Medical Assisting
Associate Degree/Diploma
Shape the patient experience
Medical Assisting serves as an excellent gateway into the healthcare industry. Medical Assistants (MAs) are frequently the initial point of contact for patients visiting or calling a doctor’s office or clinic. As an MA, you will play a crucial role in shaping the patient’s overall experience by supporting both patients and medical staff, ensuring the office operates smoothly and efficiently.
Our Medical Assisting program offers a comprehensive blend of classroom education and hands-on practice in a real-world setting. You’ll acquire a wide range of skills in our labs and gain extensive experience through externships within our network of local medical practices, hospitals, and clinics.
Pick your path
Associate Degree
- Greet patients
- Schedule appointments
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Electronic Health Records (EHR) Management
- Patient Registration
- Handle billing and insurance processing
Associate Degree
- Vital Signs Measurement
- Phlebotomy
- Injections and Immunizations
- Electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG)
- Assist with Minor Surgical Procedures
- Medical History Documentation
Diploma
Careers in Medical Assisting
- Clinical Medical Assistant
- Administrative Medical Assistant
- Specialized Medical Assistant
- Phlebotomy Technician
- Medical Office Manager
- Health Information Technician
- Medical Transcriptionist
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Accreditation
The Diploma Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). CAAHEP, 9355 – 113th St. N, #7709, Seminole, FL 33775; telephone: (727) 210-2350; www.caahep.org. The OCtech Medical Assisting program is expected to prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
To review accreditation status, please visit the OCtech Program Accreditation/Approval page.
Program Goals
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- To prepare competent entry-level medical assistants who gain employment in the field (80% minimum) by sound preparation in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- To retain 80% of the students from the beginning of each cohort through to graduation.
- To prepare graduates of the program to be able to sit for a national certifying exam with a minimum pass rate of 70% per cohort.
- For students to acquire the knowledge necessary to perform in the ethical and lawful standards of current medical practice.
Certification
Graduates of the Diploma program are eligible to take the certification exam for medical assistants given by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1575, Chicago, IL, 60606; telephone: (312) 899-1500;Â www.aama-ntl.org.
Program Outcomes
This outcome is based on the most recent Annual Report Form submitted to the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
| Year | Retention | Job Placement | Exam Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 100% | 100% | 83.33% |
| 2021 | 75% | 84.62% | 69.23% |
| 2020 | 92.86% | 57.14% | 16.67% |
| 2019 | 63.64% | 72.73% | 70% |
| 2018 | 66.67% | 57.14% | 64.29% |
- The Medical Assisting Program at OCtech has a five-year average of 72.55% for job placement for the years 2018-2022. Â
- The Medical Assisting Program at OCtech has a five-year retention rate of 80% for the years 2018-2022.
- The five-year average for the exam passage rate for the years 2018-2022 is 63.27%.
