Advanced Medical Assisting (AM81)  Technical Certificate of Credit

*For more detailed program information, please refer to the STC Catalog.

Requirements

• Submit a completed application;
• Be at least 17 years of age;
• Submit official high school/high school equivalent transcripts;
• Submit official college transcripts, if applicable;
• Advanced Placement is not available for the Medical Assisting Program at Southeastern Technical College.
• All MAST courses must be completed with a “C” or better
• Satisfy Placement Testing requirements.

Program Costs

Costs are estimates and are subject to change.

• Tuition/Fees: $2,026
• Books/Supplies: $195 (VitalSource access to Cengage – MindTap and Digital Books)
• Criminal Background & Drug Screen: Approximately $127.95 (paid to PreCheck)
• Liability insurance: $12 per year
• Respiratory N95 Mask: $25
• CPR Mask: $9
• Immunizations/Laboratory Tests
  • MMR Vaccination: $64
  • Varicella Vaccination: $117
  • TB Test: $25
  • Tdap: $50
  • Hep B Series: $264
  • Influenza Vaccine: $25
• BLS CPR/First Aid: $55
• MAST 1090 Course Supply Fee: $50
• Uniforms are Required Prior to Completion of MAST 1091: Approximately $300

Clinical Experience

The clinical component of the MAST 1130, Medical Assisting Externship, involves 160 hours of direct (hands-on) patient care in an out-patient facility.

Each clinical site establishes its own requirements for student participation, and these requirements vary. Students must be in compliance with the requirements established by a specific clinical site in order to participate in training in that setting.

Additional details are provided in the Program Student Handbook and available upon request.

Technical Standards for Health Sciences Education

Southeastern Technical College has a moral and ethical responsibility to select, educate, and graduate competent and safe students/practitioners. The College has identified technical standards (motor skills, physical stamina, sensory skills, communication skills, intellectual skills, and behavioral and social attributes) critical to the success of students in the health sciences programs. These standards are designed not to be exclusionary, but to establish performance expectations that will enable students to provide safe professional practice with or without reasonable accommodations. Further information about the Technical Standards is available upon request.

Additional details are provided in the Program Student Handbook and available upon request.

Bloodborne/Airborne Pathogen Exposure

An inherent risk with any health science profession is the possibility for exposure to bloodborne and infectious diseases. Southeastern Technical College's Exposure Control Plan is designed to provide the faculty and students with recognition of tasks, procedures, and activities which present the potential for occupational exposure to blood and airborne pathogens and a means of eliminating or minimizing exposures in the performance of their instructional duties or activities. A complete manual of our compliance policies and procedures is available in each classroom and laboratory or upon request.

Notification About Exposure to Hazardous Materials

Participation in the Medical Assisting program includes exposure to hazardous materials. These materials are essential to various procedures and practices learned and performed throughout the education experience. A complete manual of STC compliance policies and procedures is available upon request.

Criminal Arrest History/Record and Drug Screening

Each clinical site establishes its own requirements for student participation, and these requirements vary. Students must be in compliance with the requirements established by a specific clinical site in order to participate in training in that setting.

Adverse information on criminal background checks does hinder an individual from obtaining employment and may also hinder an individual from participation in clinical rotation in some facilities.

Per clinical facility guidelines, positive drug screen results may hinder an individual’s participation in the clinical rotation.

Licensure/Certification

To be eligible for the CMA (AAMA) Certification Exam, you must be a student or graduate of the Medical Assisting Technical Certificate of Credit program, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), previously CMA (AAMA) certified, or meet the requirements of the Alternative Pathway.

• The Alternative Pathway is for graduates of a qualified postsecondary Medical Assisting program or postsecondary Medical Assisting Apprenticeship program that meets specific requirements.
  • For more information go to https://www.aama-ntl.org