 117 | Clinical Practice |
5.0 |
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| CPT 170 | Microcomputer Applications |
3.0 |
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Total Credit Hours: |
40.0 |
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| 1 MED-104 has a pre-requisite of either
AOT-105 or a keyboarding
test score of 25 wpm. 2 MED-112 pas a pre-requisite of MAT 101. |
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