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Medical Assistant
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Medical Assistant
Certificate of Completion
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This certificate prepares students for entry-level positions within administrative or clinical career paths. Students will learn about the medical assistant scope of practice, tasks, and responsibilities, basic pharmacology for medical assistants, and medical front office operations. Topics also include a basic overview of major body systems and physiological processes, examinations and therapeutic modalities, laboratory procedures, and an overview of qualifications, training, and career opportunities for medical assistants.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Students will be prepared to enter into entry-level medical assistant jobs.
- Students will demonstrate job readiness skills.
- Students will progress through the health career ladder by enrolling in further health career programs.
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