Medical Assistant - Houston Community College System

Medical Assistant from Houston Community College System is a Campus Certificate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Program trains individuals to function as multi-skilled technicians in ambulatory health care delivery systems. Specific skills include administrative and clinical duties. Additional skills include 12-lead electrocardiography, dysrhythmia analysis, stress testing, Holter monitor and scanning, phlebotomy, pharmacology and administration of medications and fundamentals of medical insurance with coding. The one-year Medical Assistant Program is divided into three semesters. Applicants are accepted for fall, spring, and summer semesters for full-time/part-time classes. Courses have theory and competency-based components. Clinical experience is provided by affiliations with various ambulatory health care delivery facilities. The clinical externship is a non-paid external learning experience. Students who participate in the clinical external learning experience will be required to pay a liability insurance fee, which protects the student against losses resulting from malpractice claims. The insurance is available through the College on a blanket coverage program at a reduced rate. Current CPR Level C (adult, youth, and infant) certification is required prior to enrollment in a clinical external learning experience. Attendance at a clinical orientation is necessary prior to enrollment in a clinical external learning experience. Students who are accepted into the Medical Assistant Program will be required to undergo a background check and drug screening, a physical examination and submit proof of current immunizations, the costs of which are the student's responsibility. View more details on Houston Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.