Assistant school training courses in Baltimore, MD (public, in-house or online)

Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices and clinics of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and optometrists running smoothly. Fortis offers a medical assisting program designed to provide you with knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level employment as a medical assistant in a medical office or clinic, with skills in office administration, computer, and clinical areas.

Working in a hospital, physician’s office or medical laboratory can be exciting work and these facilities have a consistent need for qualified employees who have completed phlebotomy training and lab assistant training programs. Students who complete the ECG / Phlebotomy / Lab Assistant program at Fortis are prepared for the challenge.

Through our ECG / Phlebotomy / Lab Assistant training programs in Forty Fort and Scranton, Pennsylvania or Jacksonville, Florida, students are taught...

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Medical Assistant Allied Health Managers, Medical Office Specialist Allied Health Managers and Pharmacy Technician Allied Health Managers work in doctors’ offices, clinics, hospitals and pharmacies. While managing and supervising the facility is their primary responsibility, they perform duties such as typing, filing, handling telephone calls and appointments, maintaining patient records, filling prescriptions, and office care.

Students who complete the Medical Assistant Allied Heal...

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At Fortis, our dental assistant program will provide you with hands-on strategies and techniques to work in the treatment or operation room directly with the dentist. Students will be shown how to work chair-side as dentists examine and treat patients. Dental Assistants can work in private and group dental practices, specialty dental practices, mobile dental units, insurance companies, hospitals, nursing homes, dental school clinics, and public and private health facilities.

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Gain the fundamental skills through both teacher-led and hands-on learning experiences. Practice patient registration/scheduling, charge entry, payment posting, accounts receivable follow-up, electronic claim submission and financial report generation. Customer service, HIPAA, health insurance guidelines, and bioethical issues will be addressed. Cost of textbooks included. Employment placement assistance is available. Successful completers may qualify for college credit toward an A.A.S. degree.