Launch Your Career in Medical Assisting with Milan Institute
36-Week Medical Assisting Training Program in Las Vegas, Nevada
Are you considering a career in healthcare? Medical Assistants are vital contributors to the healthcare sector, undertaking crucial clinical and administrative duties to aid doctors, physicians, and nurses.
Milan Institute’s Medical Assisting program offers comprehensive technical and practical training, equipping you with the essential skills to embark on a fulfilling career as a Medical Assistant. Start your journey in as few as 36 weeks!
Why choose Milan Institute for your Medical Assisting training?
- Comprehensive Curriculum: Our program prepares students to function competently in entry-level Medical Assistant positions across various medical settings.
- Hands-on Training: Gain practical experience in assisting doctors, performing routine tasks, and ensuring the smooth operation of medical offices.
- Practical Skills Development: Learn essential tasks including taking vital signs, medical history documentation, examination preparation, and appointment assistance.
- Specialized Training: Acquire skills in blood drawing, administering injections, conducting EKGs, suture removal, specimen collection, and patient education on medications and diets.
- Real-world Experience: Benefit from an externship in an off-site medical facility, providing on-the-job training in a real-world environment.
- Preparation for Success: Our program equips students with the knowledge and experience needed to excel in the field of Medical Assisting, meeting the demands of today’s healthcare industry.
In the Medical Assisting program, students will learn:
- Medical Office Communications: Master basic administrative skills such as identifying medical, legal, and ethical boundaries, demonstrating proper telephone techniques, scheduling and managing appointments, and proficiently managing medical office record keeping. Additionally, students practice keyboarding to enhance speed and accuracy.
- Insurance Coding: Acquire the ability to process insurance forms, utilize insurance coding, and perform bookkeeping tasks. Students also gain proficiency in basic medical insurance coding.
- Pharmacology/Nutrition: Gain an introduction to administering medications in a medical practice setting, covering classes and uses of injections, oral medications, and pharmacology.
- Anatomy/Physiology: Identify body systems, their structures, functions, and common diseases and treatments associated with each system.
- Medical Office Emergency Procedures: Learn to assess emergencies and respond appropriately, as well as how to prepare and maintain examination and treatment areas. Instruction includes assisting with patient examination procedures and treatments.
- Electrocardiography/Hematology: Learn basic blood testing procedures and their purposes, demonstrate aseptic techniques and universal precautions, take vital signs and blood pressures, and perform invasive procedures. Includes instruction on conducting routine 12-lead EKGs.
- Microbiology/Patient Preparation: Gain skills in assisting with minor in-office surgeries, positioning patients for exams, performing injections, anthropometric measurements, and vital sign measurement. Students also learn methods of infection control, universal precautions, sterilization techniques, and aseptic techniques demonstration.
Ready to embark on your rewarding career in healthcare? Take the first step today by filling out our form and discovering how you can get started on your journey with Milan Institute!