Achieve Your Career Goals with the Online Medical Assisting Program!
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Medical Assisting Online
Medical assistants continue to be one of the most employed and essential health care professionals today. With Dawn Career Institute’s online Medical Assisting program, you can receive your training in a convenient format and work toward your health care career.
While this is an online program, you’ll have the opportunity to also gain important in-depth, hands-on experience with on-campus training that includes 60 hours of practical application of clinical skills, patient consultation and medical office protocols. In addition, 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.
A unique benefit of DCI’s online Medical Assisting program is the inclusion of phlebotomy training, which prepares students for the Certified Phlebotomy Technician exam, as well as ECG training, which prepares students for the Certified EKG Technician exam. The program also includes OSHA – Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens Certification.
PROGRAM DETAILS
36
Weeks Program Length
- Graduates earn a diploma
- Program offered: Online
- Clinical: 160 Hours in actual Medical Facilities
Working as a Medical Assistant
The medical office is a fast-paced environment that requires the assistance of qualified medical personnel. Medical Assistants (MA) are key players in helping to manage the office. Their multitasking abilities enable them to meet the demands of both physicians and patients alike. Medical assistants perform a variety of clinical and clerical skills.
Clinical skills may include:
- 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/sterilizing of surgical equipment
- Phlebotomy
- Performing electrocardiograms (ECG)
Clerical skills may involve:
- Updating and filing patient medical records
- Completing insurance forms and handling correspondence
- Maintaining electronic health records
- Scheduling appointments, answering telephones and greeting patients
- Arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services
- Purchasing supplies and equipment
Career Opportunities with Your Dawn Education.
Dawn Career Institute combines qualified instruction with the medical facilities, equipment and instruments you would find on the job. And all DCI programs have valuable professional development skills built into the curriculum, including goal setting, resume writing, job search methods, successful interviewing techniques, customer relations, stress management and how to present a professional image. 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.
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:
- Saint Francis Healthcare
- Delaware Health & Social Services
- Premier Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery
- Advancexing Pain
- Franczyk Pediatrics
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!
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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