Associates Degree in Medical Assisting - Computer Career Center El Paso, TX

Associate of Applied Science Degree in Medical Assisting in El Paso, TX

Medical Assistants assist physicians in various areas of a medical visit. Medical assistants have a wide range of skills acquired by training at a technical school which enables them to take care of the patients and seeing to many of their needs when visiting the doctor. Medical assistants prepare examination rooms by making sure they are clean and ready to be used. They also do some tasks directly involving a patient's care, such as take vital signs, give injections, perform x-rays and electrocardiograms. Finally, when an examination is over, medical assistants will clean the equipment and the room again. It is not unusual for medical assistants to be on hand to help out during surgical procedures and laboratory operations.

Because the job responsibilities of a medical assistant are rather broad, they also are involved in the administrative aspects of the doctor's office as well. They maintain records after a patient visits the doctor, issues billing statements, orders supplies, schedules patients' appointments, and is the main contact for the office while working with insurance claims.

Attending classes at the Computer Career Center's Medical Assistant School will equip students with the education and tools to work in any type of medical settings, from a clinic to a hospital to a physician's office. The courses they will take to acquire the medical skills are physiology, medical terminology, and anatomy. For more administrative skills, students will learn procedures for accounting, handling insurance, keeping records, transcribing, and typing.

You can earn a degree from the Computer Career Center in El Paso, Texas quickly and begin a new career as a medical assistant in no time.

TOTAL CLOCK HOURS: 1440
ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME: 72 Weeks

*The Associate of Applied Science - Medical Assistant is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

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