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11/8/2009

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Welcome to San Antonio College's Medical Assisting Program.

Congratulations 2009 Graduates!!!

Mission Statement:

The mission of the Medical Assisting Program is prepare competent medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enable them to perform entry-level medical assisting administrative and clinical tasks in a physician’s office, hospital outpatient clinic, or other ambulatory care facility. Medical assistants work under the direct supervision of a physician or other licensed health care provider. Although duties may be similar, or even overlap, medical assistants are not nurses.

The duties of medical assistants vary from office to office and/or practice to practice. Administrative duties often include answering telephones, greeting patients, managing the front desk, initiating and maintaining medical records, performing duties in billing, coding and claims, and managing the financial component of the practice.

Clinical skills include assessing vital signs, preparing patients for examination, setting up sterile fields and assisting with minor surgery, and preparing and administering medications. Medical assistants also collect and analyze specimens, perform phlebotomy, remove sutures, change dressings, and perform EKGs. An important aspect of the occupation is patient education and instruction concerning medications, nutrition, and other physician-directed regimens pertinent to the patient’s condition.

For additional information on this program, please contact:

Cheryl Startzell - Program Coordinator
Medical Assisting Program
Department of Allied Health
San Antonio College
Nursing Allied Health Complex 134
1300 San Pedro Ave
San Antonio Tx 78212

cstartzell@mail.accd.edu / Email
(210) 486-1538 / Voice
(210) 486-1552 / Fax

 

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