Medical Assistants perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Medical assistants are instrumental in helping patients feel at ease in the doctor’s office and often explain the physician’s instructions. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and insurance form coding. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, assisting physician with examination, drawing blood, taking electrocardiograms, removing sutures and administering medications as directed by the physician.

Hours: 900

Weeks: 30

Prerequisites: 

• High School Diploma or GED
• Meet program criteria on Workforce Training Assessment
• Physical Examination
• Immunization: Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
• Immunization: Chicken Pox
• Immunization: Tetanus
• Immunization: Two-Step TB
• Immunization: Hepatitis B
• Background Check completed at MVCTC

Accreditation by: North Central Association; Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; Medical Assisting Education Review Board

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be eligible to take the exam for this certification: Certified Medical Assistant

Articulation with: This program is approved for Career Technical Credit Transfer (CT2). Credit earned at MVCTC is transferable to other accredited post-secondary institutions.

Tuition Costs: $6,705

Supply Costs: $2,635

Graduation Rate: 83%

Job Placement Rate: 80%

Median Loan Deficit: $7,589