Medical Assistant
Make a difference
Before you see your physician during a typical office visit, it’s very likely you’ll interact with a medical assistant first. Medical assistants serve an important role on the healthcare team by performing a wide variety of clinical and clerical skills. If you want a career that features opportunities to work in the administrative, laboratory, and patient care areas of a physician’s office or clinic, medical assisting may be just what you’re looking for.
Accreditation
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
7777 Leesburg Pike, Suite 314
North Falls Church, Virginia 22043
Telephone 703.917.9503; Facsimile 703.917.4109
info@abhes.org
www.abhes.org
This program is accredited by ABHES.
Turn your Medical Assistant Diploma into a Practical Nurse Diploma!
- Technical Diploma
- 2 Terms
- 33 Credits
- Financial Aid Eligible
- Starts Fall / Spring
Career Outlook
Medical Assistant
Median Income: $39,309.00*
POTENTIAL JOB TITLES
(Click a title for job description)
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
Disclosure:
*As with any survey data, the wages presented here are prone to error and sampling bias. Educational decisions should not be entirely based on the data presented here. Graduate Outcome Survey data is from 2020-21 Lakeshore graduates.
ADMISSION AND FIRST SEMESTER ENROLLMENT STEPS
Work with Admissions Advisor to:
- Submit Application
- Complete the Background Information Disclosure.
- Complete the Student Success Questionnaire.
- Complete Technical Standards form.
- Complete the Medical Assistant Handbook.
- Schedule your First Time Program Counseling/Registration Session with your assigned program counselor to plan your first semester schedule, review your entire plan of study and discuss the results of the Student Success Questionnaire.
*Submit transcripts and test scores (optional, highly recommended): College transcripts, along with high school transcripts and test scores from within the last five years, used for course registration. Official transcripts needed for transferring college credit(s) and for financial aid purposes.
FUTURE SEMESTER ENROLLMENT STEPS
Work with your Program Counselor to:
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Want more information?
- Submit your questions online
- Contact an Admissions Advisor at 920.693.1162
Medical Assistant courses may be offered in a face-to-face, online, or blended format with part-time scheduling options available.
Faculty Bios
Downloads
Medical Assistant Program Student Handbook
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