Medical Assistant

If you’re detail-oriented, enjoy helping others, and are interested in the healthcare field, you could have a fulfilling and impactful career as a medical assistant.

Take your first step towards a new career. With the healthcare industry growing at an accelerated pace, employers are increasingly in need of individuals who are well trained in patient care, medicine, and laboratory work. If you have a passion for helping others and want to begin your career in the healthcare field, Genesis Career College’s Medical Assistant Program is the right place for you.

A career as a medical assistant is fulfilling, has a wide variety of experience, and does not require years of extensive studies. Medical assistants work alongside doctors and nurses to enhance the patient’s experience and ensure that medical offices are running smoothly. Medical assistants do a wide range of administrative and clinical work. As a medical assistant, you may help with administrative duties like scheduling appointments, managing patients’ medical records, and corresponding with insurance companies. On the patient care side of the job, medical assistants greet patients, take vital signs, draw blood, handle laboratory specimens, and perform diagnostic tests. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook, employment of medical assistants is expected to increase much faster than the average for all other occupations. Becoming a medical assistant allows you to work in the healthcare field and truly make a difference without having to complete many years of expensive schooling.

Genesis Medical Assistant curriculum spans over 36 weeks of classroom training with experienced and knowledgeable instructors. Our program combines teachings with hands-on training in several competencies including Phlebotomy, Emergency Medical Procedures, and Medication Administration. Students graduate with the skills needed to succeed in real-world clinical environments. You will not only gain technical knowledge and skill but receive guidance on etiquette, professionalism, communication, personal appearance, and more. Your future awaits, and you can begin this exciting journey right away. Genesis’ Career College offers new classes regularly.

The medical assistant program at Genesis involves a combination of thorough classroom instruction and extensive, hands-on training in the lab, using equipment found in the field and computers. Our program will help you develop the skills you need for both the administrative and patient care side of being a medical assistant. The program starts new every month, so you don’t have to worry about missing an application deadline. To supplement this academic instruction, training also includes an externship, providing students the opportunity to assist physicians and nurses in a hospital or other healthcare facility as they complete their education.

Medical Assistant career opportunities in a variety of settings: