Over 30 Years
of Specialized
Career Training

Medical Assistant

A Medical Assistant is a multi-skilled allied health care professional trained to perform clinical and administrative tasks in an outpatient setting under the supervision of a licensed health care provider. Medical assistants’ help physicians examine and treat patients and perform other medical procedures to meet patient’s needs and to keep the office running smoothly.

Utah Career College’s program will provide students with the medical and administrative skills and knowledge necessary to gain entry-level employment as a medical assistant in an ambulatory care setting.

Through lecture, hands-on training, classroom experience, and an externship, students will learn competencies and behaviors to perform tasks in an allied health professional such as: 

• Phlebotomy 
• Specimen collection 
• Processing 
• Patient care and education 
• ECG 
• CPR 
• Injections 
• Asepsis 
• Use of medical equipment and software

Graduates of the Medical Assistant Program are eligible to sit for the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exam offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants.

Utah Career College Medical Assisting Programs are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), on recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

 

Associate in Applied Science Degree – 8 quarters
Diploma – 5 quarters