The Medical Assistant Certification program offers complete training for students to receive a certificate in Medical Assisting. This course prepares students to work as a medical assistant in medical offices, clinics, or hospital outpatient services. The medical assistant certification includes instruction in medical terminology, pharmacology and medication administration, introduction to illness and disease process, administrative skills for front and back-office management, phlebotomy, ethics, confidentiality, and professionalism. This course also includes an externship prior to completion of the course. 

Phlebotomy involves the practice of drawing blood for clients and taking the blood specimens to the laboratory to prepare them for testing. The phlebotomy courses include topics such as anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system and blood-drawing techniques. Students will have hands-on training in drawing blood through vein punctures and skin punctures.

After students complete the program, they may take the national certification examination that credentials them as certified phlebotomists [PBT (ASCP)]. Program graduates will be fully prepared for entry into the field of health care with employers such as laboratories, donor centers, physician offices, hospitals, clinics, outpatient facilities, and public health departments.

Upon successful completion of a medical assisting associate degree in applied science, the graduate can expect to work as a medical assistant, either in a clinical or administrative capacity. This program prepares students to work as medical assistants in medical offices, clinics, or hospital outpatient services. This program provides instruction on medical terminology, pharmacology and medication administration, introduction to illness and disease process, administrative skills for front and back-office management, phlebotomy, ethics, confidentiality, team-building leadership, and professionalism. This course also includes an externship prior to completion of the course.   

This course will prepare the student to communicate in the healthcare environment while providing a comprehensive introduction to medical terminology emphasizing the language of medical terminology today. In addition, students will receive an introduction to processing health insurance claims and health insurance plan options. All aspects of medical insurance, including plan options, carrier requirements, state, and federal regulations, uniform coding systems, abstracting relevant information from source documents and accurately completing the billing process.