Medical Assistant
Technical Diploma
33 Credits | 1 Year
Financial Aid-Eligible
Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake, Superior
Career Cluster: Health Sciences
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Are you looking for a degree in healthcare that gives you flexible career options? As a program graduate, you will be trained to perform clinical procedures and lab tests, and develop the office skills you’ll need for employment in a physician's office or clinic. The curriculum includes a six-week clinical office practicum.
Program Overview
Medical assistants are multi-skilled health professionals specifically educated to work in ambulatory settings performing administrative and clinical duties. The practice of medical assisting directly influences the public's health and well-being, and requires mastery of a complex body of knowledge and specialized skills requiring both formal education and practical experience that serve as standards for entry into the profession.
The Medical Assistant program prepares individuals to assist physicians in their offices or other medical settings. Medical assistants, sometimes referred to as clinical assistants, perform a wide range of duties. The medical assistant is responsible for medical and surgical asepsis, taking vital signs, drawing blood, giving injections, assisting the physician with examinations and surgery, administering ECGs and administering medications. The business/administrative duties include patient reception, appointment making, record keeping, filing, bookkeeping, insurance handling, typing medical correspondence and transcription and computer applications. Laboratory functions include specimen collection, performance of basic laboratory tests and microscopic work.
The minimum goal for the Medical Assistant program, as identified by the AAMA, is to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Program Outcomes
Medical Assistant graduates will be able to:
- Perform medical office administrative functions
- Provide patient care in accordance with regulations, policies, laws, and patient rights
- Perform medical laboratory procedures
- Demonstrate professionalism in a healthcare setting
- Demonstrate safety and emergency practices in a healthcare setting
WITC's AAMA pass rates from all four campuses of Medical Assistant graduates of 95% or higher.
In-demand career.
Exceptional nationwide pass rates.
Hands-on learning.
Academics
Medical Assistant is a two-semester program that is available at the Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake and Superior campuses.
Experienced Instructors
As a Medical Assistant student at WITC, you all have access to instructors who have many years of clinical and laboratory experience.
Conveniently Located
You can register and attend classes at the Rice Lake, New Richmond, Superior and Ashland campuses.
Career Pathway
As a Medical Assistant student at WITC, you will have the opportunity to earn a Patient Service Specialist technical diploma along with the Medical Assistant diploma.
Curriculum
Medical assistants perform a variety of administrative, laboratory and clinical duties on the job. Responsibilities include patient care, lab tests and administrative record keeping.
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Medical Assistant is Part of a Career Pathway
As a Medical Assistant student at WITC, you can earn credentials each step of the way.
You could take this first and get a credential.
Patient Services Specialist
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Continue your education to obtain your bachelor's degree.
Medical Assistant Bachelor's Degree
Admissions and Tuition
WITC has a simple three-step admissions process that can be completed in one visit. Fill out the application form either online or at a campus, complete an assessment and meet with a WITC counselor. In the meeting, you'll discuss your goals and the counselor will make sure you're getting the most out of your education and the best bang for your buck.
Tuition and Fees
WITC breaks down the cost of education, so you'll have a good idea of how much your education will cost.
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available to help you pay for your education. It can come in the form of grants, loans, federal work study, military and veterans benefits, division of vocational rehabilitation benefits and scholarships.
Estimated Total Program Costs 2019-20*
Medical Assistant
33 Credits | 1 Year
$5,104
$880 for books (including tax)
*Tuition is an estimate and does not include any miscellaneous fees for various courses, tools, books, supplies or uniforms. Program book costs are in addition to tuition and fees and vary depending on course selection and where the books are purchased or rented.
After the WITC Medical Assistant Program
Upon completion of the program, you will obtain technical diplomas in Patient Services Specialist and Medical Assistant.
Transfer Options
Transfer your WITC credits to a four-year college in Wisconsin to obtain your bachelor's degree and beyond.
Career Outlooks
WITC's graduates experience success. Learn more about the types of careers you can get after graduation.
Accreditation
WITC's Medical Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 25400 U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite, 158, Clearwater, FL 33763 - Phone: 727-210-2350 www.caahep.org - www.aama-ntl.org
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