Medical Assistant: A Dynamic, High-Demand Career
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Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA’s) Medical Assistant program trains you for entry-level employment in the high-demand Medical Assisting field. This focused, hands-on course can be completed in under a year and is designed to turn you into a job-ready professional with the clinical and business skills that employers are looking for. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Medical Assisting field is expected to grow 34% between 2008 and 2018, adding over 100,000 new jobs.
Medical Assistants play a critical role in healthcare
Medical Assistants are an important part of the healthcare team and work closely with physicians to care for patients and keep the medical practice running. Doctors rely on Medical Assistants for critical tasks, including:
| Clinical Duties | Administrative Duties |
|---|---|
| Collecting patient histories | Scheduling appointments |
| Taking vital signs | Processing insurance claims |
| Preparing patients for procedures | Maintaining medical records |
| Assisting physicians during procedures | Managing finances |
| Collecting samples and running tests in the laboratory |
Medical Assistants often work directly in physicians’ offices, but opportunities are available in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, insurance companies and more.
Train for your career as a Medical Assistant in less than a year
At Ultimate Medical Academy, you’ll begin with training in a wide variety of clinical procedures, such as patient preparation, EKG, sample collection and analysis, drug administration, and CPR. You then learn to perform important business functions in the medical office, including electronic medical record management, bookkeeping, and insurance processing. The program concludes with an externship in a local health care facility where you’ll apply what you’ve learned in the classroom in a clinical environment, with actual patients, and get the real-world experience that employers demand.
Upon graduation, you receive a diploma and be qualified to take the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) and Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exams. These certifications will help make you more marketable to employers nationwide. UMA offers additional test preparation classes to ensure that students are ready for the RMA and CMA exams. In the period leading up to graduation, UMA’s Career Services department will work with you to find job opportunities that fit your skills and goals, either at their externship location or with one of our many partners in the healthcare field.
Start a career in the growing healthcare industry with Ultimate Medical Academy. Contact UMA today!
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Medical Assisting field is expected to grow 34% between 2008 and 2018, adding over 100,000 new jobs.
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Ultimate Medical Academy is accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools and awards healthcare diploma programs such as medical billing and coding, medical assisting, medical administrative assistant, nursing assistant and dental assistant with expanded functions. Ultimate Medical Academy campus locations are in Tampa and Clearwater, Florida.
Ultimate Medical Academy online serves students anywhere in the United States, including Florida, New York, South Carolina, Georgia to California.
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