Medical Assisting
Medical Assisting
Registration Deadline: May 30, 2026 or until class is full
Next Start Date: July 27, 2026
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster. The program provides technical skill proficiency and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Health Science career cluster.
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Please see the Basic Skills Requirement table by clicking here and find your program.
If required, take the Basic Skills Test at our Testing Center. Call 941-255-7500 Ext. 1745 to schedule to take the test.
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OCP
Course Number
Course Title
Teacher Certification
Length
A
MEA0003
Introduction to Medical Assisting and Pharmacology
MED ASST 7G
LPN 7G c
REG NURSE 7 G
250 hours
MEA0502
Introduction to Medical Office Procedures
100 hours
B
MEA0521
Phlebotomist
75 hours
C
MEA0574
Laboratory Procedures
80 hours
D
MEA0543
EKG Aide
75 hours
E
MEA0584
Clinical Assisting
130 hours
F
MEA0943
Practicum Experience
190 hours
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- Program completers of a CAAHEP, ABHES, or COE accredited program are eligible to take the American Medical Technologists' Certification Examination (RMA)
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- Medical Assistants
To find out more about these opportunities, please visit O*Net OnLine.
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Standards
After successfully completing this program, the student will have demonstrated mastery the following student learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate proper use of medical terminology and identify anatomy and physiology concepts in both illness and wellness states.
- Demonstrate knowledge of pharmaceutical principles and administer medications.
- Demonstrate basic clerical/medical office duties, including communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate knowledge of legal and ethical responsibilities for medical assistants.
- Perform administrative office duties and employability skills.
- Demonstrate accepted professional, communication, and interpersonal skills as related to phlebotomy.
- Discuss phlebotomy in relation to the health care setting.
- Identify the anatomic structure and function of body systems in relation to services performed by a phlebotomist.
- Recognize and identify collection reagents supplies, equipment, and interfering chemical substances.
- Demonstrate skills and knowledge necessary to perform phlebotomy.
- Practice infection control following standard precautions.
- Practice accepted procedures of transporting, accessioning, and processing specimens.
- Practice quality assurance and safety.
- Perform CLAI-waived diagnostic clinical laboratory procedures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of emergency preparedness and protective practices
- Describe the cardiovascular system.
- Identify legal and ethical responsibilities of an EKG aide.
- Demonstrate knowledge of, apply, and use medical instrumentation modalities
- Perform patient care techniques in the health care facility.
- Demonstrate basic office examination procedures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of microbial control and use aseptic techniques.
- Demonstrate minor treatments.
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic diagnostic medical assisting procedures
- Perform administrative and general skills.
- Dispose of bio-hazardous waste in appropriate containers.
- Collaborate, communicate, and interact professionally with other health care professionals utilizing technology.
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- High School Diploma / GED
- Physical
- Background Check
- Drug Testing
- TB Test
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