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Medical Assistant Certificate

 
Course Requirements
ID Title Class Lab Credits
Fall Semester (year 1)
ALHC110 Pharmacology
(ALHC102, ALHC130, SCIC111 or SCIC201)		 2 0 2
ALHC121 Medical Office Practice I
(ALHC102, BUSC102, BUSC106)		 2 3 3
ALHC126 Introduction to Laboratory Procedures
(ALHC130, ALHC135)		 2 3 3
ALHC130 Clinical Procedures I
(SCIC111 or SCIC201, ALHC102)		 3 3 4
ALHC166 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care 3 0 3
BUSC102 Business Correspondence 2 0 2
Spring Semester (year 1)
ALHC124 Medical Office Practice II
(ALHC102, ALHC121, BUSC102, BUSC106)		 2 3 3
ALHC135 Clinical Procedures II
(ALHC102, ALHC110, ALHC130, SCIC111 or SCIC201 & SCIC202)		 3 3 4
ALHC190 Affiliation I
((160 hrs) ALHC110, ALHC126, ALHC130, ALHC135)		 0 0 3
BCPC104 Word Processing
(BUSC106)		 2 3 3

Prerequisite & Co-requisites are listed in parentheses.

Additional Courses Required - Offered Every Semester
PSYC101-Introduction to Psychology
SCIC111-Basic Anatomy & Physiology (or A&P I and II)
ALHC102-Medical Terminology
BUSC106-Keyboarding

(Day/Evening Program)

For more information about this program, please contact Lisa Gould. 603-542-7744 x428.

The Medical Assistant Program can begin during any semester and be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.

Program graduates are highly trained medical assistants who are essential members of the health care team with a well-rounded education. Graduates are in great demand and can obtain immediate employment in public and private outpatient facilities, hospitals and laboratories. As a program graduate, you will have career mobility and versatility. Medical Assistants often continue their education in allied health, nursing or health administration.

This exciting and challenging program offers medical administrative and clinical courses. Administrative training includes: using computer applications, scheduling appointments, arranging hospital admissions and laboratory services, maintaining supply inventories, insurance processing and office administration. Clinical responsibilities are those associated with the examination and treatment of patients, phlebotomy, performing basic laboratory procedures and testing, taking medical histories, administration of immunizations and injections, eye and ear testing, IV Therapy and assisting the physician during examinations and minor office surgical procedures.

Students must earn a letter grade of C in all Medical Assistant (ALHC) courses to receive credit for the course. Affiliation I is designed as a cornerstone course that offers hands on experience and opportunity to apply theory and skills learned in college laboratories and classrooms within a selected physician office setting during the final spring semester. Transportation is a student responsibility. Students may choose to return and complete an Associate in General Studies degree.

Graduates are immediately eligible for national certification by taking the AAMA CMA Certification Examination. Program graduates' examination scores are among the highest scores across the nation.

Admission Requirements

  • Meet the College requirements for admission.
  • Submit two letters of reference.
  • Have manual dexterity, hearing and visual abilities that meet technical standards for medical assisting. Before the affiliation, students must submit evidence of a current physician exam including Tetanus, MMR, TB test, Hepatitis B series immunities and CPR certification.
  • Participate in a personal interview with the Program Director.

*The NHCTC-Claremont Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

* Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1970, Chicago, IL 60601-2208. (312)553-9355.

*Individuals who have been found guilty of a felony, or pleaded guilty to a felony, are not eligible to take the CMA Exam without a waiver from the Certifying Board of the AAMA.