What is a Medical Assistant?
If you have a caring manner and the desire to work with patients, then Medical Assisting may be the ideal career for you. Medical assistants care for patients and perform clinical and administrative tasks in general and specialized medical practices, clinics, hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, medical laboratories, and other places where patient services are provided.
BIR's Medical Assisting Program
BIR’s Medical Assisting Program, includes comprehensive training in clinical and administrative duties; provides externship with doctors and hospitals; incorporates industry certification; prepares students for employment, and assists with job placement. The clinical portion includes pharmacology, phlebotomy, as well as routine and emergency medical procedures and treatments. The administrative portion provides training in insurance claim preparation and submission, health information management, cash flow, and medical software.
Externships
BIR Training Center offers externship placements to students in our Medical Assisting Program. This opportunity allows students to gain over 100 hours of hands-on experience in a real medical setting. Students in the externship actually work in a medical facility under supervision of physicians. Externships are arranged and monitored by BIR staff.
Industry Certification Preparation
Careers in Medical Assisting
As the medical industry continues to grow, so does employment for medical assistants in general and specialized practices, medical and phlebotomy labs. You don’t need a prior medical background to be trained in this high demand-high growth occupation at BIR Training Center. With our comprehensive training, medical externship experience, and national certification you will be ready for a job in under one year.
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