Medical Assisting - Northwest Health Careers

Medical Assisting from Northwest Health Careers is a Campus Certificate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Philosophy Northwest Health Careers? Medical Assisting program prepares you to enter into the exciting profession of medical assisting. As the health care industry continues to grow, more qualified and well-trained medical assistants will be necessary to ensure quality care for the patients. At Northwest Health Careers , we believe our graduates are on the forefront of this challenge. Our program is taught by a licensed physician and as a result our students receive a unique and valuable prospective regarding the expectations of this wonderful profession. You will learn first hand how to provide much needed assistance to any Physician you work for over the course of your career. Instruction is provided with a combination of classroom lectures, laboratory practicals, front office computer based training, and simulated back office proficiency exams. The curriculum will give you the academic and hands on training necessary to become an integral part of a medical office, surgical center, private practice and in some cases even a hospital setting. Upon completion of the coursework you will receive on the job training at an off site medical facility. During this externship, you will encounter real patients and put the knowledge you have gained to the ultimate test. Our instructor teaches the students about the proper professionalism and bedside manner required to work in a medical office and as a result our students typically excel in the externship arena. We encourage our students to treat this experience as an extended job interview and we have seen an overwhelming percentage of them gain employment at their externship site. National Success After you successfully complete your training at Northwest Health Careers you will receive a diploma which qualifies you to sit for a certification exam. Northwest Health Careers is the only private school in the state of Nevada whose graduates are allowed to sit for both the CMA and RMA certification examinations. Having the opportunity to take these examinations is an important aspect of achieving professional success as a medical assistant. Medical assistants who are certified have increased employment opportunities and are qualified to gain employment at prestigious medical facilities. Classes Human Anatomy and Physiology Medical Terminology The Medical Office Basic Concepts Preparing for the Patient The Patient Visit The Laboratory and Lab Tests Special Populations CPR Financial Management and Health Insurance From Student to Professional Medical Assistant View more details on Northwest Health Careers . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.