Medical Assistant

Hagerstown Business College
Hagerstown, MD, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The objective of the Medical Assistant program is to prepare students with the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for an entry-level position in the medical assisting field. Curriculum will provide students with opportunities to develop multi-faceted competencies necessary in assisting the physician and other healthcare personnel in the examining room in clinics, home health agencies, long-term care facilities, physicians’ offices, government health departments, or other medical facilities. Laboratory and clinical skills are emphasized. Students may apply their classroom knowledge to actual work experiences while on externship at the College-approved healthcare facility. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be awarded a Lower Division Certificate.
Graduates of this program may perform basic medical office skills such as charting, keyboarding, answering the phone, and scheduling patients; taking and recording vital signs; assisting the physician in physical examinations, minor surgeries, and EKGs; becoming involved in patient teaching as necessary; implementing techniques and knowledge of sterilization and disinfection;

and performing laboratory testing with a
knowledge of normal and abnormal results. Graduates may demonstrate a basic knowledge of pharmacology; the importance of practicing and enforcing Standard Precautions and maintaining patient confidentiality; and the skills necessary for clerical and secretarial duties.
The length of the Medical Assistant program is six quarters culminating in 54 quarter credit hours.
This program is represented to lead to multiple job opportunities and is not meant to lead to any particular outcome, including that specified in the program title. Although the College will assist the student with job placement, finding a job is the ultimate responsibility of the student. The College does not guarantee that any student will be placed.
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Phone:800.HBC.2670

School Address:

18618 Crestwood Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21742
Frederick Campus
5301 Buckeystown Pike, Suite 150,
Frederick, Maryland 21704

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