Medical Assisting
University of Alaska
Sitka, Alaska
Certificate
Online
Program Details
Program Length
1 year
Program Cost
Not available
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The program cost may vary depending on factors such as where you live, how many transfer credits you have and whether you're eligible for financial aid.
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Program length is the expected time to complete all requirements based on full-time enrollment.
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The Medical Assisting Program covers a range of skills in administrative and clinical areas to prepare students for roles as competent medical assistants. The curriculum includes:
Administrative Skills:
- Medical records management
- Answering telephones
- Scheduling and greeting patients
- Bookkeeping
- Collections
- Insurance processing
- Familiarity with HIPAA
Clinical Skills:
- Obtaining vital signs
- Medication preparation and administration
- Assisting with examinations and minor procedures
- Phlebotomy (drawing blood)
- Performing basic laboratory tests
- Pharmacology
- Specimen collection
Program Features:
- Full-time or part-time options
- Online courses with in-person practice sessions
- Clinical lab intensives in various communities
Program Goals:
- Prepare competent medical assistants in cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains
- Perform clinical and administrative skills effectively as entry-level medical assistants
- Display professional behaviors and effective communication in the workplace
- Follow standards, policies, and procedures within the medical assistant scope of practice
Program Outcomes:
- 2021 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
- 2020 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
- 2019 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
- 2018 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
Administrative Skills:
- Medical records management
- Answering telephones
- Scheduling and greeting patients
- Bookkeeping
- Collections
- Insurance processing
- Familiarity with HIPAA
Clinical Skills:
- Obtaining vital signs
- Medication preparation and administration
- Assisting with examinations and minor procedures
- Phlebotomy (drawing blood)
- Performing basic laboratory tests
- Pharmacology
- Specimen collection
Program Features:
- Full-time or part-time options
- Online courses with in-person practice sessions
- Clinical lab intensives in various communities
Program Goals:
- Prepare competent medical assistants in cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains
- Perform clinical and administrative skills effectively as entry-level medical assistants
- Display professional behaviors and effective communication in the workplace
- Follow standards, policies, and procedures within the medical assistant scope of practice
Program Outcomes:
- 2021 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
- 2020 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
- 2019 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
- 2018 Credentialing Exam Passage Rate: 100%
Program Highlights
Graduate Outcomes
The University of Alaska (UA) is a public university system in Alaska, established in 1917. It consists of three universities: the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), and the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS).
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