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Medical Assisting
Medical Assistants continue to be one of the most employed and essential healthcare professionals today. If you enjoy helping and serving people and are filled with compassion, then getting your medical assistant training from Dawn Career Institute may be a good option for you.
Your Role as a Medical Assistant
You deserve to have an enjoyable and rewarding career and to find medical assistant jobs that fit your career goals. Why not start with a health care job that offers great job stability, a good job outlook, and rewarding emotional and financial benefits?
Medical Assistants (MA) are key players in helping to manage the office. The medical office is a fast-paced environment that requires the assistance of qualified medical personnel. MA’s multitasking abilities enable them to meet the demands of both physicians and patients alike.
Most Medical Assistants work in physicians’ offices, health care centers or clinics. There are also many medical assistant jobs available in hospitals, medical laboratories and long-term care facilities.
PROGRAM DETAILS
36
Weeks Program Length
- Graduates earn a diploma
- Program offered: Daytime, Evening Hybrid*, Online
- Clinical: 160 Hours in actual Medical Facilities
*Hybrid programs combine a supportive, hands-on, campus-based education environment with the independence and flexibility of online learning.
As a medical assistant, you will gain valuable tools and training including:
Clinical skills:
- Taking medical histories and recording vital signs
- Preparing patients for examination
- Collecting and preparing laboratory specimens
- Performing basic laboratory tests on the premises
- Preparing and administering medications as directed
- Preparing patient x-rays
- Phlebotomy
- Performing electrocardiograms (EKG)
Clerical skills:
- Updating and filing patient medical records
- Completing insurance forms and handling correspondence
- Handling Billing & Bookkeeping
- Scheduling appointments, answering telephones and greeting patients
- Arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services
- Purchasing supplies and equipment
Our Medical Assisting Program. Made With You In Mind.
Dawn’s Medical Assisting program includes the technical knowledge needed in areas such as vital signs, electrocardiography, laboratory techniques, billing/coding and medical office procedures.
Dawn Career Institute combines qualified instruction with the medical facilities, equipment and instruments you’d find in most medical assistant jobs. a 160-hour externship in actual medical facilities will prepare you with the on-the-job skills you will need as an important part of any medical team. All DCI programs have valuable soft skill development built into the curriculum, including stress management, goal setting, resume writing, job search methods, successful interviewing techniques, customer relations, stress management, and how to present a professional image.
One of the unique benefits of DCI’s Medical Assisting program is the inclusion of phlebotomy training which prepares students for medical assistant jobs and the CPT Exam. The program also includes OSHA – Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens Certification.
Get Medical Assistant Jobs with Your Dawn Education
With a Dawn Career Institute education, you’ll have opportunities to apply for medical assistant jobs to some of the most highly sought-after medical employers in the state. Here are just a few of the companies who have hired our graduates:
- Wilmington Neurology Consultants
- Center for Interventional Pain and Spine
- Pediatric Associates
- Bayside Community Network
- Christiana Care
Careers in Focus: Medical Assistants
Swipe through our infographic to find out what you’ll do, where you’ll work and the career opportunity for Medical Assistants!
Become a Medical Assistant today at Dawn Career Institute!
Are you tired of waiting? At Dawn, we are here to help you achieve your goal of working in the health care field and finding good medical assistant jobs. You can further develop your professional skills by meeting with the Career Services Department! We have full-time Career Services staff on campus who are available to our students and graduates in person, by phone or email to support them in the pursuit of career opportunities.
Additional Information
Graduates of DCI’s Medical Assisting program are eligible to apply to take:
CCMA – Certified Clinical Medical Assistant through NHA, National HealthCareer Association
CPT – Certified Phlebotomy Technician through NHA, National HealthCareer Association
CET – Certified EKG Technician through NHA, National HealthCareer Association
*The cost of the first attempt for the certification exams listed above is included as part of the tuition for the DCI MA program. In the event the first attempt is not successful, the cost for any additional attempts is the responsibility of the graduate.
RMA – Registered Medical Assistant through AMT, American Medical Technologists
Professional Communications
Introduction to Computers
Medical Terminology
Anatomy and Physiology Foundations
Introduction to Medical Assisting
Introduction to Medical Billing and Coding
Pathophysiology
Clinical Examination Procedures
Clinical Laboratory Procedures
Medical Office Procedures
Electronic Health Records
Medical Law and Ethics
MA Capstone
Pharmacology Principles
MA Externship
Dawn Career Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) is a recognized accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation is the student’s best assurance that a school meets national standards of educational performance. Accreditation has become the most authoritative and reliable index of a school’s concern for integrity toward its students. When you attend an ACCSC-accredited institution, you are attending a school that has undergone a rigorous process that evaluates educational quality.
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