Medical Assisting

Diploma Program
MA22

Program Description
The medical assisting diploma prepares students for employment in a variety of positions in today's medical offices. The program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of medical assisting. Graduates of the program receive a Medical Assisting diploma. The goal of the medical assisting program is to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behaviors) domain. This program is only offered full-time, during the day. (Program length: 3 Semesters Minimum)

The Gwinnett Technical College Diploma level Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 210-2350

Prerequisites
Length of time to complete prerequisites varies depending on applicants' transfer credit and/or testing results. The time to complete prerequisites is not included in the total program length listed. It is the student's responsibility to notify the admissions office once pre-requisites have been completed. File completion does not guarantee an interview or acceptance. Prerequisites must be completed by the deadline for Fall admission with a 2.75GPA. (ALHS 1040, ALHS 1090, ALHS 1011, ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1101, MATH 1012 or MATH 1111, PSYC 1010, BUSN 1440 and COMP 1000.) Once a file is complete, applicants are required to take the Health Occupations Basic Entrance test administered in the Assessment Center and a competitive admission process begins.

Graduation Requirements
Completion of all courses. All Medical Assisting students are required to pass a comprehensive exit exam with a score of 70% or better or pass the CMA (AAMA) Certification Exam. The comprehensive exam is administered in MAST 1180, Medical Assisting Seminar.

Employment Opportunities
Medical assistants are multi-skilled allied health professionals specifically trained to work in ambulatory settings, such as physicians' offices, clinics, and group practices, performing administrative and clinical procedures

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