The Medical Assistant is a professional, multi-skilled person who assists in all aspects of medical practice. Medical Assistants help physicians examine and treat patients and perform routine tasks to keep offices running smoothly.

Medical assistants perform clerical duties such as answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, completion of insurance forms, handling correspondence and arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services. Clinical duties include taking and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures, preparing patients for examination, collecting laboratory specimens, administering medication, authorizing prescription telephone orders and preparing patients for X-rays. Opportunities exist in clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and insurance companies.

The MTI Medical Assistant program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

Admission Requirement: All students applying to the program must submit to a criminal background check at the student’s expense. Details are available from the Admissions office.

Some immunization requirements may have to be met before entrance to certain clinical sites. See the Instructor for details.

Program Graduation Requirements: It is the goal of this program to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. To achieve that goal, students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or higher in all technical courses that include a lab, competency or performance evaluation as a prerequisite to MA 250 Clinical Externship. Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or higher in their clinical externship in order to graduate.