My Path
>
Training
>
Certified Medical Assistant
Certified Medical Assistant
at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Louisiana Catalog
This program is designed to provide thorough didactic and practical instruction and a basic system overview of the role of the medical assistant in a practical setting. Classroom lectures cover the theory, anatomy, and terminology pertaining to each system. Practical instruction provides hands-on training in the listed procedures verified through a skills check-off system.
Leads to
Costs
Takes
Example Career
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.
Showing wage data for: New Orleans, LA
Entry
Median
High
Salary
Hourly Wage
$26,730
$33,080
$40,690
$12.85
$15.91
$19.56