Medical Assisting Programs
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In Rancho Mirage, Bakersfield, Santa Maria and another venue. (USA)
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Medical Assistants are multi-skilled healthcare professionals who perform routine clinical and administrative procedures for healthcare settings such as physician’s offices and outpatient clinics.
The SBBCollege Associate's degree in Medical Assisting will train students to be responsible for clinical duties like measuring vital signs, administering injections, and performing venipuncture procedures.
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About this course
They will also become familiar with the administrative duties of running an efficient medical office such as maintaining patient medical records, processing insurance forms, and arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services.
Areas of opportunity:
Nearly two-thirds of all professional medical assistants work in doctor's offices. Other employment opportunities can be found in hospitals, inpatient and outpatient facilities, and the offices of health care providers such as chiropractors and optometrists.
Industry areas:
Clinics
Hospitals
Group Practices
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Subjects
- Medical
- Medical training
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Medical Assisting
- Pharmacology
- Psychology
- Anatomy
- Medical terminology
- Administering Injections
- Electronic Health
- Body systems
- Administration
- Drug Fundamentals
Course programme
Electronic Health Records
Body Systems I, II & III
Drug Fundamentals and Administration
Medical Document Coding
In addition, students will gain an understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, pathology, and basic concepts of pharmacology and psychology.
On the administrative side of the job, students will learn important medical office management responsibilities, such as document coding and handling of insurance forms. They will discover how to successfully combine their clinical and administrative skills as they address multiple situations that may arise in a variety of healthcare environments, including medical offices, clinics, hospitals, physicians’ offices or insurance billing offices.
Medical Assisting Programs