Classes are held five days per week, up to six hours per day in the classroom and eight hours per day in the clinical setting, when scheduled. This diploma program is designed to prepare students to work with and under the supervision of physicians, or appropriate preceptors, to provide quality health care services. Program graduates will demonstrate an equal balance of administrative and clinical competence, developed within the program from an initial foundation of basic science, communications, and human relation skills.
Graduates take the certification examination immediately after graduation.
Upon passing the examination the student will be a Certified Medical Assistant. Students in the Medical Assisting Program must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or better each quarter in order to progress in this program of study. Pharmacology 5 MAS 106 Medical Office Procedures 4 Essential Specific Occup. 2000 Columbus Technical College. All rights reserved.