Medical Assistant
Contact: Kara Mahannah, (208) 732-6728 kmahannah@csi.edu
The Medical Assistant Program prepares graduates to assist health care providers in outpatient setting performing administrative and/or clinical tasks. Medical Assistants are multi-skilled, allied health care workers who perform a variety of skills assisting health care providers with patient care. They assist with clerical duties, referrals, insurance billing and coding, minor in-office procedures; perform phlebotomy with lab tests, EKG’s, as well as many other administrative and clinical tasks. This program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756; Phone: 727-210-2350, FAX: 727-210-2354 on recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE). Upon completion of the program students are eligible to sit for the national medical assistant certification exam, CMA (AAMA) by the Certification Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants. The CMA (AAMA) is considered the gold standard of medical assisting professionalism. The CMA (AAMA) means a professional edge, increased prestige among peers and employers, better job security, and greater career advancement opportunities.
Additional information and current application requirements (including deadlines) can be found at: http://hshs.csi.edu/medical_assistant. You must be a high school graduate or have completed the GED/HSE before applying to this program. To promote success on the certification/licensure examination(s), all Required Courses must be passed with a grade of C or better.
Gainful Employment data for this program may be found on the department web page: https://www.csi.edu/ge/MedicalAssistant
Upon successful completion of the Medical Assistant program, a student will be able to:
- Promote the medical assisting program to meet the employment needs of the community.
- Provide a learning experience to assist graduates in performing administrative clinical skills in an allied health setting.
- Provide a high quality education to ensure that graduates demonstrate basic level competencies.
- Prepare students to successfully complete the CMA examination.
Program Application Required: Yes
Sample Career Opportunities: Medical Assistants