Provider name:

ECPI University

Program name:

Medical Assisting, Associate of Applied Science in Health Science

Program description:

Medical Assistants perform a combination of clinical and administrative duties. Clinical duties might include preparing the patient for a physician’s examination, collecting and preparing specimens, performing basic laboratory tests, removing sutures after surgery, changing dressings, sterilizing medical instruments, and administering injections. They also communicate extensively with patients and their physicians, and use their oral and writing skills to do so. The administrative duties include scheduling appointments, updating and filing medical records, completing insurance forms, arranging for referrals to other healthcare institutions, performing billing functions, and purchasing and maintaining supplies and equipment. These duties occur in a wide range of healthcare settings, such as doctors’ offices, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and clinics. Requirements may vary depending on employer. Students will generally need to pass a routine physical examination, background check, credit check, drug screening, and Mantoux test for tuberculosis. Students must be able to comply with all federal regulations on access, use, and release of all medical information. Graduates could obtain employment as Medical Assistants, Phlebotomists, or EKG technicians, and they could be expected to work in any healthcare environment.

Program URL:

http://ecpi.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2014/Catalog/Program-Information/School-of-Health-Science-Medical-Careers-Institute/Medical-Assisting/Medical-Assisting-Program-Outline-South-Carolina

Description of business partnerships:

Absolute Total Care, American Red, Cross AOH, Associated Foot Specialists, Berkeley Family Practice, CCOH Charleston Adults and Geriatrics, Charleston ENT, Coastal Pediatric, Associates Compass Heath, Concentra, Urgent Care, Doctors Care, Dorchester Medical Associates

Year first offered:

2006

Student teacher ratio:

1:13

If any, what are the prerequisites for this program?

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Total Cost:

$29640.00