Medical Assistant Program

The Medical Assistant (AAS) is offered at:

• Rifle: Mostly in-person

The Medical Assistant Certificate is offered at:

• Rifle: Mostly in-person

Program Learning Outcomes are what we expect each student will learn while earning a degree or certificate. Meeting these learning outcomes is how we assess our performance as a college. Our learning outcomes support both important career skills and future success as a student.

Upon completing the Medical Assistant (AAS) program, CMC students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate employment qualifications in clinical healthcare settings.
2. Chooses professionalism in their appearance, job performance, and ability to work as team members.
3. Demonstrate communication with patients from different age groups and cultures.
4. Demonstrate professionalism and cultural awareness with providers, staff and patients.
5. Perform administrative duties in the healthcare setting.
6. Perform advanced clinical and lab skills.
7. Practice legal concepts within the healthcare setting.
8. Demonstrate knowledge of office and ambulatory care management.
9. Provide patient education in a healthcare setting.

Program Learning Outcomes are what we expect each student will learn while earning a degree or certificate. Meeting these learning outcomes is how we assess our performance as a college. Our learning outcomes support both important career skills and future success as a student.

Upon completing the Medical Assistant Certificate program, CMC students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate employment qualifications in clinical healthcare settings.
2. Chooses professionalism in their appearance, job performance, and ability to work as team members.
3. Demonstrate communication with patients from different age groups and cultures.
4. Demonstrate professionalism and cultural awareness with providers, staff and patients.
5. Perform administrative duties in the healthcare setting.
6. Perform advanced clinical and lab skills.
7. Practice legal concepts within the healthcare setting.
8. Demonstrate knowledge of office and ambulatory care management.
9. Provide patient education in a healthcare setting.

Medical Assistants perform administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians, chiropractors and other health professionals running smoothly.

The tasks vary by office and specialty area. In smaller offices, Medical Assistants are usually generalists providing both administrative and clinical support. In larger practices, Medical Assistants often specialize in certain areas.

Administrative duties may include tasks such as scheduling and receiving patients, preparing and maintaining medical records, handling telephone calls and written correspondence, medical transcription, completing and submitting insurance claims and maintaining practice finances.

Clinical duties may include asepsis and infection control, taking patient histories and vital signs, performing first aid and CPR, preparing patients for  procedures, performing electrocardiograms (ECGs), assisting the physician with examinations and treatments, performing suture removal, collecting and processing specimens, performing selected lab and diagnostic tests, administering medications(injections) and drawing blood (venipuncture).

Students interested in Medical Assisting should have a sincere desire to work with patients directly in an outpatient setting and a sincere interest in wanting to help people maintain and improve their health.

Start a stable and rewarding career with a degree from Colorado Mountain College

Medical assistant is one of the fastest-growing occupations! Now's the time to get the training you need and jump into a rewarding and stable field.

Colorado Mountain College prepares you for a job as:

• A medical office assistant
• A medical billing specialist
• A medical file clerk
• An anesthesiologist assistant

We also give you the opportunity to work in local offices for valuable hands-on experience. Colorado Mountain College has well-established relationships with several practitioners who are pleased to provide internship opportunities and in some cases, employment after graduation. A recent health care survey reported that the career in the Colorado Mountain College District with the most urgent shortage is medical administrative assistant.

If you are already employed in the health care field, this program is a perfect way to grow. Many employers are willing to cover the expenses of professional development. Check with your current employer about these opportunities.

The CMC Medical Assisting Certificate Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Our Medical Assisting certificate program is one of the few programs that allows students to be credentialed by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) and as a result of our qualified instructors, we have a 5-year cumulative job placement rate of 94% for the years 2019-2023.

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All Medical Assisting students must successfully pass a mandatory background check and drug screen in order to participate and be placed in a clinical setting.

• Successful background check and drug screen (instructions will be provided in MAP-2040)
• Immunization records including proof of MMR vaccinations (2 shots or titer)
• Proof of negative TB test within the past year
• Proof of 3 Hepatitis B vaccination or titer
• Proof of current season flu shot
• Proof of COVID-19 completed series
• Proof of varicella/chickenpox immunization (2 shots or titer)
• Proof of tetanus shot (within past 10 years)
• Copy of current CPR for the Healthcare Provider certification
• Signed Colorado Mountain College Waiver (instructor will provide)
• Signed Worker’s Compensation Form (instructor will provide)
• Signed Technical Abilities Description for Medical Assisting (instructor will provide)
• Health Questionnaire (instructor will provide)
• Signed Student Policy Manual (instructor will provide)
• Successfully complete an unpaid Internship (after all coursework completed)