University of Alaska Medical Assisting Sitka, Alaska

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%