What is Medical Assisting Technology, and what will I learn?
Medical Assistant Technology (MAT) is the training for medical assistants that allows them to complete administrative and clinical tasks in medical settings such as hospitals, clinics, and physician offices. Medical assistants are often the first face patients see when completing basic patient history and personal information forms at a medical office. Medical assistants may also help measure a patient’s vital signs, such as blood pressure, and help physicians with patient examinations. You can earn certificates as well as an associate degree to work as a medical assistant based on several different classes taken at ESCC. The classes include information on testing and treatment procedures, medical law and ethics, patient psychology, communications, and basic anatomy and physiology. Coursework in the MAT program will prepare you to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties, including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid.
Minimum expectations are prepare medical assistants who are competent in cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.