Medical Assistant - Seattle Vocational Institute

Medical Assistant from Seattle Vocational Institute is a Campus Certificate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Medical Assistants are multi-skilled allied health professionals who perform a wide range of roles in the physician's offices, clinics and other health care settings. They are proficient in a multitude of clinical and administrative tasks and widely viewed by doctors as vital members of the health care delivery team. The Medical Assistant Certificate of Completion Program prepares students with the business and clinical skills necessary to gain employment as a Medical Assistant , rendering one-on-one patient services. This fully accredited program provides the mechanism for graduates to take the National Board Examination to become a nationally Certified Medical Assistant. Emphasis is placed on both front office and back office. Front office includes: patient relations, medical insurance, finances, coding, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, interpersonal communication skills, administrative procedures, skill development in computer usage and transcription. Back office includes clinical skills such as: medical and surgical asepsis, charting, patient prep, procedure set-ups, prioritizing, medication calculation and administration, EKG, diagnostic imaging theory, and lab skills that include: hematology, urinalysis, basic microbiology, phlebotomy. Gainful Employment Information The Obama administration has created a broad set of rules to strengthen federal student aid programs at for-profit, nonprofit and public institutions by protecting students from aggressive or misleading recruiting practices, and by providing consumers with better information about the effectiveness of career college and training programs. To view the Gainful Employment information for SVI's Medical Assistant program, please click here. Learning Outcomes By the end of the course of study in the Medical Assistant Program students should be able to: Demonstrate knowledge and competency of medical front office administrative skills, including electronic record keeping, clerical aspects, insurance, communication, risk management, ethical issues, and inventory management. Demonstrate knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, patho-physiology, necessary verbal and written communication with physicians, peers, other healthcare workers, and patients as would be necessary in any type of ambulatory care setting. Demonstrate knowledge of psychological basics underlying personal and patient needs self-growth and personal development. Possess clinical skills, knowledge and competency performance, including fundamental medical asepsis principals, patient care, specimen collection, and diagnostic testing according to State and Federal mandates, quality control documentation and equipment maintenance as would be expected in any type of ambulatory care setting. Demonstrate knowledge of job readiness with resume building, interviewing skills, and complete competency in all basic medical assisting skills by successfully completing a mandatory clinical experience in the field. Demonstrate knowledge of State, Federal and AAMA regulations in regards to credentialing and certification. View more details on Seattle Vocational Institute . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.