Medical Assisting - Mount Wachusett Community College

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Program Format: Campus Program Level: Associate

Medical Assisting from Mount Wachusett Community College is a Campus Associate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Medical assistants perform a combination of clinical and administrative duties in a medical setting. Clinical duties include assisting doctors with examinations, drawing blood, placing patients in rooms, administering immunizations, removing sutures, assessing vital signs, and applying wound care. Administrative duties include scheduling appointments, answering phones, billing insurance companies, making referrals, and phoning in prescriptions. Because medical assistants work in an office environment, most work regular day-time hours. Career options: Most medical assistants work in the offices of physicians, chiropractors, optometrists, and podiatrists. Others find employment in hospitals, insurance companies, and other health care facilities. Program Competencies for MAS Upon graduation from this program, students shall have demonstrated the ability to perform the following administrative, clinical , and transdisciplinary competencies: 1. Clerical functions 2. Bookkeeping procedures 3. Special accounting entries 4. Insurance claims 5. Fundamental principles 6. Specimen collections 7. Diagnostic testing 8. Patient care 9. Communication 10. Legal concepts 11. Patient instruction 12. Operational functions View more details on Mount Wachusett Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.

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Mount Wachusett Community College details

Mount Wachusett Community College address is 444 Green St, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-1000. You can contact this school by calling (978) 632-6600 or visit the college website at www.mwcc.edu .
This is a 2-year, Public, Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium according to Carnegie Classification. Religion Affiliation is Not applicable and student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1. The enrolled student percent that are registered with the office of disability services is 9% .
Awards offered by Mount Wachusett Community College are as follow: Less than one year certificate One but less than two years certificate Associate's degree.
With a student population of 4,755 (all undergraduate) and set in a Rural: Fringe, Mount Wachusett Community College services are: Remedial services Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus day care for students' children . Campus housing: No.
Tuition for Mount Wachusett Community College is $4,730. Type of credit accepted by this institution Dual credit Credit for life experiences Advanced placement (AP) credits . Most part of the informations about this college comes from sources like National Center for Education Statistics

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