Medical Assistant Program

Fast Track Accelerated 10 Weeks Program!

Administrative Medical Assistants / Clinical Medical Assistant Program!

Be well-prepared for your new career as a medical assistant with International Health Group. Our short-accelerated MA course will provide you with the proper training to start your career as a Medical Assistant.

As a Medical Assistant, you are the liaison between medical professionals, doctors, pharmacists, insurance companies, and patients. This program prepares students to assist physicians with administrative and/ or clinical responsibilities in a medical office through classroom lectures and hands-on labs. 

Administrative Medical Assistant (AMA)

Our AMA program prepares the student for entry-level employment in a medical setting of a health facility in the front office.   Administrative duties may include answering telephones, greeting patients, calling in prescriptions to a pharmacy, and scheduling appointments. Students receive instruction in medical law and ethics, terminology, anatomy and physiology, human relations, first aid, basic computer operations administration of front office medical procedures, insurance forms, CPT codes.  Students will be required to participate in externship experience after completion of their classroom studies.  Upon completion of this program, students will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA) 

Our CMA program prepares the student for entry-level  employment in a medical setting of a health facility in the back office.  Clinical duties may include taking medical histories, recording vital signs, preparing patients, assisting the physician during examinations, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, performing basic laboratory tests, and sterilizing medical instruments.  Other duties may include instructing patients in regards to procedures, special diets, preparing and administering medications as directed by the physician, preparing patients for x-rays and exams, electrocardiograms, removing sutures, and changing dressings.  Students will be required to participate in externship experience after completion of their classroom studies.  Upon completion of this program, students will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Our Current Medical Assistant (AMA and CMA) Course will cover various topics; Functions of Medical Assistant in Healthcare, Principles of Patient Care, Medical Records, Intro to Anatomy and Physiology, Use of EHR and documentation, Intro to Pharmacology, Telephone Techniques, Taking Patient Vitals, Scheduling, Into to Billing and Coding, Performing 12-lead EKG, Into to Medical Terminology, Infection Control and Sterile Technique, Medical Law and Ethics, Diagnostic Testing and Specimen Collection, Effective Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication, Pediatric Routine Visits and much more.

The projected job growth of Medical Assistants is 23% (2014-2024) by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.