Medical Assisting
Program Description
The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.
Program Content
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.
Employment Opportunities
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.
Additional Information
The Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs at CAAHEP upon the recommendation of Medical Assisting Education Review Board MAERB
JCC's 5-year first-time pass rate is 91%. The national average is 65%.
For more information:
Adrienne G. Allen
Program Director, Medical Assisting
Office: Health F164
Phone: (919) 209-2140
agallen@johnstoncc.edu
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