Nash Community College Medical Assisting Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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.

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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

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Career Opportunities:

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

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Program Features:

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

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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

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General Education Courses:

• Intro. to communications
• Writing and inquiry
• Quantitative literacy
• Humanities/fine arts core elective
• University transfer success

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For more information, contact Health Sciences Advising.

The program length for the Medical Assisting Diploma program at Nash Community College is 42 credit hours/ 3 semesters to complete.