Medical Assisting

The Medical Assisting program at Nash Community College equips students with essential skills for administrative and clinical roles in health care. Students learn a range of skills from scheduling appointments to performing routine laboratory procedures.

Skills Taught:
- Scheduling appointments
- Coding and processing insurance accounts
- Handling billing and collections
- Understanding computer operations
- Assisting with examinations/treatments
- Performing routine laboratory procedures
- Understanding electrocardiography
- Performing supervised medication administration
- Examining ethical/legal issues associated with patient care

Career Opportunities:
- Eligibility for the American Association of Medical Assistants Certification Examination
- Opportunities in physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals

Program Features:
- Selective admissions process
- Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- High job placement rate for graduates

Major Core Courses:
- Administrative office procedures
- Exam room procedures
- Laboratory procedures
- Clinical practicum
- Medical legal issues
- Basic anatomy & physiology
- Medical coding, billing & insurance
- General psychology

General Education Courses:
- Intro. to communications
- Writing and inquiry
- Quantitative literacy
- Humanities/fine arts core elective
- University transfer success

For more information, contact Health Sciences Advising.