Medical Assisting celebrates six perfect years
Central Carolina Technical College's Health Sciences Division celebrated National Medical Assistants Week October 15-19 with another great year. For the sixth year in a row, 100% of the program's Medical Assisting graduates who took the exam passed the national certification examination offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants. Passage of the exam means the graduates become Certified Medical Assistants (CMA)."We are very proud of the individuals in each of these classes, and we are certainly proud of the fact that for six years each and every one of our graduates who went on to take the exam has passed," said Laurie L. Harden, the college's Dean of Health Sciences.
Harden pointed out that during that same period of time, the national average pass rate has been in the range of 70%. "These are great numbers, but they are especially impressive when compared to the national averages. It is a testament to the hard work of our students, faculty and staff," she said.
Medical Assistants are broadly defined as individuals who assist other health care professionals in offices and/or other medical settings, performing delegated administrative and clinical duties in accordance with respective state laws governing such actions and activities.
The Central Carolina Technical College Medical Assisting Diploma program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).