Medical Assistant Course
Medical Assistant
Associate Degree Program
Medical Assistant Course in Miami is a college program approved by the Commission for Independent of Education in Florida that requires 91 credits to earn the Diploma as Associate in Science.
Graduates from our school also have the opportunity to apply for national certification in different careers.
Our Medical Assistant Associate Degree Program is designed to prepare students to work as Medical Assistants in places such as hospitals, medical offices and other healthcare institutions.
Medical Assistant Course in Miami
Medical Assistant Course in Miami is an Associate Degree program that graduate participants with a grade in Associate in Science and can apply for a National Certification as Certified Clinical Medical Assistant. Our graduate can develop all of the task included in the scope off the medical assistant in Florida. They are prepared to perform clinical procedures, such as aseptic procedures.
The Medical Assistant graduate at Florida Medical & Aesthetic International School are also prepared for taking vital signs, preparing patients for the physician’s care, and performing venipunctures and non-intravenous injections.
Additionally our graduates in the medical assistant course in Miami are prepared to administer basic first aid, assisting with patient examination or treatments. Operating office medical equipment and collecting routine laboratory specimens as directed by the physician, are another task the por graduate be prepared to develop in their medical practice.
Other task that they can develops Certified Clinical Medical Assistant are: administering medication as directed by the physician, performing basic laboratory procedures, performing office procedures including all general administrative duties required by the physician, and performing dialysis procedures, including home dialysis.
What is a Medical Assistant
A Medical Assistant is a multi-skilled health care professional specializing in procedures commonly performed in the ambulatory health care setting. In Florida a medical assistant can develop diverse tasks in a medical office as well as is authorized to taken vital signs, operate the equipments in the office, help with the administrative tasks in the office including the preparation for coding and billing.
A Medical Assistant is an important staff member in any medical practice and even in the hospital. The Medical Assistant Program offered by Florida Medical & Aesthetic International School has included lecture classes, practices labs, and externships in its program to prepare a graduating medical assistant with the knowledge and skills of all activities performed in a medical practice according to its scope established in the Chapter 458.3485 for Medical Assistant
Class Schedule
The Medical Assistant course in Miami offers classes in the morning from 9 am to 1 pm and in the evening from 6 pm to 10 pm. We have special sessions on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm. The practice schedule (externships), which is part of the medical assistant course, must be on weekdays at any time from 9 am to 5 pm.
Medical Assistant Course in Miami
This Medical Assistant course includes Phlebotomy, X-Ray operator, electrocardiographic, billing and coding, office skills, and exterships in medical clinics, medical spa and other healthcare institutions
Program Content
The Medical Assistant Program in Miami has been organized by modules students must complete to obtain the respective credits. Each chapter grants various credits depending on the complexity and type of activities.
One of the modules guarantees the minimum requirement for participants in this program to graduate with an Associate of Science degree. This module includes English composition, Human Biology, Computer Literacy, Effective Communication, Psychology, Algebra, and Health Care worker basic, and students receive if they obtain satisfactory results, 27 credits.
The contents require for a Phlebotomy technician and Electrocardiography technician is modules included. This Medical Assistant Program in Miami also consists of a module of X-ray Basic machine theory and practices that has includes the basic X-Ray machines operator components, that lets our graduate apply for the examination of the X-Ray Basic Operator license in Florida.
The Medical Assistant Program in Miami includes the following modules: medical terminology, pharmacology, and medical assistant chapter to learn how to apply injection and medication via vaginal, rectal, and oral. These modules include theory and practice in the externship programs.
Graduates
working at medical Office
Billing and Coding
International Medical Graduates (IMGs), who are not licensed to practice medicine in Florida, may apply for the Medical Assistant Program in Miami. At Florida Medical & Aesthetic International School, credits are accepted with your degree if you want to start your work as a Medical Assistant. Applicants must submit their School Transcript and Diploma to apply for no more than 75% of credits and can also apply for the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant exam, which is valid for all US states.
Medical Assistant Specialties
Our student’s goals are to become not only a professional in the health care services, but a renown professional in the latest aesthetic technology. Participants can graduate with an Associate Degree in Science, in Medical Assistant, and also certified as part of their specialization in different areas such as Certified Medical Assistant, Medical Assistant Dermatology, Medical Assistant Aesthetician or Medical Assistant Researcher.
Upon completion of the program, national certification exams can be taken with the National Healthcare Association. Credits transferred are accepted from other Schools if they’re accredited or licensed by a recognized institution.
