Medical Office Assisting Certificate of Achievement Medical Office Assisting Nature of Work Classified as allied health practitioners, medical assistants can be found primarily in doctors' offices and clinics. Increasingly, physicians are realizing the importance of medical assistants and view them as partners, essential to success in the ever-competitive medical environment.
Medical assistants are multi-skilled and are competent in both front and back office procedures.
Some work evenings and weekends. For detailed information regarding this career field, visit the official site for the American Association of Medical Assistants . The Medical Office Assisting Program at the Community College of Southern Nevada is designed for the working student. The length of the program will be 5 semesters for those pursuing the program on a part-time basis. The Community College of Southern Nevada's Medical Office Assisting Program is an Open Entry Program.