If you've been searching through medical assistant schools to find the right place to earn your medical assistant degree, you made a smart stop at Empire College. Empire College's California Medical Assistant training can help give you the potential for supervisory or management responsibilities within a medical setting. Our program also provides additional emphasis on communications, critical thinking, human relations, decision making and other skills required of well-qualified medical personnel.

Objective: This program is designed to train medical administrative assistants and clinical assistants with a solid foundation in both areas.

The emphasis on administrative and clinical skills makes us a great choice in California medical assistant schools. Our program includes extensive instruction in medical terminology, medical insurance billing, medical office procedures, medical clinical procedures, as well as instruction in beginning medical transcription, basic anatomy and physiology, and pharmacology.

 

In addition, a medical office management class is offered to increase the student's skills in standard management duties and patient information protection and privacy. Students will be instructed in various medical-related software to include data protection and transmission. A 125-hour externship is included.

Program Length: 7 quarters
Specialized (Occupational) Associate Degree awarded upon successful completion of all graduation requirements.

This program includes the following courses:

• Records Management
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Beginning Medical Transcription
• Medical Terminology
• Introduction to Medical Assisting
• Injections and Surgical Assisting
• EKGs and Capillary Puncture
• Phlebotomy and Urinalysis
• Medical Office Procedures
• Medical Insurance Coding
• Medical Insurance Plans
• Principles of Pharmacology
• Bookkeeping
• Various Computer, Internet and Microsoft courses
• Management Communications
• And many more comprehensive courses!

Contact us for more information on one of Northern California's top medical assistant schools.