Medical Administrative Assisting - Diploma

The Medical Administrative Assistant program provides you with the skills necessary to manage the day-to-day operations of a medical facility. Office management and technical ability are vital skills learned in this exciting program.

You will receive education that emphasizes the administrative and business aspects of overseeing a medical or dental office. The Medical Administrative Assistant program includes instruction on the following:

• Basic principles of accounting
• Computer applications
• Medical terminology
• Medical law and ethics
• Communications
• Medical transcription

The administrative, business and communication courses will provide you with a well-rounded background to meet the needs of today's ever-changing medical industry. You will gain valuable skills, enabling you to become a vital link between patient and doctor.

Strong clinical and administrative skills will provide innumerable employment opportunities with medical and dental offices, clinics, long-term health care facilities, insurance companies, hospitals and home health agencies. The aging of the population combined with continued medical advances will significantly increase health care demand and career opportunities in this exciting field.

Medical Assisting - Diploma

The medical assisting program prepares graduates for entry-level work as both clinical and administrative assistants to doctors in offices and clinics. Graduates will gain thorough knowledge of anatomy, basic clinical and laboratory tasks, and administrative duties. The college offers both a certificate and diploma medical assisting program. Courses in these programs include: Musculoskeletal and Nervous Systems, which is the study of anatomy, physiology, diseases and examination and investigation procedures of the muscular, skeletal and nervous systems; Hematology and Microbiology studies structure, composition and function of the blood, as well as blood diseases; and Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Systems, which teaches structure and function of the respiratory cardiovascular system, diseases and investigation procedures, EKG equipment, physiology and basic interpretation of arrhythmias.

Pharmacy Technician - Diploma

The pharmaceutical industry is expected to surge over the next decade due to the increased needs of a larger and older population. You can join the ranks of thousands of others and start aiding licensed pharmacists providing medication and other health care products to patients. Our program provides you with strong academic and clinical backgrounds in the areas of:

• Pharmacy administration
• Pharmaceutical calculations
• Anatomy and physiology
• Digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems
• Nutrition
• Medical terminology
• Pharmacology
• Health care systems

The program helps develop strong customer service, communication and interpersonal skills needed to interact with patients, co-workers and health care professionals. Strong mathematical and organizational skills needed to manage inventories, count and measure medication, and use computers are provided.

Pharmacy Technicians can gain positions in both health care facilities and retail establishments including: hospitals, medical centers, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers and pharmacies. Some career opportunities include:

• Pharmaceutical assistant
• Sales representative