Medical Assistant - Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

Medical Assistant from Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a Campus Certificate Health Aide degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Medical assisting is an allied health profession whose practitioners function as members of the health care delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures. Career Opportunities A graduate of the program will have the potential to be employed as a: Medical Assistant: Prepares a patient for examination or treatment, takes vital signs, sterilizes instruments, performs simple lab tests, performs electrocardiograms, and assists the physician as needed. Claims Analyst: 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. 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 such as bookkeeping, typing, filing, record keeping, customer relations, telephoning, general correspondence, appointments, and patient accounts. Phlebotomist: Draws blood samples from patients for lab tests and blood donations. Performs related duties involving patient care and specimen processing with strict adherence to safety procedures to prevent transmission of infectious diseases. With additional education and/or work experience, graduates may find other opportunities for employment as follows. Medical Office Manager Medical Transcriptionist Insurance Coding Specialist Program Outcomes Perform clerical functions. Perform bookkeeping procedures. Apply principles of medical asepsis. Perform specimen collection. Perform diagnostic testing. Process insurance claims. Provide patient care. Communicate effectively. Apply legal and ethical concepts. Instruct patients. Perform medical office operational functions. Demonstrate professionalism in a health care setting. View more details on Southwest Wisconsin Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Aide courses.