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Kansas City, Kansas
Area Technical School
913-627-4100
2220 N. 59^th St.
Kansas City, Kansas  66104

Medical Assistant     1080 Clock Hours 48 credits (9 months)

Postsecondary and

High School Students

The Medical Assistant program is designed to provide students with the necessary job skills and related technical information to work as an assistant in a medical facility. The clinical functions students will learn to perform include: taking and recording vital signs and patient histories, performing height and weight measurements, assisting with examinations, treatments and office surgery, collecting of specimens, sterilization procedures, basic first aid and CPR procedures.

Students will learn to perform administrative functions such as: scheduling and receiving patients, obtaining and maintaining patient data, completing insurance forms, telephone etiquette, arranging for hospital admission, billing, collection and booking. Students will also learn the correct format for typing and keyboarding of letters, reports and manuscripts.

Employment Opportunities:

Medical assistants work in physicians' offices, clinics, and other medical facilities under the supervision of a physician.
Starting salary range = $10-13 per hour
Experienced salary = $25,000-35,000 per year

Courses Include:

• Professional Issues

• Medical Terminology

• Administrative Aspects I

• Insurance Billing and Coding

• Clinical laboratory Procedures

• Human Body

• Patient Care I

• Pharmacology for Medical Assistants

• Diagnostic Procedures

• Patient Care II

• Administrative Aspects for Medical Assisting II

• Externship in Medical Assisting