Medical Assistant - Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Medical Assistant from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a Campus Certificate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Medical Assistant program prepares individuals to be competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The Medical Assistant program prepares individuals to assist physicians in their offices or other medical settings. Medical assistants perform a wide range of duties. The medical assistant is responsible for medical and surgical asepsis, taking vital signs, assisting the physician with examinations and surgery, administering ECGs and administering medications. The business/administrative duties include patient reception, appointment making, record keeping, filing, bookkeeping, insurance handling, typing medical correspondence and transcription and microcomputer applications. Laboratory functions include specimen collection, performance of basic laboratory tests and microscopic work. Graduates find jobs as medical assistants, secretaries, medical laboratory assistants , phlebotomists, receptionists, medical insurance clerks and electrocardiogram technicians. Employment Potential A graduate of this program will have the potential for employment in the following areas: Medical Assistant: prepares a patient for examination or treatment, takes vital signs, performs simple lab tests, performs electrocardiograms, performs administrative functions, and assists the physician as needed within clinical procedures. Upon successful completion of the certification exam, Certified Medication Assistant status is obtained. Medical Insurance Clerk: processes insurance claims on a computer. EKG Technician: operates and maintains electrocardiographic machines, records the heart???s electrical activity, and provides data for diagnosis and treatment of heart ailments by physicians. Medical Laboratory Assistant: performs simple laboratory procedures and venipunctures to collect blood specimens. Medical Records Clerk: handles all patient medical records in areas such as progress notes and pulls records of patients on a daily basis. Medical Office Assistant: performs a variety of duties related to bookkeeping, typing, filing, record keeping, customer relations, telephoning, general correspondence, appointments, and patient accounts. Phlebotomist: obtains blood specimens by venipuncture and capillary puncture. Receptionist: greets patients, schedules appointments, and answers telephone. With additional education and/or work experience, graduates may find other opportunities for employment. Medical Laboratory Technician Medical Office Manager Medical Transcriptionist View more details on Northeast Wisconsin Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.