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:

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Administrative Skills:

• Medical records management
• Answering telephones
• Scheduling and greeting patients
• Bookkeeping
• Collections
• Insurance processing
• Familiarity with HIPAA

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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

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Program Features:

• Full-time or part-time options
• Online courses with in-person practice sessions
• Clinical lab intensives in various communities

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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

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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%

The program length for the Medical Assisting Certificate at UAS is 1 year.

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).