Medical Assisting Madison Adult Career Center

Medical Assisting Madison Adult Career Center Learn about and practice the skills needed to work in a doctors office or medical clinic.

The Medical Assisting program, called Medical Assisting Technologies (MAT), is a 840 clock hour program. The MAT program is offered twice a year, one that meets Monday-Thursday 9:15am - 3:15pm and one that meets Monday-Thursday 4:30pm - 9pm. In this program, students are trained and prepare for three certifications. These certifications are STNA (State Tested Nurse Aid), Registered Medical Assista

nt (RMA), and Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT). During the course students are taught and practice the skills needed to be an STNA, Medical Assistant and Phlebotomist. Skills and concepts taught include vital signs, applying/assisting with wound dressings, catheter care, medication dosage calculations, introduction to medical terminology & anatomy, use of medical forms, HIPAA, use of electronic medical/health records, patient transfers, infection control, patient assessment, assisting with medical specialties and much more. After successful completion of classroom and lab instruction, students complete a clinical externship at various local healthcare facilities. For STNA, the students complete 2 days of externship at a local long term care facility. For Medical Assisting, the students complete 80 hours of administrative and clinical duties at local medical offices. With Phlebotomy the students complete 40 hours of externship at local healthcare facilities. Job opportunities for a Medial Assistant include working in a physicians office, dental office (front desk), hospitals, extended care facilities (nursing homes), assisted living facilities, and other types of healthcare facilities such as walk in clinics, and Occupational/Physical Therapy clinics. For more information on our Phlebotomy program check out our Phlebotomy page at https://www.facebook.com/MACCPhlebotomy/

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600 Esley Lane
Mansfield, OH
44905

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Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

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(419) 589-6363

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The Medical Assisting program, called Medical Assisting Technologies, is an 840 clock hour program. In this course, students are trained and prepare for three certifications. These certifications are STNA (State Tested Nurse Aid), Registered Medical Assistant (RMA), and Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT). During the course students are taught and practice the skills needed to be an STNA, Medical Assistant and Phlebotomist. Skills and concepts taught include vital signs, appling/assisting with wound dressings, catheter care, medication dosage calculations, introductory medical terminology, introductory anatomy & physiology, use of medical forms, HIPAA, use of electronic medical/health records, patient transfers, infection control, patient assessment, assisting with medical specialties and much more. After successful completion of classroom and lab instruction, students complete a clinical externship at various local healthcare facilities. For STNA, the students complete 2 days of externship at a local long term care facility. For Medical Assisting, the students complete 64 hours of administrative and clinical job externship at local medical offices. With Phlebotomy, the students complete 80 hours (2 weeks) of externship at local healthcare facilities. Job opportunities for a Medial Assistant include working in a physicians office, dental office (front desk), hospitals, extended care facilities (nursing homes), assisted living facilities, and other types of healthcare facilities such as walk in clinics, and Occupational/Physical Therapy clinics.