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Medical Assistant Certificate
Medical Assistant Certificate
at Community College of Denver
Denver Catalog
The medical assisting certificate and Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree programs provide training for both front-office administrative and back-office clinical duties. Both programs are designed to train medical assistants in mastering clinical techniques such as pre-examination and examination assistance, obtaining medical histories and vital signs, minor office surgery, routine laboratory procedures, including phlebotomy and EKG, and maintaining and sterilizing equipment. Administratively, you will learn the necessary office skills to maintain a clinic, including answering telephones, greeting patients, handling correspondence, scheduling appointments, billing, and bookkeeping.
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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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Refer to CCD.edu/Medical-Assistant for additional documents to be completed, prior to acceptance into the medical assisting program.