Medical Assistant
Medical Assistants perform clinical and administrative functions to keep
healthcare delivery settings running smoothly. Their duties include preparing
patients for examinations and treatments by taking and recording temperature,
weight, blood pressure, and pulse. They may also give injections, perform
venipuncture, prepare laboratory specimens, and perform simple lab and
evaluation tests including electrocardiography.
Work Environment:
Employment is found in physicians’ offices, clinics, and other
healthcare settings.
Job Outlook:
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reports medical assisting
as one of the fastest growing occupations in the country. 50% more medical
assistants will be needed by 2010.
Licensure/Certification:
Upon successful program completion, the student will be eligible to
take the American Medical Technologists National medical assisting exam.
Salary:
Medical Assistants' annual salary ranges from $18,000 - $35,000
Program Offerings:
The Medical Assistant Program provides education and training in 36
weeks, for employment in physicians’ offices, community health
centers and select outpatient facilities. Phoenix College offers two
programs in Medical Assisting - an associate degree and a certificate
program. The Medical Assisting Program includes appointment scheduling,
managing medical records, insurance billing, and coding, communications,
patient education, assisting doctors with clinical procedures such as
minor surgeries, administering medications, performing electrocardiograms,
and drawing blood.
For more information contact:
Maricopa Skill Center: Program Director at 602-238-4300
Phoenix College: Academic Advisor for Health Professions at 602-285-7427
SouthWest Skill Center @ Estrella Mountain: Program Advisor at 623-535-2808
Or visit:
http://www.maricopaskillcenter.com/index.php
http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/healthenhancement/MedicalAssisting.htm
http://www.estrellamountain.edu/swsc/program_ma.asp
Block Transfer for Health Professions:
As a student enrolled in Allied Health and Health Professions degrees
and certificate programs at one of the Arizona community colleges, you
have an opportunity to complete your bachelor’s degree through
a statewide pathway. This pathway maximizes the use of your community
college credits towards the degree. To help you understand the pathway
and the route to your degree, use the information that has been prepared
by faculty and advisors from both the community colleges and the Arizona
public universities.
The Arizona public universities and community colleges have established
a unique transfer agreement specifically for the Health Professions
Career programs. Instead of relying on a course-by-course evaluation
of a student’s academic transcript, the faculty agreed that it
would be more appropriate to consider the Associate in Applied Science
(AAS) degrees or Certificates of Completion as “blocks”
for transfer to the university.
Click here for the Block Transfer Flow
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