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| | Medical Assisting Program at Keiser College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Keiser College’s Associate of Science degree in Medical Assisting prepares students to perform medical assisting duties under direction of a physician/practitioner, including preparing examination rooms, taking vital signs, assisting in minor surgical procedures, giving injections, performing venipuncture, assisting in laboratory operations, taking x-rays and administering electrocardiograms. |
 | | Medical assistants also learn to function in an administrative capacity, including patient communications, maintaining patient records, billing, scheduling appointments, ordering supplies and processing insurance claims. |
 | | To receive an Associate of Science degree in Medical Assisting, students must earn a total of 60.5 credit hours. |
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