Medical Assistant Disclosure:
Medical Assistants are trained to perform the following duties: take medical histories and record vital signs, explain treatment procedures to patients and prepare patients for examination. Medical Assistants prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the premises, sterilize medical instruments and sterilize office exam rooms for surgery. They instruct patients and their families on treatments, medication and special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, authorize drug refills as directed, answer telephones, telephone prescriptions into pharmacies, draw blood, prepare patients for radiography tests, take electrocardiograms, remove sutures and change dressings, perform first aid, maintain equipment, schedule appointments, arrange for hospital admissions and surgeries, handle billing and bookkeeping, handle correspondence and lab forms and the list continues.
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 31-9092.00
Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
http://www.onetcodeconnector.org/ccreport/31-9092.00
Cost of Program (When completed in normal time)
Tuition: $15,225
*Registration Fee: $75.00
*/**Student Tuition Recovery Fund: $37.50
Room and Board: Not available
Total Cost: $15,337.50
*Non-Refundable ** $2.50 for every $1000 rounded to the nearest $1000
Applicable only to California residents.
Median Loan Debt
Title IV Loan Debt: $9,500
Private Loan Debt: $0
Institutional Loan Debt: $0
Length of Program
32 Weeks
33.5 Semester Credits
760 Clock Hours
Award: Medical Assistant Diploma
Program Completion
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
Department of Education (DOE)
On-Time Graduation Rate: 87% - Colton, 87% - Victorville
Program Placement
July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
Job Placement Rate: 56%
