Diploma in Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting is a Diploma program taught at Western Piedmont Community College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (2 years) options.

The Medical Assisting program at Western Piedmont Community College prepares students to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures. Coursework covers scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing and collections, and computer operations. Students also learn assisting with examinations and treatments, routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration, and the ethical and legal issues related to patient care.

Training includes instruction in administrative, clinical, and laboratory settings. Students can use Clay’s Office, an administrative office and classroom, to practice office tasks such as filing insurance, scheduling, confirming appointments, and maintaining patient records. The Associate in Applied Science option is described as a two-year program with 68 hours of coursework, and the Medical Assisting Diploma is described as a 47 hour diploma program focused on the basic principles of medical assisting.

Graduates who complete an Associate in Applied Science degree and/or a Diploma in Medical Assisting are prepared for jobs in physicians’ offices, ambulatory care facilities, private and state facilities, urgent care centers, chiropractic offices, medical and diagnostic laboratories, outpatient care facilities, private and public educational services, and as a travel medical assistant.

The minimum requirements for admission in Medical Assisting at Western Piedmont Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Western Piedmont Community College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Western Piedmont Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Medical Assisting.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.wpcc.edu/medical-assisting/

• Physicians’ Offices
• Ambulatory Care Facilities
• Private and State Facilities
• Urgent Care Centers
• Chiropractic Offices
• Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
• Outpatient Care Facilities
• Private and Public Educational Services
• Travel Medical Assistant

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