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CARNEGIE CAREER COLLEGE Main Campus Location: 1292 East Waterloo Road, Mogadore, Ohio 44620 (330) 628-1532
CARNEGIE CAREER COLLEGE North Canton Classroom Location: 1320 West Maple Street, North Canton, Ohio 44270 (330) 494-0986 
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MEDICAL ASSISTANT DIPLOMA PROGRAM

The Medical Assisting Program is an exciting career training curriculum that upon successful completion, leads to certification in the following areas. THE STUDENT SPECIALIZES IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS (through various national certification agencies):

* Medical Assistant Certification: The certified medical assistant works in the general fields of medical assisting including working in physician offices, medical centers, hospitals,and anywhere medical services are offered.

**Successful completion allows students to sit for the following certification/registration examinations offered on campus or at computer centers for testing through the following national associations:

National Association of Health professional (NAHP) Testing on campus
*Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NR-CMA)
*Nationally Registered Certified EKG Technician (NR-CEKG)
*Nationally Registered Certified Phlebotomy Technician (NR-CPT)
*Nationally Registered Certified Coding Specialist (NR-CCS)
*Nationally Registered Certified Administrative Health Assistant (NR-CAHA)
*Nationally Registered Certified Pharmacy Technician (NR-PT)
American Medical Technologists (AMT) Testing at computer sites
Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT)
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Testing at computer sites
Certified Massage Therapist (CMA)

 
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Medical Assistant Diploma Objectives
The following program objectives are developed to achieve the school mission and to develop basic entry level skills in medical assisting and medical assistant related specialties. The student will achieve proficiency and:
- Apply knowledge and skill in medical assistant procedures and techniques related to assessment and general medical care that is acceptable in terms of reasonable standards of care under the supervision of the medical team leader.
- Demonstrate appropriate use of medical equipment in terms of proper handling, use, cleaning, and storage as demonstrated in the school and extern-ship settings.
- Demonstrate appropriate techniques for taking and recording blood pressure, pulse, respiration, body temperature, and other vital signs, with adults, children, and infant populations.
- Perform in the school clinic and extern-ship medical settings and demonstrate appropriate conduct, grooming, dress style, mannerisms, telephone skills, greeting of patients, and related office and clinic skills.
- Develop an awareness and understanding of emotional conditions in the medical setting, concerning issues of grief, issues of death and dying, unusual office situations; and be able to intervene and report these situations to the medical team leaders.
- Develop basic skills of communication within the medical office with physician, nurses, and other personnel.
- Develop an understanding of the career options in the medical assistant field, and its specialties, and be able to search for employment openings based on this knowledge.
- Develop a basic understanding of anatomy, physiology, nutrition, dieting plans, aseptic protocols, diseases of the body and mind, body systems, and related medical issues and be able to use the knowledge in the school clinic and extern-ship settings.
- Develop a basic understanding of medical terms, words, and abbreviations.
- Develop and understand the legal issues in a medical setting.
- Develop an understanding of basic pharmacology in the medical setting in terms of the medical assistant's role in this process including performing metric conversions, performing basic drug calculations, abbreviations in prescription writing, and understand the legal issues related to prescription usage.
- Develop a general understanding of the basic and commonly used prescription medications and be able to determine the conditions that they are applied to, adverse side effects that result, and basic contraindications.
- Ability to perform manual and computerized medical record keeping , including scheduling, filing, inventory, basic bookkeeping, purchasing procedures, payroll reporting, and banking skills.
- Perform basic insurance coding and billing, with an understanding of HMO f's, PPO f's, co-paying, CPT coding, and related.
- Perform basic office machine skills with transcription machines, computer, and other basic office machines.
- Perform EKG administration, phlebotomy (including venipuncture), finger puncture, proper specimen collections, and proper collection and storage of the same.
- Obtain certification in basic first aid and CPR through the Green Fire Department or another agency.
- Perform basic injections.
- Perform routine urinalysis with proper specimen collection, and storage procedures.
- Proceed to the extern-ship placement with appropriate skills and knowledge to successfully perform in this role.