Ready to start a lifelong career as a medical assistant? Hunter Business School has you covered. We teach you the fundamentals of medical assisting to prepare you for an entry-level position at a doctor’s office or other medical facility.
What Do You Learn During Medical Assistant Classes?
Wondering what the curriculum includes? Here is a list of the medical assistant classes you will complete in this program:
Asepsis and Assisting with Minor Surgery
This class introduces you to medical asepsis and techniques to control the spread of pathogenic microorganisms. You will learn how to assist a physician with minor surgery and learn about sterile techniques and instrument setup.
Pharmacology
An introduction to the methods of administrating medications, mathematical computations, and pharmaceutical measurements and calculations.
Communication and Human Relations
An introduction to patient relations in the medical office. You will learn about medical law and ethics and build communication skills to interact with physicians and patients.
Urinalysis and Microbiology
A medical assistant class on laboratory universal precautions with an emphasis on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and guidelines. You will learn the proper collection procedures for specimen and microscopic examination.
Keyboarding with Microsoft Word
Developing keyboarding and Microsoft Word skills with the touch method, keyboard mastery, and typing speed improvement.
Phlebotomy and Laboratory Procedures I & II
Two medical assistant classes focused on blood collection techniques, OSHA collection and handling procedures, venipuncture techniques, and the clinical chemistry associated with phlebotomy.
Anatomy and Physiology I & II with Medical Terminology
A two class review of medical terms relevant to a medical assistant’s role at a doctor’s office or other medical facility. You will learn about body structures, systems, and the language of medicine. Techniques will be reviewed to properly construct medical terminology using prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
Clinical Skills
A class that prepares you to manage medical records, document vital signs, assist physicians during physical examinations, and support specialty physician exams.
Medical Administrative and Business Practices
A medical assistant class introducing the history of health care systems and your duty as a medical assistant in administration. Course lectures include patient interactions, medical records management, and billing and coding.
Electrocardiography and Cardiac Testing
A medical assistant class that reviews the cardiovascular system and prepares you to perform cardiac testing procedures like EKG, Holter monitoring, and stress testing.
Computerized Billing and EMR
A review of your role in computerized billing and electronic medical records (EMR). You will learn how to manage medical software programs and input accurate patient demographics, medical procedures, and diagnoses to support insurance claims and post payments.
Certification Review with Career Development
An in-depth review of the skills needed to prepare for the Medical Assistant certification exam. This class also reviews your ability to complete an employment application and secure a job interview.
Externship
Additional training in a medical facility for real-world experience. You will observe experienced medical personnel and perform the duties of a medical assistant under the strict supervision of a trained professional.
Want to Learn More?
The Medical Assistant program at Hunter Business School prepares competent, entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains required for professional practice. The Medical Assistant program provides hands-on experience in a medical setting where you can foster professional relationships with actual patients. Medical Assistant students spend 160 hours in an externship in a natural medical environment, supervised and taught to gain valuable on-the-job training.
The Medical Assistant training program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 9355 – 113th St. N, #7709 Seminole, FL 33775, upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Contact us today to learn more about becoming a medical assistant in Nassau and Suffolk County.