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Preparing medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective aspects of the profession.
Questions & Essay Submissions: [email protected] | Application Acceptance: November 1st, 2023
Preparing medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective aspects of the profession.
Questions & Essay Submissions: [email protected] | Application Acceptance: November 1st, 2023
The goal of Metrohealth’s Medical Assisting Training program is to prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession. The program consists of 40 weeks of didactic (classwork) or 1385 clock hours, followed by a minimum of a 160-hour Practicum: a hands-on, real life clinical experience.
Topics to be studied in the curriculum include medical terminology, health care law and ethics, allied health math, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, medical office procedures, medical billing and coding, clinical procedures, and laboratory procedures.
Visit www.metrohealth.org/careers and submit a formal application.
Step 1 - Write a 500-word essay
Your question to answer is “What does being accepted into the medical assisting training program mean to you?“
Step 2 - Submit essay online
Send in essay to [email protected] within 48 hours of submitting formal application.
MATP 100 Medical Terminology
MATP 105 Introduction to Healthcare: Law & Ethics
MATH 110 Basic Allied Health Math
MATP 120 A & P I
MATP 125 Medical Assisting I: Clinical Procedures
MATP 130 Medical Office Procedures
MATP 135 Pharmacology I
MATP 220 A & P II
MATP 225 Medical Assisting II: Medical Laboratory
MATP 230 Healthcare Reimbursement: Billing & Coding
MATP 235 Pharmacology II
MATP 250 Medical Assisting Practicum
At the completion of this program, students will:
Medical Assisting is a profession with many rewards, as practitioners can perform both administrative and clinical services, filling several roles in a variety of healthcare environments. The Bureau of Labor Statistics clearly outlines that it is a growth field, with an anticipated 16% growth from 2020 to 2030.
Medical Assistants work directly with providers and patients, with the goal of providing healthcare and ensuring patient safety. It is a position with a great deal of responsibility.
As with any healthcare position, there are certain occupational risks that come into play with being a medical assistant, and those hazards include the following:
At the same time, there are protections set up with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and those protections are particularly important within a healthcare environment. OSHA has a series of standards that protect the safety of healthcare workers and patients. Accredited medical assisting programs are required to teach students about the hazards that they face on the job and the protocols that can be put into place to ensure a workplace culture that prioritizes safety.
The Medical Assisting Training Program at MetroHealth has a site visit scheduled for pursuing initial accreditation by CAAHEP. This step in the process is neither a status of accreditation nor a guarantee that accreditation will be granted.
Lynnae Lockett MSN, RN, RMA, CMRS
Director, Medical Assisting Training Program
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Deborah Erossy MH Sc
Superviso r, Medical Assisting Training Program
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