Program Overview
Medical Assisting
Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.
Graduates of CAAHEP-accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants' Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants. Employment opportunities include physicians' offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.
Students are admitted into the programs in the summer and may complete the program using evening classes.
Students obtain the diploma after completing the first four semesters of the associate degree program. Students are eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exam after they have completed the diploma.
The Medical Assisting diploma program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). Upon successful completion of the program, all students are eligible to sit for the AAMA Certification Exam.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
25400 US Highway 19 N, Suite 158, Clearwater, FL 33763
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org
How to Apply: Program applications are accepted February 1– July 15. View the Admissions Checklist and the Essential Skills form. Use the button below to apply to Durham Tech following the Health Technologies Enrollment Steps. Once prerequisites are completed, apply to the Medical Assisting program (application available here February 1, 2020).
If you have questions about admissions requirements after reviewing the above information, you may contact Anna-Wade Banks, advising specialist.
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| Course Number | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACA-122 | College Transfer Success | 1 |
| BIO-155 | Nutrition | 3 |
| BIO-163 | Basic Anatomy & Physiology | 5 |
| CIS-110 | Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| COM-231 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| ENG-111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| ENG-112 | Writing and Research in the Disciplines | 3 |
| MAT-110 | Mathematical Measurement and Literacy | 3 |
| MED-110 | Orientation to Medical Assisting | 1 |
| MED-118 | Medical Law and Ethics | 2 |
| MED-121 | Medical Terminology I | 3 |
| MED-122 | Medical Terminology II | 3 |
| MED-131 | Administrative Office Procedures II | 2 |
| MED-140 | Examining Room Procedures I | 5 |
| MED-150 | Laboratory Procedures I | 5 |
| MED-260 | MED Clinical Practicum | 5 |
| MED-264 | Medical Assisting Overview | 2 |
| MED-270 | Symptomatology | 3 |
| MED-272 | Drug Therapy | 3 |
| PSY-150 | General Psychology | 3 |