Medical Assistant

The East Central College Medical Assistant Program is designed to train competent professionals to meet the needs of an ever-expanding allied health field. It combines both formal education and practical experience to help participants master the complex body of knowledge and specialized skills necessary for a successful career. The program prepares competent, entry-level medical assistants in cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains.



The Medical Assistant associate degree program prepares students to demonstrate successful entry level competence in the domains and subdomains established by CAAHEP- Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and MAERB- Medical Assisting Education Review Board.



More information is available on the Fact Sheet below.

Degrees and Certificates:

• AAS Medical Assistant

• Certificate of Achievement

Department Links

• Catalog
• Class Schedule

Additional Information & Links:

• American Association of Medical Assistants - AAMA (http://www.aama-ntl.org/)

• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, ( CAAHEP) (www.caahep.org)

• Medical Assisting Education Review Board (www.maerb.org)
  
  
• The Medical Assistant AAS program is pending accreditation review by Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, (CAAHEP)

Education & Social Science

	Division Chair
			Mary Beth Huxel Education & Social Science Chair huxelmb@eastcentral.edu 636-584-6613   Off: AC132
	Union Faculty
			Amber Dunn LPN RMA Medical Assistant Instructor Externship Coordinator addunn@eastcentral.edu 636-584-6922  Off:  AC159
			Katherine Wayne Medical Assistant Director