Medical Assisting Career and Technical Certificate (MEDAS-VC)

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

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) may be contacted by writing or calling: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education programs, CAAHEP, 25400 U.S. Highway 19 North, Suite 158, Clearwater, FL 33763. Telephone (727) 210-2350, (www.caahep.org) 

Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) may be contacted by writing, calling, or visiting the website: Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB), 20 N. Wacker Drive Suite 1575, Chicago IL 60606. Telephone (800) 228-2262, www.maerb.org

The interested student should contact the Allied Health Department for assistance in planning the program of study.

Department Head:

Sandy Moore, (850) 484-2301

smoore@pensacolastate.edu

Program Director:

Marla Magaha,(850) 484-2341

mmagaha@pensacolastate.edu

Certificate Requirements (1300 ch)

Semester 1 (505 ch)

HSC 0003CBasic Healthcare Worker

90 ch

MEA 0002CIntroduction to Medical Assisting

250 ch

MEA 0501CMedical Office Procedures

75 ch

MEA 0506CAdministrative Office Procedures

90 ch

Semester 2 (520 ch)

MEA 0530CPharmacology for Medical Assisting

90 ch

MEA 0543CEKG Aide, MA

75 ch

MEA 0573CLaboratory Procedures

125 ch

MEA 0581CClinical Assisting

230 ch

Semester 3 (275 ch)

MEA 0521CPhlebotomist, MA

75 ch

MEA 0942LPracticum Experience

200 ch

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