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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Medical Assisting, AAS


Program Code: A45400

(2021*03)

This program requires a 2.2 or greater high school GPA from a College Prep Curriculum valid within 10 years, or a placement test demonstrating placement into college-ready English 111 and math.  If either of these requirements is not met, the student will be placed into Associate in General Education – First Year (A10300-FY).  *See the A10300FY – Associate in General Education-First Year Program page for more information.

The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.

Graduates of CAAHEP accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants. Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.

Medical Assisting, AAS Semester-By-Semester Plan  

General Education Hours: 15 Hours


Social/Behavioral Sciences: 3 Hours


Math/Natural Sciences: 3 Hours


Major Hours: 58-59 Hours


Total Medical Assisting, AAS: 73-74 Credits


All Health Sciences and Nursing students must make grades of “A,” “B,” “C,” or “SA” on all applicable course work to progress each semester and graduate from the program.

The Medical Assisting Program is approved by the North Carolina Community College System and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP at at 9355 - 113th Street, North, #7709, Seminole, FL 33775; Telephone Number 727-210-2350; www.caahep.org) in conjunction with the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

For more information:

Rebecca Dail
Medical Assisting Program Chair/Clinical Coordinator/Instructor

Health Sciences (Building 013), Room 114
Phone: (252) 527-6223, ext. 816
Fax: (252) 520-9598
Email: rldail19@lenoircc.edu