Medical Assisting

Hours: 1300, approximately 43 weeks Cost: Tuition is approximately $3,600 plus books & fees

Testing Requirements:Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)

Mission: The mission of the Medical Assisting program is to prepare a student to successfully enter the workplace as a Medical Assistant and to be prepared with the academic standards and relevant technical knowledge to become nationally certified in this career field.

Medical Assisting
Medical Assisting Master Plan 2011-2012

What you’ll learn

  • Administrative skills: appointment scheduling, billing, telephone skills, insurance, transcription, computer applications for medical offices
  • Clinical skills: EKG, blood drawing, injections, vital signs, patient exam preparation, assisting physician during exam or office surgery
  • Lab procedures
  • 160 hours of unpaid practicum

 

OCP Course Number Course Title Course Length
A HSC0003 Basic Healthcare Worker   90 hrs
B MEA0500 Medical Office Receptionist 100 hrs
C MEA0521 Phlebotomist, MA   75 hrs
D MEA0543 EKG Aide, MA   75 hrs
E MEA0550
MEA0551
MEA0552		 Medical Assistant 1
Medical Assistant 2
Medical Assistant 3		 320 hrs
320 hrs
320 hrs

Industry Certifications

  • American Registered Medical Assistant

Employment Opportunities

  • Physicians’ offices
  • Hospitals (Out-patient Department)

Starting Salaries

Vary, ranging from $18,000 to $20,000*
*Based on local industry information

Recent Employers of Graduates

  • New program begins in October 2011. Employment data not yet available.

Placement Rate* – N/A Completion Rate* – N/A Licensure Pass Rate* – N/A

For employment information, visit http://www.onetonline.org/find/industry?j=29-2099.00&i=62
*Data as reported to COE and is updated annually in December of each calendar year.

Online Component

This class has an online component. Current students login here for online course access.
The following are the minimum computer requirements:
Operating Systems:

  • Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Macintosh OS X

Web browsers:

  • MS Internet Explorer version 5.5 or above
  • Netscape 6x or above
  • Mozilla/Firefox
  • Apple Safari version 1x or above

Required Book List

  1. Medical Assisting Custom Package, package includes Today’s Medical Assistant Clinical & Administrative Procedures Textbook & Study Guide, and Virtual Medical Office Study Guide with Lincense and access code, ISBN# 145571691X, $203.73, tax @ 7% $14.26, total $217.99

Steps to Enroll

  1. Apply for financial aid, if applicable
  2. Complete a Lake Tech application
  3. Take the TABE and/or placement tests
  4. Meet with a counselor
  5. Register and pay tuition and fees
  6. Purchase books and supplies
  7. Complete the new student orientation online prior to the first day of class

Instructor