NIU College

The goal of Medical Assisting Program Los Angeles is to develop entry level Medical Assistants competent in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning domains. LAC and the Community Advisory Committee further desire for all students to possess job ready skills and be eligible for employment. In this program, students will learn to: Perform medical office administrative tasks including answering telephones, patient scheduling, and billing insurance companies for services. Perform approved clinical techniques including obtaining vital signs, administering medications, performing 12 leads EKG, interpreting basic EKG, performing injections such as intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal and collecting blood for testing (Phlebotomy / Venipuncture). Perform Medical / Surgical Asepsis. Follow HIPAA guidelines and regulations. Perform medical office laboratory procedures. All of the administrative and clinical procedures will be performed hands-on, on a role-play basis. In addition...

Medical assistance have it’s own importance besides all the employments. Their interactions with the patients and dealing with the other healthcare dimensions make them significant. They know how to check medical history and blood pressure of the patients by giving them warm welcome, compassion and nurturing. Training in the field is necessary for medical assistants. This training improves the ways of working of medical assistants in the medical office. This training provides them with the techniques of filing the medical chart, coding the insurance forms, communication and dealing of the patients. Medical assistants transfer the information regarding patients to the doctors. But, their role does not involve the duty of giving advice to the patients. They just prepare the patient and the doctor to have a medical visit by gathering the necessary medical information. Diplomas, associate’s degree and certificates are provided to the medical assistants after training. But, certificate is n...