The Medical Assistant Certificate Program will educate multi-skilled professionals specifically to work in ambulatory settings performing administrative and clinical duties. The program’s graduate will have a mastery of a complex body of knowledge and specialized skills acquired from both formal education and practical experience providing competence to serve as standards for entry into the profession. By completing the program and achieving certification, the medical assistant program graduate will be prepared to directly influence the public’s health and well-being.
Program Objectives
- Prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Provide academic assessment and development of critical thinking, effective communication, and personal and professional responsibility.
- To prepare students who are professional proficient to perform clinical and administrative duties of a medical assistant.
- Based on domain competencies established by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
- To serve the needs of the communities of interest through continuous program assessment and improvement while monitoring the ever changing health-care environment.
Curriculum Overview
The curriculum for the medical assisting program includes 6-7 months of courses. Upon completion of the program, the student is eligible to take the medical assisting certification exam.
| Course | Description |
|---|---|
| GCMA 010 | Fundamentals of Medical Assisting - Patient Care |
| GCMA 011 | Fundamentals of Medical Assisting - Front Office |
| GCMA 020 | Professionalism and Preparation for Certification |
| RELT 108 | Jesus, Health, and Wholeness (Fall Cohort) |
| RELR 105 | Introduction to Whole Person Care (Fall Cohort) |
| RELT 107 | Introduction to World Religions (Spring Cohort) |
| RELE 106 | Introduction to Health Care Ethics (Spring Cohort) |
| AHCJ 124* | Introductory Medical Anthropology |
| AHCJ 135* | Essentials of Anatomy, Physiology, and Lab |
| HLCS 241* | Medical Terminology |
*Optional college courses.
Clinical Experiences
Students will participate in a minimum of 160 hours of clinical experiences. Practicum hours will take place at the SACHS clinic located on the same campus as San Manuel Gateway College. Additional clinical experiences may occur at other local clinics.
Medical Assistant Training - SMGC Outcomes
Our medical assisting program at San Manuel Gateway College has a four-year retention rate of 85% for the years 2019-2022.
Accreditation
The Medical Assistant Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
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