Medical Careers: Medical Assistant

Become a Medical Assistant and your career can be to help others!

Help people in their time of need
 
Medical Assistants play a vital role in the healthcare field. They work right beside doctors and nurses, helping treat people who are often at their most vulnerable.
 
Penn Commercial's Medical Assistant program will give you the knowledge and skills you'll need to work in a hospital, doctor's office, nursing home, clinic, or other healthcare facility.
 
You'll learn medical assisting skills, medical law and ethics, anatomy and physiology, human diseases, medical terminology, and pharmacology. You'll also become knowledgeable in the administrative and clinical aspects of a typical medical office.
 

Some of the typical duties of a Medical Assistant include:

• Performing routine treatment and laboratory duties
• Taking patients' temperature, blood pressure, height and weight measurements
• Assisting in examinations
• Updating and maintaining medical records
• Under a doctor's direction, you may give injections, assist in collecting samples for analysis, and perform standard laboratory tests
• Scheduling appointments and receive patients

Take advantage of great career prospects
 
When you earn your Medical Assistant degree at Penn Commercial, you'll be prepared to enter the fast-growing healthcare industry. How can you tell it's a growing field? The U.S. Department of Labor ranks Medical Assistants among the fastest growing occupations through the year 2018. They go on to say that employment of Medical Assistants is projected to grow much faster than average and that job prospects should be excellent.*
 
* Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-2011 Edition
 

Certification. Your standard of excellence!
 
Graduates of Penn Commercial's Medical Assistant program are eligible to apply for the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Certified Medical Assistant Examination *. When you pass the exam, you will receive a prestigious credential that can give you a professional edge.
 
* The Medical Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowments (AAMAE). CAAHEP is recognized by the U. S. Department of Education as an independent accrediting agency with offices located at 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350, Fax (727) 210-2354.
 

Penn Commercial - a great place to learn and grow
 
While you'll receive a great education at Penn Commercial, you'll also get to know a faculty that is dedicated to your success, as well as fellow students just like you. There are clubs and activities you can participate in, which all make for a deeper, richer, more enjoyable educational experience.
 

Classes forming now!
 
Classes are forming right now for Penn Commercial's Medical Assistant program. It's easy to enroll, just call or stop in today.
 

Class Schedule
 
The Medical Assistant program is 18 months in length and consists of theory, laboratory, and externship. Classes are scheduled Monday through Thursday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Externships are scheduled during the last quarter of the program and may include Fridays.
 

Advanced Placement/Test Outs
 
Any active or newly enrolled student may apply for advanced placement status. Performance test outs may be arranged through the Director of Education on a request basis and must be taken prior to the beginning of the start of the class. Any student who has sat in classes is ineligible for advanced placement. For more details regarding the Advanced Placement Policy, please refer to the Course Catalog.
 

Accreditation
 
Penn Commercial's Medical Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the curriculum review board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowments (AAMAE)
 

Program Outline
 
This program is designed for the individual desiring to work in the clinical aspect as well as in an administrative capacity in doctors office, hospitals, extended care facilities, etc.
 

MEDICAL ASSISTANT / CIP 51.0801
Associate in Specialized Business Degree
18 months, 1650 clock hours, 107 quarter credits
 

This program is divided into 6 quarters, during which time the students will complete the following subjects:

Ask us about your options for transfer of credit. We can review your transcript and help you transfer credits from other post secondary institutions.
 
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