The Medical Assistant Certificate will prepare students for full-time employment upon completion of the program. Medical Office Assistants are multi-skilled practitioners who perform administrative and clinical duties. Graduates may work in physician’s offices, clinics, HMOs, or other ambulatory care facilities, such as freestanding emergency centers and hospitals. A medical assistant takes vital signs, prepares patients for and assists physicians during examinations, collects and prepares laboratory specimens, performs basic laboratory tests on the premises, schedules appointments, bills patients, fills out insurance forms, and much more.