Central Penn College Medical Assisting Diploma Program Summerdale, Pennsylvania

The program at the Summerdale campus focuses on teaching essential skills like rooming patients, checking vital signs, taking medical histories, administering medications, assisting in office procedures, drawing blood, and scheduling patient appointments.

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Key Skills Taught:

• Rooming patients
• Checking and recording vital signs
• Taking complete medical histories
• Administering medications
• Assisting with minor office procedures
• Phlebotomy
• Scheduling referral appointments

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Program Features:

• Hands-on experiential learning
• In-person classes at the Summerdale campus
• Hybrid program with day classes
• Curriculum includes clinical education, administrative skills, healthcare insurance, and human body structure, function, and disease

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Careers:

• Certified Medical Assistant
• Medical Office Assistant
• EKG Technician
• Phlebotomy Technician
• Health Unit Clerk
• Medical Claims Examiner

The program length for the Medical Assistant Program at Central Penn College is 1 year for the diploma program

Central Penn College is a private, for-profit institution founded in 1881. It is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, offering associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees in various programs.