Get Medical Clinical Assistant Training at BTI and Jumpstart Your Career!

Are you compassionate and understanding to others needs? If so, the Berks Technical Institute’s Medical Clinical Assistant program may be right for you. Students in the Medical Clinical Assistant program receive training in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. At BTI, our goal is to prepare students to pursue career opportunities in the growing healthcare industry. Industry fields include doctors’ offices, medical clinics, and other medical facilities.

Graduates from our MCA program may find jobs as clinical medical assistants, administrative medical assistants, and medical office managers where they can work under the supervision and direction of a physician or licensed healthcare practitioner. With our classes, you'll be prepared to confidently apply your skills in the workplace.

What Are the Day-to-Day Responsibilities of a Medical Clinical Assistant?

As a medical clinical assistant, you can expect to work alongside physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals in different environments depending on your career choice. Medical Clinical Assistants typically work to carry out jobs directly connected to caring for patients. Their day to day responsibilities includes assistance in:

• Patient Assessments 
• Examinations 
• Diagnosis Treatments 
• Arranging lab work and prescriptions or filing patient records

Medical Clinical Assistants are individuals who tend to be very organized and good communicators. In this career, individuals are expected to be empathic and understanding of clients' needs at all times. 

What Will the Medical Clinical Assistant Program Teach Me?

Students enrolled in BTI’s Medical Clinical Assistant Program can expect to learn the tools and techniques relevant for day to day functions. Some of the courses within our program include:

• Allied Health Orientation - This course will introduce allied health students to various roles of medical professionals. The student will be trained in the scope of practice, legal and ethical responsibilities, and governmental compliance required within allied health professions.

• Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, and Gastrointestinal Systems - Students will undertake a system-by-system anatomical study of the human body and basic principles of physiology. This course will cover the structure; functions; and conditions/diseases of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and gastrointestinal systems. In addition, the medical terminology applicable to these body systems will be addressed, with emphasis on word construction, proper usage, and acceptable medical abbreviations.
• Extern and Medical Review - The course provides students with the opportunity to practice administrative and clinical skills in a suitable physician’s office or ambulatory health care facility under the supervision of the practicum coordinator and site preceptor. You’ll also prepare for and review information on the national certification exam.

*BTI does not guarantee third-party certifications. Certification requirements for taking and passing certification examinations are not controlled by BTI but by outside agencies and are subject to change by the agencies without notice to BTI Therefore, BTI cannot guarantee that graduates will be eligible to take certification examinations, regardless of their eligibility status upon enrollment.

Launch Your New Career in Medical Clinical Assistance Today!

Contact our Admissions Representatives or call 888.881.5954 to request additional information about applying to BTI and our available programs. The sooner you start your education, the closer you are to an exciting, rewarding career!