| Associate of Applied Science: Honolulu
If you are interested in a career in healthcare, the Medical Assisting Program provides training in the skills and knowledge that can help you qualify for entry-level jobs in a variety of medical venues.
Medical assistants help make the offices of medical and other health practitioners run smoothly. Their duties can vary depending on the location and size of the practice and the practitioner's specialty. In small practices, medical assistants usually handle administrative and clinical duties and report directly to an office manager, a physician, or another health practitioner. Those in large practices tend to specialize in a particular area and work for department administrators.
Clinical duties vary according to state law and may include:
- Taking medical histories and recording vital signs.
- Performing basic laboratory tests on the premises.
- Instructing patients about medications and special diets.
- Taking patients' blood pressure.
- Drawing blood.
- Preparing patients for X-rays.
- Taking electrocardiograms.
- Changing dressings.
Administrative duties may include:
- Answering telephones.
- Greeting patients.
- Updating and filing patients' medical records.
- Filling out insurance forms.
- Scheduling appointments.
- Arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services.
- Processing billing and bookkeeping.
This Clinical Medical Assisting Program consists of eight learning units called modules. Once you complete the first seven modules, you will participate in an externship, where you will have an opportunity to engage in hands-on learning and gain practical work experience. When you complete the Clinical Medical Assisting Program, you will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science Degree.
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