Medical Assistants - Concorde Career College - Garden Grove

Medical Assistants from Concorde Career College - Garden Grove is a Campus Certificate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Concorde Career College provides a hands-on Medical Assistant training program that will qualify you to cover the clinical and administrative tasks required of a Medical Assistant. Training to become a Medical Assistant offers you a healthcare career with maximum flexibility as this job is in high demand across all disciplines, enabling you to perform administrative and clinical tasks for the offices of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, etc. Medical Assistants are vitally important to the healthcare industry. As a medical assistant , you will work closely with doctors in clinics and physician's offices. Concorde prepares you for this healthcare career by teaching you to perform the following tasks: scheduling and receiving patients preparing and maintaining medical records performing basic front office skills handling telephone calls and written correspondence serving as a liaison between physicians and others managing the office finances taking patient histories and vital signs performing first aid and CPR preparing patients for procedures assisting with examinations and treatments controlling infections collecting and processing specimens performing selected diagnostic tests preparing and administering medications as directed by the physician. How long is the program? Concorde Career Institute Arlington has designed a Medical Assistant training program that you can complete in about 8 months. Will I receive hands-on, real world job experience? Absolutely! Concorde's staff provides you with hands-on training in a real-world laboratory environment through externship, which takes 240 hours. What skills will I learn? You'll learn a combination of clinical and administrative skills. Clinical: CPR Taking patient histories Take and read vital signs EKGs Administer injections Venipunctures (drawing blood/Phlebotomy) Assist in cast application and removal Assist in minor surgery Instrument usage Patient preparation Basic lab procedures Perform diagnostic procedures Administrative: Patient charting Appointment scheduling Patient Billing and Fee Collections Basic Insurance Coding Payroll Computers Maintain medical records Complete insurance forms Where can I work? Generally Medical Assistants work in ambulatory settings, such as medical offices and clinics. You may work in the front office (patient records to insurance procedures). Hospitals Medical supply Home health agencies Insurance companies View more details on Concorde Career College - Garden Grove, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.