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Medical Assistant Certificate of Technical Studies
Medical Assistant Certificate of Technical Studies
at Bossier Parish Community College
Louisiana Catalog
The Medical Assistant program prepares graduates to work in physicians’ offices where they perform both administrative and clinical skills. Goal To prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skill), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
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Medical Assistants
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
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