Is Medical Assisting the Career for Me?
The Medical Assistant Program is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge to qualify for entry-level positions as Medical Assistants.
The program provides essential training in both administrative and clinical procedures. Graduates from this program will be capable of filling a variety of entry-level positions in nursing homes, home health agencies, physician's offices, hospitals, and health care related volunteer agencies.
At the completion of this program, the Med-Assist School of Hawaii graduate will be qualified to sit for national certification as a Registered Medical Assistant through testing offered by the American Medical Technologists.
Do Clinical Skills Interest You?
Medical Assistants typically work hands-on with patients. Back-office skills include taking vital signs, drawing blood, and doing urinalysis in the labs.
Does Medical Assisting Interest You?
Medical Assistants learn the skills needed to work in a doctor's office or clinic. This may include billing, coding, admitting patients, and keeping medical records.
The American Medical Association suggests you may have the personality to be a good Medical Assistant if you can answer yes to some of the following questions.
- Are you a good listener?
- Can you stay calm in an emergency?
- Do you enjoy helping people?
- Are you cheerful?
- Are you friendly?
- Are you polite?
- Do you try to be tactful in every situation?
- Are you kind and sympathetic?