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Medical Assistant Program
at Choezen Careers and Healthcare Training
San Antonio Catalog
The Medical Assistant Training Program is a partially online program that prepares students for the healthcare workforce by acquiring administrative skills and clinical skills to assist physicians and the healthcare team with patient exams in various healthcare settings. The Medical Assistant training is 50% online with the remaining 50% being in person an assigned externship site.
- Day, Evening or Weekend externships are offered in coordination with the clinical site's operation hours for eight (8) hours/day
- The Medical Assistant Program Cost Is $4,610 and it takes approximately 20 weeks to complete as a hybrid (partially online) training method. .
- Enrolled students are required to complete 160 hours of in-person clinical hours at an assigned clinical rotation site
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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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What’s required:
- Must be 18 yrs old
- Unexpired driver's license (or government-issued ID or state-issued ID)
- SSN card
- HS diploma or GED
- CPR certification (if you do not have a current CPR certification, we provide CPR at a discount for CCHT-enrolled students)
- TB with negative results within the past 6 months (if you do not have a current TB negative result, you will be required to obtain prior to the end of the first week of class)
- Vaccinations - COVID, Influenza, and Hepatitis B (if you do not have either, you have the option of signing the declination form)
- Shot records (MMR, Tetanus)
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Format: Hybrid