Medical Assistant school training courses in El Paso, TX (public, in-house or online)

Medical Assistants have the advantages of working in the administrative (front office) or at the clinical (back office) areas.

Work with physicians, chiropractors, and other professionals in clinics, hospitals, and private offices. Additional skills include fundamentals of medical insurance with coding and medical transcription.

This course includes: Phlebotomy (the drawing of blood for medical purposes) and EKG technology (recording the heart in the investigation of heart diseas...

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The student will learn the skills and demonstrate competence in a variety of medical office procedures and laboratory techniques under the direct supervision of the physician. Is designed to prepare the student for an entry-level position as Medical Assistant and capable of filling a variety of entry-level positions, including clinical, administrative assistant and medical receptionist.

The students will also learn the beginning knowledge of the Conventions of Standard Written English. Th...

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This program is designed to prepare graduates to gain skills in the areas of administrative clinical and laboratory procedures. Graduates learn to communicate and interact effectively with patients, and perform or assist in medical procedures. In addition they learn to perform CPR, take vital signs, basic nutrition and meal planning, and infection control measures. Students also learn phlebotomy, injections/medication administration, EKG’s, urinalysis, basic hematology.

Medical Assistants assist physicians in various areas of a medical visit. Medical assistants have a wide range of skills acquired by training at a technical school which enables them to take care of the patients and seeing to many of their needs when visiting the doctor. Medical assistants prepare examination rooms by making sure they are clean and ready to be used. They also do some tasks directly involving a patient’s care, such as take vital signs, give injections, perform x-rays and ele...

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Students completing this Medical Assistant program will have the basic skills and knowledge, such as that necessary to properly administer oral, topical, and injectable medications, to assist with and documentation of routine clinical examinations and procedures, to perform tests common to a health care facility. The students also will have a basic knowledge of the various front office skills to allow them to assist those personnel, as well as the necessary clinical skills to become employed as ...

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