The Medical Assistant Program is designed to ensure that students are well prepared to enter the profession as a Medical Assistant and have the ability to continue their learning throughout their professional careers. At the completion of the MA program, graduates will be able to function as medical assistants who are competent in the following:
- Manage and care for patients as individuals; recognize and attend to their needs
- Recognize ethical and legal responsibilities
- Perform a variety of clinical procedures
- Perform a variety of administrative duties
- Manage care of office property
- Communicate effectively
- Demonstrate professional characteristics
Medical Assisting Program Expected Learning Outcomes
Cognitive Domain
- Recognizing ethical and legal responsibilities
- Establishing and maintaining continuing education as a function of growth and maintenance of professional competence
Affective Domain
- Demonstrating professional characteristics
- Communicating effectively
Psychomotor Domain
- Managing and caring for patients as individuals; recognizing and attending to their needs
- Performing a variety of clinical procedures
- Performing a variety of administrative duties
- Managing care of office property
The New York State Department of Education Division of Professional Licensing does not regulate the practice of Medical Assistants. Licensed physicians are responsible for determining the duties of Medical Assistants and assuring that any employee under their supervision does not engage in activities that would constitute the practice of medicine.
After completing two years of study and graduation from this program at Broome Community College,a student will sit for the Certified Medical Assisting Exam to become a Certified Medical Assistant. The student may find a position in a physician’s office, hospital, medical center of a clinical, industry, or research site, or similar health care facility. Your opportunities for employment are excellent in this rapidly expanding, varied occupation.
