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Meat Processing Internship I Total Credit Hours MEDICALMEDICAL ASSISTINGASSISTING Diploma, 39 Credit Hours, 12-Month Program The Medical Assisting program prepares students for a variety of careers in the medical profession. A Medical Assistant is a professional, multi-skilled person who assists in all aspects of medical care and is primarily employed in a medical office setting. Medical Assistants help physicians with patient care management. They also execute administrative and clinical procedures and perform managerial functions. Administrative duties may include using computer applications, answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, coding and filling out insurance forms, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services, and handling correspondence, billing, and bookkeeping in a medical office setting. Clinical duties may include taking medical histories, taking vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, assisting the physician during the exam, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, performing basic laboratory tests, instructing patients about medication and special diets, preparing and administering medications as directed by a physician, and taking electrocardiograms. Medical Assisting is a rapidly growing and expanding career. The Medical Assisting diploma enhances the skills a student obtains in the Medical Assisting certificate. In a