Clinical Medical Assistant with Spanish for Medical Professionals (CCMA)
Offered By Meditec and Texas A&M Kingsville
Get certified to become a clinical medical assistant and learn Spanish phrases you need to know in a medical setting. Get started today!
6 Months
CCMA
$3,995.00
Program Overview
This training program prepares Medical Assistant students to perform patient clinical skills in various medical office settings. A Clinical Medical Assistant performs clinical procedures including administering medications, assisting with minor surgery, performing an electrocardiogram, obtaining laboratory specimens for testing, educating patients, and maintaining clinical equipment in an ambulatory care setting. Medical assistants perform routine clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, andoptometrists running smoothly.
Clinical duties may include taking medical histories and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures to patients, preparing patients for examination, and assisting the physician during the examination. Medical assistants collect and prepare laboratory specimens or perform basic laboratory tests on the premises. They instruct patients about medication and special diets, prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, authorize drug refills as directed, telephone prescriptions to a pharmacy, draw blood, prepare patients for x-rays, take electrocardiograms, and change dressings.