Medical Assistant Certification

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• Course description
  The Medical Assistant Certificate Program is competency-based education designed to give you the knowledge and skills required for entry-level employment in outpatient healthcare industry, corporate business, or government environments.
  
  Our Medical Assistant Certificate Program is for those seeking entry-level employment and for those currently employed in the healthcare industry who are seeking promotion.
  
  Medical Assistant Career Opportunities include:
  
      * Medical Assistant
      * Medical Records Specialist
      * Intake Specialist
      * Patient Care Technician
      * Phlebotomist/EKG technician
  
  Students completing Hallmark College's Medical Assistant Certification Program may find employment in:
  
      * Hospitals
      * Medical offices/clinics
      * Rehabilitation and nursing centers
      * Social service organizations
      * Home health agencies
      * ther business office environments.
  
  The student will learn the skills to:
  
      * Create, interpret, and manage medical records (manual and electronic)
      * Demonstrate proper venipuncture and skin puncture techniques
      * Perform basic laboratory tests
      * Properly perform 12-level EKGs
      * Use industry specific equipment and software.
  
  The student will also have clinical exposure including:
  
      * Knowing how to take vital signs
      * Follow Universal precautions and OSHA guidelines
      * Function within the clinical component of a medical office
      * Assisting with examinations and procedures

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