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Becoming a Medical Assistant and Duties
Medical assistants are instrumental in helping patients feel at ease in the doctor’s office. They often explain instructions for tests and procedures. If you have good communication skills and are usually told you have a caring soul, medical assisting may be your career.
Certified Medical Assistants (CMA)s are trained in administrative and clinical duties and are the ultimate multitaskers!
The 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 Educational Review Board (MAERB).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
9355- 113th St. N. # 7709
Seminole, FL 33775
727-210-2350
Graduates of the program are eligible to take the national AAMA certification examination, to earn the CMA (AAMA) credential.
Program Outcomes published in compliance with MAERB policy 210.
Program Outcomes
| Year | Exam Passage |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 90% |
| 2023 | 85.71% |
| 2022 | 92.86% |
| 2021 | 100% |
| 2020 | 92.31% |
| Five-year Average | 92.59% |
- Welcome patients
- Answer telephones
- Prioritize tasks for patient appointments
- Establish and maintain medical records (paper or electronic health records)
- Code and complete insurance claim forms
- Schedule appointments
- Monitor the workflow in the reception area
- Arrange for hospital admissions
- Schedule laboratory services, referrals and diagnostic tests
- Process payments for services rendered
- Receive supply orders and rotate stock
- Screen patients
- Take medical histories
- Prepare patients for examinations
- Obtain vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure)
- Instruct patients about medication and special diets
- Transmit prescription orders as directed
- Administer injections as ordered
- Assist physicians during exams, diagnostics procedures and treatments
- Collect and prepare laboratory specimens
- Phlebotomy (draw blood)
- Perform basic laboratory tests
- Perform quality control procedures
- Take electrocardiograms (ECGs)
- Remove sutures and change dressings
- Set up and clean up for minor surgical procedures
COVID-19 vaccines as well as other vaccines/immunizations/titers may be required for some health sciences programs in order to attend clinicals. Should immunizations and titers be required by a clinical affiliate and the student refuses to obtain the vaccines/immunizations/titers, this may impact the student’s ability to be assigned to certain clinical rotations, which may in turn impact the student’s ability to continue in the program.