Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant program at Galaxy Medical College equips students with essential skills for the health care sector, covering a range of administrative and clinical duties. Graduates are prepared for roles such as Medical Assistant, Administrative Medical Assistant, Clinical Medical Assistant, and Medical Secretary. The program emphasizes professionalism, safety measures, effective communication, legal standards, and patient privacy. Students receive hands-on training, can benefit from an excellent externship program, and have access to financial aid. The program offers morning and evening classes, small class sizes, and boasts high retention and job placement rates. The field of medical assisting is projected to experience a 23% employment growth from 2014 to 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The program involves physical demands like standing for 70% of the workday, sitting for 10%, and walking for 20%, with lifting and carrying up to 10 pounds, and neck movement up to 20 degrees. The typical work environment is indoors with minimal hazards, and work aids include computers, photocopiers, EKG machines, telephones, fax machines, and stethoscopes.