For Medical Assisting
Advanced Medical Assisting – Medical Specialty Track
37 Units (912 hours)
Average completion time: 12 months
Ideal Candidate:
Dedicated individuals who are looking to secure their career as a Medical Assistant with significantly greater clinical experience when compared to the average Medical Assistants.
Program Summary:
ACA is the only college in the State of California with a BPPE approved medical specialty track focused Advanced Medical Assisting program. This program was designed by teaching attending physicians who are leaders in medical education. Utilizing some of the fundamental components of education obtained in medical schools, graduates of this program are able to obtain advanced primary care specialization in the fields of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics. In addition to the most up to date and interactive online didactics, AMA – MST program is equipped with 13 weeks of hands-on clinical externships across the United States.
Clinical Externships:
The Program Advisory Board of ACA believes that AMA-MCT graduates should be well trained and prepared for a vast array of clinical and administrative responsibilities that will be expected by their future employers, all while positioning themselves to become significantly more competitive when applying to medical school. As such, ACA designed its externships to give a condensed, yet broad scope of experience to students in clinical sites that are physician supervised and pre-med relevant, yet filled with community service and exposure to research. AMA–MCT students must successfully complete 2 required core 4-week clinical blocks, choosing two specialties (Family Medicine and/or Internal Medicine and/or Pediatrics) + one additional 4-week clinical block in primary care + 0.5 required unit of Medical Administrative Core in Billing and Coding. Not only will AMA–MCT enable its graduates to gain 3X the clinical exposure than an typical medical assistant (13 weeks at ACA versus the national average of 4 weeks), our 2009 survey indicates that they may be better prepared for the real world with additional hands-on exposure in various primary care disciplines. Last but not least, ACA’s clinical externships are physician supervised, which ensures that a Medical Doctor is the sole supervisor of ACA Clinical Externs while in externships.
Program Structure:
1. 13 Weeks of On-ground Hands-on Clinical Externships: 456 clinical hours or 9.5 clinical units, simultaneously completed with
2. 45 Weeks or Nine 5-Week Terms of Online Didactic: 456 classroom hours or 27.5 didactic units
Online Courses:
> AMA 111 – Introduction to Medical Assisting, Medical Laws & Ethics – 3 units
> AMA 121 – Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology*
> AMA 122 & 122L – Clinical Medical Assisting + Lab – 3.5 units
> AMA 131 – Professional Externship and Career Development – 3 units
> AMA 132 – Psychology of Human Relations*
> AMA 141 – Pharmacology and Office Emergencies*
> AMA 142 – Medical Office Business Procedures and Management – 3 units
> AMA 151 – Computer Software Applications and Electronic Records in Healthcare – 3 units
> AMA 152 – 21ST Century Primary Care Medicine and Disaster Preparation – 3 units
* May be eligible to receive 9.5 units of credit with possession of a valid Medical Doctorate degree.
Career Placement:
The primary objectives of Advanced Colleges of America are career placement for our students immediately following graduation; pre-graduation career evaluations during Externships. Attentive, caring and highly trained staff within ACA’s Career Development Department will help each student to avoid pit-falls, learn to compete in today’s job or college placement market, and plan ahead for a prosperous life. ACA will help with finding and preparing for job interviews and with establishing credit (if enrolled in ACA financial assistance re-payment program).
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