Parkland's Medical Assistant Program prepares students to act as a liaison between the physician and the patient. Medical assistants are skilled in both clinical and administrative areas. In the administrative area typical tasks include medical records management and EMR, awareness of insurance, billing and coding, and patient scheduling.

Clinical tasks may include taking vital signs, EKGs, venipuncture, administering medications and immunizations, sterile instrumentation, height/weight measurements, specimen collection, and point of care testing.

Medical assistants primarily work in outpatient settings but may work in hospitals, medical billing companies, or any place office skills and medical knowledge merge.

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Medical Assistant

Medical Assistants are in demand and can work in a variety of settings.

Clinical Site Placement:

Parkland College has partnerships and a board-approved clinical affiliation agreement with the local clinics in the 505 district and their outlying locations. Students will be required to travel for their clinic assignment.

Sample Schedule

Bureau of Labor Statistics Medical Assisting

Program approval by:

American Registry of Medical Assistants • arma-cert.org
National Healthcareer Association • www.nhanow.com

Students will be eligible to sit for the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) certification exam.

Advanced Placement:

Students are required to successfully complete all of the requirements and courses in the Medical Assisting Program to be eligible for graduation and to sit for the certification exam. Students transferring from other institutions accredited medical assisting programs (CAAHEP) may be eligible for acceptance into various stages of the program. An audit of MAERB assessed competencies may be needed in order to transfer.

Students who have developed knowledge, skills and values from direct experiences outside a traditional academic setting will be considered for advanced placement.

This is determined after transcripts, course syllabi, outlines and skills have been evaluated by the appropriate staff and faculty of the Parkland College.

Accreditation Status: The Medical Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
9355 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
Phone: 727/210-2350
Email: mail@caahep.org

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