Career Institute of Florida

Career Institute of Florida (CIF) provides you with the training you need for professional success and lifelong rewarding careers. Our short-term, affordable training programs are focused on areas of high job growth.

CIF specializes in short-term or accelerated career training programs. Our goal is to transfer new skills to you in the shortest practical time in order to enable you to embark on a new career and an enhanced lifestyle more quickly than traditional education allows. We accomplish this by using experienced and knowledgeable instructors, computer-equipped classrooms, current and pertinent texts and proven adult learning methodology.

Main Campus: Largo; Satellite: Holiday; Branch campus: Spring Hill

Accreditation

CIF is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). ACCSC is listed by the US Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.

Medical Assistant - Diploma

You will learn many diverse clinical and administrative skills associated with this career. These skills include but are not limited to:

• Taking medical histories
• Recording vital signs
• Preparing patients for examination
• Collecting and preparing laboratory specimens
• Instructing patients about medications and special diets
• Prepare patients for x rays
• Take electrocardiograms
• Remove sutures
• Change dressings

You will also learn how to update and file patients' medical records, fill out insurance forms, schedule appointments, and billing and bookkeeping.

Medical Billing & Coding - Diploma

The program is designed to prepare students for employment in a variety of health care settings as entry-level professional coders, medical record coders, coding technicians, coding clerks, inpatient and outpatient medical record coders, ambulatory surgical coders and medical coders and billers. This course prepares students for their CPC and their CPC-H certifications. This course includes 80 hours of medical terminology and anatomy throughout the course.

CIF also offers: Patient Care Technician (Largo and Spring Hill).

Information

If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from Career Institute of Florida - Holiday.