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Medical
Assisting
Program
Description
Keiser University’s
Associate of
Science degree
in Medical
Assisting
prepares
students to
perform medical
assisting duties
under direction
of a
physician/practitioner,
including
preparing
examination
rooms, taking
vital signs,
assisting in
minor surgical
procedures,
giving
injections,
performing
venipuncture,
assisting in
laboratory
operations,
taking x-rays
and
administering
electrocardiograms.
Medical
assistants also
learn to
function in an
administrative
capacity,
including
patient
communications,
maintaining
patient records,
billing,
scheduling
appointments,
ordering
supplies and
processing
insurance
claims. |
