MEDICAL ASSISTING

Program Disclosures (Reporting Period 07/01/09 to 06/30/2010)

CIP Code: 51.0801
Type of the Program: Certificate Program
Length of the Program: 8 months

Program Related Occupations:
31-9092.00 Medical Assistants
43-6013.00 Medical Secretaries
29-2071.00 Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
31-9094.00 Medical Transcriptionists
31-9093.00 Medical Equipment Prepares

Cost Breakdown:
Tuition and Fees $9,395.00
Books and Supplies $2,210.00

Debt at Program Completion:

Number of Students Completing the Program between 07/01/2009-06/30/2010: 52
Of the 16 reported above, number of students completed with any loan debt: 50
Median Federal Student Loan Debt $5,162.54
Median Private Student Loan Debt $0
Median Institutional Debt $0

Program Completion in Normal Time:

Normal time in the months to complete 8
Students completing in normal time (by course definition) 0
Students completing in normal time (by student schedule) 0

Job Placement Rates: 80%

1. What is a Medical Assistant?
2. What is Required of a Medical Assistant?
3. Have You Considered a Career in Medical Assisting?
4. Why Become Medical Assistant Program?
5. Have You Considered a Career in Medical Assisting?
6. Why Casa Loma College’s Medical Assistant Program?
7. Criteria for Admissions Consideration

Do you want to be in one of the hottest career in the healthcare industry?

Are you looking for a meaningful job?

Do you like helping others?

Do you have an interest in health and medicine?

Are you a "people person"?

Are you good at multitasking—switching tasks throughout the workday?

The AAMA and Casa Loma College says a yes to any one of these questions, could mean that Medial Assisting is the right career for you!

What is a Medical Assistant?

Medical assistants are health care providers who perform administrative and clinical tasks to support the work of medical doctors and other health professionals. Medical assistants keep the offices of doctors, medical centers, and clinics running smoothly. Depending upon their employer’s needs, they can perform clerical, administrative, or clinical functions—or all three.

Clinical functions include routine tasks and procedures such as measuring patients' vital signs, administering medications and injections, preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, and collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and tissues for laboratory testing; clerical and administrative tasks recording information in medical records-keeping systems, coding and filling out insurance forms , scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services, and handling correspondence, billing, and bookkeeping.

What is Required of a Medical Assistant?

A medical assistant must treat their patients with tolerance and empathy. A medical assistant must be neat, and well groomed must have good communication skills as many times they will be called upon to explain the doctor’s instructions; and must be able to prioritize and be organized.

Have You Considered a Career in Medical Assisting?

Your first step is to enroll in Casa Loma College’s Medical Assistant Program, an institution and program nationally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).

Why Become Medical Assistant Program?

• Medical Assisting is a career in which you can grow professionally.
• According the US Bureau of Labor, employment is excellent for medical assistants throughout the next decade and after; as long as there are doctors there will be a need for medical assistants.
• Medical Assisting remains the number one transitional career of Certified Nurse Assistants, Home Health Aides and others in related fields.
• Medical Assisting a good transition into vocational nursing or registered nursing

Have You Considered a Career in Medical Assisting?

Your first step is to enroll in Casa Loma College’s Medical Assistant Program, an institution and program nationally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).

Why Casa Loma College’s Medical Assistant Program?

• Our 9 month program with limited class size to 20 students provides students ample time in laboratory and more one on one time with the instructor.
• Graduating from a well established and recognized school in the community will increase your chances to quickly become employed.
• Doctors and clinics in the community respect casa Loma College Medical Assistant graduates!
• Our program has been reviewed by professional in the field to provide you the best training possible.
• Our tuition is affordable.

Our program is 750 hours with an additional 160 hour externship. It is comprised of six modules of 125 hours each including such subjects as Medical Office Billing, Physical Examination of the Patient, Medical Emergencies, Phlebotomy, Body Systems, Pharmacology as well as others that will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to become a competent and skilled member of the healthcare team.

Upon completion of the program you will receive a Diploma in Medical Assisting and join the growing ranks of Casa Loma College distinguished alumni, in addition to the prominent community of Medical Assistants.