Medical Assisting Career and Technical Certificate (MEDAS-VC)

This one-year certificate program prepares students for employment as Medical Assistants and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB). CAAHEP may be contacted by writing or calling: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education programs, 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756. Telephone [phone].

Special Requirements

All program requirements must be met before a student is eligible for admission. One class of 25 students per year is accepted. Seats are allotted to qualified students on a first qualified/first served basis.

Semester I

HSC 0003C	Basic Healthcare Worker	90 ch
MEA 0500	Medical Office Receptionist ^	100 ch
MEA 0521C	Phlebotomist, MA^	75 ch
MEA 0543C	EKG Aide, MA^	75 ch
MEA 0550	Medical Assistant I^	110 ch

Semester II

MEA 0551C

Medical Assistant II^

450 ch

Semester III

MEA 0552C

Medical Assistant III^

420 ch

Total Credit Hours: 1320