Health Information Technician - Associate's

A career as a Health Information Technician 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.

Massage Therapy - Associate's or Diploma

If you are an allied health professional who is looking to increase your credentials, you can earn a degree in massage therapy at Rasmussen College. Earning a diploma or associate's degree will display your skill level, making it clear that you have the knowledge and training needed to perform your duties successfully.

In your massage therapy training, you will learn to help your clients and patients gain an overall sense of well being and general health by:

• Treating painful ailments
• Decompressing tired and overworked muscles
• Reducing stress
• Rehabilitating sports injuries
• Promoting general health

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

Medical Assisting - Associate's

Getting your medical assistant training through our medical assistant associate's degree program prepares you with the skills, capabilities and confidence you need to excel in a rewarding medical assisting career.

Medical assisting is a vital career that helps keep society healthy. As a medical assistant, you will be a respected member of the health care team, and with the great salaries offered by the allied health industry, you will be able to provide comfortable lives for yourself and your family.

In your medical assistant training, you will learn to take on many roles within the medical office setting, from performing duties such as:

• Updating and filing patients' medical records
• Scheduling appointments
• Recording vital signs
• Drawing blood (phlebotomy)
• Performing lab tests
• Assisting the physician during the patient examination

Physicians in private practice understand the importance of the valuable contributions, provided by these highly trained professionals, to the quality of patient service and loyalty at their office.

Medical Administration - Associate's

You can learn how to successfully manage a medical office with an Associate's in Medical Administration from Rasmussen College. The medical administration degree prepares you for multiple challenges you will encounter in the office including coding, understanding medical terminology, recognizing medical law and ethics, learning proper medical insurance and billing procedures and 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 and computer courses.

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 Laboratory Technician - Associate's

Rasmussen College can help you become a part of a lifesaving medical team with a Medical Lab Technician Associate's Degree. Our innovative and focused curriculum will teach you everything you need to know to gain a great career in the exciting and respected health care field. As a Medical Lab Tech, you will conduct tests to help detect, diagnose, and treat diseases, and work with Doctors, Nurses, Specialists, and other medical professionals in a hospital or clinical setting. The career outlook for those who have attained Medical Lab Technician training has never been more encouraging. Make a difference in the lives of others everyday with a Medical Lab Technician degree from Rasmussen College!

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.

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.