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Medical Assistant
Working as a Medical Assistant is both challenging and fulfilling. The position requires compassion, attention to detail, teamwork, and the ability to multi-task. Your clinical work includes responsibilities like taking medical histories, preparing patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures, performing lab tests, sterilizing equipment, or explaining physician instructions. You also perform a variety of administrative tasks such as updating records, answering insurance questions, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, and more.
In Baker’s Medical Assistant program you gain the broad base of knowledge and skills you need to keep a medical office running smoothly. You also have the option to concentrate your studies on either technical or clinical work. With our small class sizes, you’re assured of getting plenty of one-on-one interaction with your instructors. Plus, you’ll combine your class work with hands-on training that will fully prepare you to take the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) national certifying exam.
– Amy Ensign Medical Assistant Coordinator, Major Southeast Michigan HospitalI can honestly tell you that I would much rather have a Baker graduate….They have exceeded my expectations.
Career Facts
- The average salary for Medical Assistants is $29,060.
- It’s one of today’s fastest growing occupations. Employment of Medical Assistants is expected to grow 35 percent by 2016.
- About 62% of Medical Assistants work in physician’s offices. Duties vary depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner’s specialty.
- While some jobs exist for Medical Assistants without certification, those with formal training and certification that verifies their ability to meet specific and recognized competence standards, have many more opportunities.
- Medical Assistants can become certified in a specialty, such as Podiatry, Pharmacology, or Ophthalmology.
Programs
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Everything about our college is aimed at getting you the job you want in the shortest time possible — from our affordable tuition, to how we choose our programs, to our small class sizes, and flexible class schedules.
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