Key Skills Taught:
- Patient Care: Students learn to provide thoughtful and compassionate patient care to help individuals feel understood and supported.
- Administrative Processes: Training covers critical back-office administrative processes to ensure the smooth operation of medical clinics.
- Versatile Health Care Settings: Graduates are prepared to apply their training in various health care locations such as public and private clinics, physicians' offices, inpatient and outpatient facilities, and nursing and residential care facilities.
The program length for the Medical Assistant Diploma program at Fortis College takes approximately 9 to 12 months.
Fortis College is a post-secondary network of colleges and institutes.
With over 40 schools in 15 states and a variety of online programs, Fortis offers career-based certificate, diploma, and degree-granting programs in healthcare, nursing, medical, dental, massage, cosmetology, and skilled trades such as HVAC, welding, and electrical work.
Each campus is institutionally accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), Accrediting Commission of the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), and Accrediting Commission of the Council on Occupational Education (COE).
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