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Program Requirements | Placement | Accreditation Massasoit Community College in Canton, MA, offers quality training in Medical Assistant, a one-year (full time) Certificate Program. Graduates are eligible to participate in the National Certified Medical Assistant Examination. Medical assistants perform administrative and clinical tasks. The duties vary depending on office location, size and specialty. Administrative duties performed include answering telephones, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, and completing insurance forms. Clinical duties include obtaining medical histories from patients, recording vital signs, preparing patients for examinations, and assisting the physician during the examination. Medical assistants also collect and prepare laboratory specimens, sterilize instruments, perform venipunctures and EKG's. Medical assistants who work for specialists will have additional duties. Medical assisting is expected to be one of the fastest growing occupations through the year 2010. At Massasoit, formal instruction is integrated with invaluable field experience. A special feature of the program is an eight-week required Clinical Internship in a physician's office, health care agency or hospital. Such affiliation frequently leads to employment opportunities. Some of the facilities participating in the clinical internship program are: Brockton Pediatrics, Inc. Compass Medical-Abington/Whitman Dedham Medical Associates-Dedham/ Norwood Harvard Vanguard-Braintree Miray Medical South Shore Medical Center-Norwell/ Kingston |
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| PART-TIME PROGRAM The Medical Assistant program is available on a part-time basis in which students can take courses at their own pace and complete their certification over a longer period of time.
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS 1. Must have a high school diploma or G.E.D. certificate. 2. Students are also recommended to complete their English, Reading, and Math assessment testing as soon as possible. This will allow them to complete any tutorial courses over the summer prior to beginning the Medical Assistant curriculum. Failure to complete these English, Reading, and Math prerequisites will not permit the student to complete the fulltime program in nine months, therefore delaying graduation and the AAMA examination. 3. Students must demonstrate computer keyboarding proficiency and experience in Windows or equivalent. C.O.R.I. (Criminal Offender Record Information) checks will be done on all those admitted. Unsatisfactory C.O.R.I. status will prohibit participation in clinical experience. Therefore, program requirements cannot be completed. PLACEMENT Graduates from the Medical Assistant program at Massasoit Community College are in demand in physician's offices, health maintenance organizations, hospitals, and clinics. Positions available to graduates include: Medical Assistant Administrative Assistant Medical Transcriptionist EKG Technician Medical Receptionist Phlebotomy Technician Clinical Assistant Pharmacy Assistant ACCREDITATION Massasoit Community College Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP), on recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment. Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs 35 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 1970 Chicago, IL 60601-2208 Phone: 312-553-9355 |
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