Associate Degree in
Medical Assisting associate degree Ohio Valley College Of Technology
Scholarships
Introduction
When you earn your Medical Assisting associate degree in East Liverpool, you will be ready to work with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to help examine and treat patients. You will also be trained to work as a medical office administrator, so you can put your skills to use in various medical office settings.
A diverse group of students throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania continues to choose OVCT for their medical assistant training. An education from OVCT is easily accessible to students across both states because our Medical Assisting degree program is near Beaver Falls PA, Salem OH, Steubenville OH, East Palestine OH, Youngstown OH, Monaca PA, and many other cities near our East Liverpool campus.
When you enroll in our East Liverpool-area medical assistant training, you can count on learning how to do the following:
Take a patient’s vital signs (such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse)
Assist a doctor or nurse with physical exams
Check a patient’s vision
Check a patient’s blood sugar level
Perform lab tests
Draw a patient’s blood
Sterilize medical equipment
Assist with simple surgeries
Give injections
Assist with some heart tests
When you become proficient in each of the skills above, you’ll be on your way to entering the medical field. By earning your Medical Assisting associate degree in East Liverpool with OVCT, you will be able to steer your future in many different directions. Some future paths may include:
Managing a doctor’s office
Working in phlebotomy
Working in a chiropractor’s office
Working in a pharmacy
Working in a hospital scheduling patients and overseeing patient records
If you choose to work as a medical office administrator, you could take your knowledge from our East Liverpool medical assistant training and apply it to:
Working with insurance companies
Managing an office
Scheduling appointments for patients
Using computers to perform office tasks
Understanding medical vocabulary
Understanding patient privacy issues
As one of our medical assisting students, you will complete an externship as part of your East Liverpool medical assistant training. This on-the-job training allows you to apply the skills you have learned in the real world with real people. This experience is invaluable and allows you to showcase your skills to employers in your area who hire medical assistants.
OVCT is designed to prepare you for a National Healthcareer Association certification exam, strengthening your appeal in the job market.