The Medical Assistant Certificate Program at Bristol Community College equips students with a comprehensive set of skills essential for medical assisting roles in health care settings.
Key Skills Taught:
- Cognitive Skills: Knowledge in medical language, coding, human anatomy, administrative procedures, clinical procedures, and laboratory procedures
- Psychomotor Skills: Practical training in clinical procedures, laboratory procedures, and medical assisting tasks
- Affective Skills: Development of professional behavior and attitudes for healthcare settings
Program Features:
- Multi-Skilled Health Professionals: Training for diverse administrative and clinical duties in ambulatory settings
- Career Opportunities: Pathways to roles like medical assistants, phlebotomists, EKG technicians, patient care technicians, or office managers/supervisors
- Certification Preparation: Eligibility for Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) credential through AAMA
- Accreditation: Program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- High Exam Pass Rates: Program's consistent 100% pass rate for certification exams from 2018 to 2020
- Essential Functions: Requirement for specific abilities crucial for safe patient care
Post-Program Opportunities:
- Immediate Workforce Entry: Designed for immediate employment as entry-level medical assistants with potential for further studies
- Certification Exam Eligibility: Graduates can sit for national certification exams post-program completion
- Employer Satisfaction: Program maintains 100% employer satisfaction rate, reflecting high approval of graduates' skills and performance.
The Medical Assistant Certificate Program at Bristol Community College is a certificate program. The program requires students to complete a total of 29 credits. The program consists of the following courses:
- BIO 115: Survey of Human Anatomy and Physiology (4 credits)
- ENG 101: Composition I: College Writing (3 credits)
- HCI 124: Survey of Medical Coding and Billing (1 credit)
- HLT 101: Medical Language Module I (1 credit)
- HLT 102: Medical Language Module II (1 credit)
- MAA 103: Medical Assisting Administrative Procedures (3 credits)
- MAS 101: Medical Assisting Clinical Procedures I (3 credits)
- MAS 102: Medical Assisting Clinical Procedures II (3 credits)
- MAS 121: Medical Assisting Laboratory Procedures I (3 credits)
- MAS 122: Medical Assisting Laboratory Procedures II (3 credits)
- MAS 200: Medical Assisting Practicum and Theory (4 credits)
Please note that some courses in this program are only offered during the day.
Established in 1965, Bristol Community College is a comprehensive public community college offering over 130 career and transfer programs that lead to an associate degree in science, arts, applied sciences, and certificates of accomplishment or achievement.
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