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Medical Assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep physician or health care offices and clinics running smoothly. As a caring, dedicated member of a medical team, the Medical Assistant handles duties such as scheduling appointments, patient billing, health insurance coding, taking vital signs, assisting with patient examinations, collecting laboratory specimens and much more. At YTI Career Institute, you get real-world training that is industry-modeled and results oriented and you'll put your skills to work during a three month externship.
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| Program Specifics |
| Name of Program: | Medical Assistant |
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| Campus Location: | York |
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| Program Length: | 21 Months (7 Quarters) |
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| Credential: | Graduates earn an Associate in Specialized Technology Degree |
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| Credits: | 111 |
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| What will I study? |
Anatomy & Physiology I, II
Introduction to Healthcare
Medical Terminology I, II
Keyboarding
Career Success Seminar
Clinical Techniques I, II, III, IV
Communication in Healthcare
Health Insurance
Mathematics in Healthcare
Human Relations in Organizations
Medical Office Computer Applications
Professional Development
Medical Coding
Medical Law & Ethics
Medical Laboratory I, II
Diseases & Diagnostic Methods
Introduction to Psychology
Pharmacology
Critical Thinking
National Certification Review
Externship
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| What are some of the things I'll learn? |
The structure and function of the human body
The meaning of professionalism
Management of the front of a medical office
How to take a set of vital signs
How to assist the physician in a specialty exam
How to find a good vein and then to draw blood from that vein
How important teamwork is in a medical office
How to place the leads on a chest and then perform an EKG
How to measure and weigh a baby
How to document valuable information in the medical record
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| Where are the career opportunities? |
Physician's Offices
Health Care Clinics
Hospitals
Nursing Homes
Offices of other health practitioners such as: Chiropractors, Optometrists and Podiatrists
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Occupational Outlook
Employment of medical assistants is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations through the year 2014 as the health care industry expands because of technological advances in medicine and the growth and aging of the population. Increasing utilization of medical assistants in the rapidly growing health care industry will further stimulate job growth. In fact, medical assistants is projected to be one of the fastest growing occupations over the 2004–14 period.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Medical Assistants.
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