This program is designed to prepare students to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for health care facilities and services administrators, practicing physicians and nurses, and other health care professionals. This program frequently includes in depth instruction in business and medical communications, principles of health care operations, medical terminology, software applications, public relations and interpersonal communications, record-keeping and filing systems, applicable policy and regulations, scheduling and meeting planning, and professional standards and ethics.
Below are colleges and universities providing majors, degrees, and training programs in Medical Administrative Assistance.
- Alexandria Technical College Alexandria, MN
- Arkansas Tech University Russellville, AR
- Black Hawk College Moline, IL
- Central Arizona College Coolidge, AZ
- Centralia College Centralia, WA
- Davis College Toledo, OH
- Dordt College Sioux Center, IA
- El Centro College Dallas, TX
- Essex County College Newark, NJ
- Fresno City College Fresno, CA
- Gavilan College Gilroy, CA
- Harper College Palatine, IL
- Humphreys College Stockton, CA
- Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL
- Jefferson College Hillsboro, MO
- Lackawanna College Scranton, PA
- Lake Superior College Duluth, MN
- Marion Technical College Marion, OH
- Merced College Merced, CA
- Mount San Antonio College Walnut, CA
- New Mexico State University at Carlsbad Carlsbad, NM
- North Idaho College Coeur d’Alene, ID
- Odessa College Odessa, TX
- Otero Junior College La Junta, CO
- Palomar College San Marcos, CA
- Renton Technical College Renton, WA
- Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA
- Shasta College Redding, CA
- Skyline College San Bruno, CA
- University of Montana Missoula, MT