Medical Assisting

Become a medical assistant in only 12 months. No degree required!

If you're looking for a career in health care that allows you to work directly with patients, medical assisting may be right for you. The program begins a new cohort each fall, with practicum experience taking place during the summer of the following year.

Medical Assistants:

• Work directly with patients in physicians' offices, clinics, and other ambulatory health care settings.
• Typically work daytime, weekday hours, depending on the employer.
• Perform clinical and laboratory testing.
• Prepare and administer medications as permitted.
• Assist health care providers with patient examinations and procedures.
• Perform administrative and clinical duties to support patient care.
   

Prepare for a career in Medical Assisting

Medical assistants are multi-skilled healthcare professionals who work alongside physicians and other healthcare professionals in outpatient settings such as physician offices, specialty practices, clinics, and ambulatory care centers.

Lakeland's Medical Assisting program prepares students for both the clinical and administrative sides of medical assisting. Students develop hands-on skills in vital signs, EKGs, blood collection, injections, medication administration, and patient care, along with training in electronic health records, scheduling, insurance, billing, and coding.

The program can be completed full-time in three semesters (approximately 11 months) and concludes with a 160-hour off-campus practicum.

1. Review the Medical Assisting Program Information

Review the program requirements, curriculum, course sequence, and admission requirements.

View the Medical Assisting Program Advising Guide
 

2. Apply to the Medical Assisting Program

Complete and submit the Medical Assisting Program Application. Applications are reviewed to verify admission requirements, and eligible students are accepted on a space-available basis.

Medical Assisting Program Application

Submit Completed Application

3. Accept Your Seat

Eligible students will receive an Acceptance Acknowledgement Letter through their Lakeland email with instructions for accepting their seat and completing next steps.
 

4. Begin the Program

Accepted students begin with MDAS 1110 – Administrative Medical Office Procedures. Successful completion of MDAS 1110 is required to progress into the clinical Medical Assisting curriculum. 

Need Help Getting Started?
An Academic Advisor can assist with course planning and registration.

Students pursuing a certificate in medical assisting are admitted based on their academic dimension. In addition, learners must possess virualy, auditory, tactile and motor abilityes to allow him/her to perform their required duties. Review our technical standards here.
 

"I knew that I wanted to help people. I knew that I loved the human body and I wanted to be more interested in it. So, I knew I needed to go to school to learn about health care. I want to work with people, so I looked into being an MA. And all I can say is that I'm so happy that I did this, because not only did I learn hard skills like learning how to do blood pressure, and more with billing and all that. But I also learned soft skills. I learned how to talk to people. I was very nervous before I started here."
- Ianny