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Medical Assisting

The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.
  • Area of Study: Health Sciences
  • Program Type: Certification/Skills Training

At a Glance

Employment Opportunities

Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.

The employment outlook for Medical Assistants is extremely bright. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook, the projected job growth rate for the profession from 2012-2022 is 29%, which is much higher than average for all occupations.

The predicted growth in North Carolina from 2012-2022 is 32% with 730 projected openings annually (NC ESC). The median annual wage for Medical Assistants in 2014 is $29,960 per year or $14.42 per hour (ONET).

To learn more about a career in the Medical Assisting field, visit CCC&TI’s Career Coach site for the following program:

Learning Outcomes

Course work includes:

  • assisting with examinations/treatments
  • billing and collections
  • coding and processing insurance accounts
  • computer operations
  • electrocardiography
  • ethical/legal issues associated with patient care
  • performing routine laboratory procedures
  • scheduling appointments
  • supervised medication administration
  • externship
  • mock clinics
  • mock interviews

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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute is making changes to its Medical Assisting program. At this time, the College is no longer admitting new students to the current Associate program while it explores future options for how this training may be offered.

Students already enrolled will have the opportunity to complete their Medical Assisting A.A.S at CCC&TI through the teach-out period, with no anticipated impact on the quality of education provided.

Interested in what’s next? We’d love to keep you in the loop.

We’re exploring exciting new ways to offer Medical Assisting training. If you’d like to be the first to know as plans take shape, fill out the quick form below and we’ll reach out as soon as we have details to share.

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Below are the Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s Medical Assisting Program Outcomes as reported to the Medical Assisting Education Review Board:

DateExam Passage
2024100%
202375.00%
202281.82%
202150.00%
2020100%
Cumulative81.82%

Caldwell Community College and Techincal Institute’s Medical Assisting program has a five-year average of 100% graduate satisfaction and 100% employer satisfaction.

Cost 

Costs at North Carolina community colleges are traditionally the best educational value available for college transfer, technical, and vocational students. For current tuition and fees at Caldwell Community College and Technical institute, contact the Student Services Office at 828.726.2200.

Financial assistance is available to qualified students through grants, scholarships, loans, and part-time employment in the college work-study program.

Accreditation

The Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 9355 – 113th St. N, #7709, Seminole, FL 33775
Telephone: 727.210.2350
www.caahep.org

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Lisa Wilcox CMA (AAMA)
Instructor
Director
Medical Assisting Program
Health Sciences
CMA (AAMA)
Office: Caldwell–H–146 Work Phone: 828.726.2236