Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant is a multi-skilled trained professional. This person receives specialized training in administrative, clinical, and lab procedures and limited radiography. There is good job placement in this field.

The Medical Assistant 2-year degree program orients students to come multi-skilled trained professionals.

Special features of the program include: 

Laboratory skills
venipuncture, process routine lab tests in a medical clinic, throat cultures, electrocardiograms, & etc.  

Clinical Assisting
medication administration, assisting physicians with patient examinations and minor surgery procedures, and learning casting applications and removal and etc.

Administration
reception/appointment skills, insurance coding, computer skills, medical transcription and etc.

Limited Radiology
training to perform x-rays in a medical clinic and to complete the required exam to become a Licensed Limited Radiologic Technologist.

The Iowa Lakes Community College Associate Degree Programs, Spencer Campus, 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 Medical Assistants' Endowment (AAMAE).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL.  33756
727-210-2350