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Advanced Medical Assisting – Medical College Track
43 Units (1056 hours)
Average completion time: 15 months
Ideal Candidate:
A career bridge program for highly motivated pre-health (pre-med) students who have completed at least 60 units of undergraduate studies, and would like to significantly improve their U.S. healthcare exposure, gain practical clinical experience and seek admission into medical school. Haven’t completed 60 units of undergraduate studies quite yet? Click here and scroll down to read about AMA-MST to AMA-MRT transfer option and requirements.
Program Summary:
ACA is the only college in the State of California with a BPPE approved medical college track focused Advanced Medical Assisting program. This program is designed for pre-health (particularly pre-med) students and their families who are looking for ensure that the practice of medicine is truly the right path to take, all while completing the required building blocks for a successful medical school application. Alternatively, students may elect to secure direct admission into ACA affiliated offshore medical schools after graduation. Graduates of AMA – MCT will gain ample experience prior to medical school enrollment, and even receive credit for some of the work done at ACA towards their 90 required pre-med credits, if they chose the direct offshore medical school enrollment route.
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. 60 Weeks or Twelve 5-Week Terms of Online Didactic: 600 classroom hours or 36.5 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
> ENG 101 – English Composition I
> ENG 102 – English Composition II
> NEW FOR 2012: Addition of AMA 133 – CODiE award-winning Research Methods – 3 units: a complete interactive online course that offers students a step-by-step, systematic approach to conducting research. Emphasis is placed on using critical thinking, efficient research techniques, and the Internet to produce an in-depth white paper.
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