ATTENTION: College offices closed for business through Jan. 1. More.
Maintenance outages this weekend. Medical Assisting Technology
Medical Assisting “Test Drive”
Monday, April 15
Delaware Campus
9 a.m. – noon
Explore the Medical Assisting Program. It's a fast-growing field with immediate openings. To RSVP, email mheller1@cscc.edu
Information Sessions for new applicants planned: Click here
As a graduate of Columbus State’s Medical Assisting program, you will be the first
person many patients see when they visit the doctor. You will learn clinical procedures,
laboratory procedures, administrative procedures, computer applications, office management,
psychology, and pharmacology.
This program provides students with the knowledge to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
To enter the Medical Assisting Technology program, you must attend an information session.
Where Do They Work?
Medical Assistants work primarily in ambulatory settings such as medical offices, urgent care facilities, clinics and hospitals.
Job Titles
Medical Assistant, Medical Office Manager
Clinical and Administrative Duties
They perform a broad range of clinical and administrative duties. Administrative duties include: scheduling and receiving patients, establishing and maintaining medical records, secretarial skills, handling telephone calls, billing, coding, insurance, writing correspondence and managing finances.
Clinical skills include: patient preparation, assisting in minor surgery and patient treatments, performing vital signs, venipuncture, CLIA-waived testing, urinalysis, injections, electrocardiography, pulmonary function test, holter monitor, eye and ear instillations and irrigations, various routine diagnostic testis, sterilization procedures, and assisting physicians with various examinations.
