Medical Assisting
Certificate or Associate Program
You’re ready to start your career, and we’re ready to help you get there. Medical assistants are key to the health care industry, and earning your certificate or associate degree10 from Carrington College will help you learn the skills necessary to perform common clinical procedures and administrative tasks. From learning phlebotomy and venipuncture techniques to lab safety, you’ll learn from qualified instructors and get hands-on training that will prepare you for your career. In addition to the classroom and lab time, you’ll complete an externship, giving you real world experience before you graduate.
Our program is built to give you the information and experience you need to be able to:
- Perform clerical and bookkeeping functions, such as scheduling appointments and the processing of insurance claims
- Recording vital signs and conducting a variety of diagnostic tests, such as EKGs
- Drawing blood samples, giving injections and removing sutures as directed by the physician
- Assisting with routine patient procedures
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