Massage Therapy - Associate's

Become a massage therapist and begin an exciting, in-demand career in the health care industry. Massage therapists manipulate soft tissues of the body using a variety of techniques. Massage therapy has a broad number of medical applications including relaxation, stress reduction, health promotion, pain management and injury recovery. Graduates of this degree program learn not only the techniques and theory necessary to excel in a massage therapy career, but they are also provided with the training necessary to begin the process of operating a massage therapy business.

Massage Therapy - Diploma

If you are an allied health professional who is looking to increase your credentials, you can earn a diploma through massage therapy training at Rasmussen College. In your massage therapy training, you will learn to do the following in order to help your clients and patients gain an overall sense of well being and general health:

• Treat painful ailments
• Decompress tired and overworked muscles
• Reduce stress
• Rehabilitate sports injuries
• Promote general health

Adding these types of skills to your knowledge base can position you to earn more money and respect in your workplace.

Medical Administration - Associate's

You can learn how to successfully manage a medical office with an Associate's degree in medical administration from Rasmussen College. The Medical administration degree prepares you for multiple challenges you will encounter in the office including:

• Medical coding
• Understanding medical terminology
• Recognizing medical law and ethics
• Learning proper medical insurance and billing procedures
• Success strategies in the office

In the medical administration program, students will study core courses to develop communication, critical thinking and decision making skills. Students will also have the opportunity to take specialty courses including:

• Medical transcription
• Anatomy and physiology
• Medical office procedures
• Other computer courses

Medical Assisting - Associate's

As a Medical assistant, you'll help care for patients, carry out routine treatments, conduct lab tests, and maintain office records. Medical assistants also have clerical duties. They answer telephones, greet patients, and update medical records. Assistants complete insurance forms and schedule appointments. They also arrange for hospital admission and lab services. You'll work with doctors, nurses, specialists, and other medical professionals caring for and treating patients.

Medical Coding - Diploma

A career in medical coding places you right where the expanding arena of health care meets the cutting edge of information technology. This is the perfect career choice for anyone who wants to work in a hospital, clinic or doctor's office setting while completing detailed, important work.

Medical Office Management - Associate's

If you would like to be the go-to person in an office, then this is the program for you! You will learn strong medical vocabulary, solid communication skills and medical office procedures in order to apply them in a medical setting such as a hospital records room, physician's office, medical laboratory or allied health organization.

Medical Transcriptionist - Associate's or Diploma

As a medical transcriptionist you will listen to dictated recordings made by health care professionals and generate medical reports and other administrative material. You will then return the documents to the health care professionals who dictated them for review and signature. These documents become part of patients' permanent files.

You may also have other duties such as receiving patients, scheduling appointments, answering the telephone, and handling incoming and outgoing mail.

Pharmacy Technician - Associate's

Pharmacy technicians help pharmacists provide drugs and other health care products to patients. Graduates of this degree program learn theory and practical applications of pharmacy practice. They are able to apply knowledge to retail and hospital pharmacy settings. They combine effective use of available software programs with proficiency in receiving, interpreting, inputting and filling prescriptions. They have knowledge of medical terminology, medical law and ethics, and pharmacy math.

Upon completion of the program they possess the knowledge to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCB). They value honesty and integrity. They have compassion for patients and respect patient confidentiality.