Medical Assistant Program Description
To prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
Medical Assistants are the only allied health professional specifically trained to work in ambulatory settings, such as physicians' offices, clinics and group practices. These multi-skilled personnel can perform administrative and clinical procedures.
View the 2024-2025 Medical Assistant Program Handbook
Hocking College offers all-inclusive pricing and works with students to assure they have complete college funding, including financial aid, before they start classes. Please reference the course curriculum tab for program costs.
All-inclusive pricing includes the following:
PER SEMESTER
$300......Learning Fee
$20........Health Center Services
$75........Career Center Services
OPTIONAL
$53......Parking
Pricing for housing and meal plans can be found here.
A Career as a Medical Assistant Makes for a Healthy Future
The Medical Assistant program prepares graduates for entry-level careers in ambulatory health care settings such as medical offices and clinics, and provides the student with a background sufficient for growth and advancement in the medical assisting profession.
Entry-level jobs include Certified Medical Assistant, either clinical, administrative or both; Phlebotomist*; or Electrocardiograph Technician*.
Medical management responsibilities include:
- Computer applications
- Patient reception
- Schedule, coordinate and monitor appointments
- Establish, organize and maintain patient medical records
- Coding and processing insurance claims
- Patient transactions, billing and bookkeeping
- Arranging for hospital admissions and laboratory services
Medical clinical responsibilities include:
- Measuring vital signs
- Assisting with examinations
- Sterilizing instruments
- Assisting with minor office surgery
- Preparing and administering medications as directed by a physician
- Taking medical histories
- Running electrocardiograms
- Laboratory testing in urinalysis, hematology and microbiology
- Explaining treatment procedures to a patient
- Drawing blood
- Removing sutures and changing dressings
*Some employers require additional certification for this position
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) are statements of what a student will be able to do when they have completed a program. They represent the knowledge and skills a program has determined are most important for students to gain from that program and include both the Success Skills (institutional outcomes) and Program Outcomes. SLOs are specific and measurable so the program can accurately assess the degree to which students have achieved each outcome, and they align with college and institution mission and values. Data on the achievement of SLOs is used to make improvements in the program and increase student success.
Hocking College Institutional Learning Outcomes
1) Demonstrate sound critical thinking, information literacy and technological competency in the production of academic writing and presentations
2) Apply the methods of mathematical, statistical or analytical reasoning to critically evaluate data, solve problems and effectively communicate findings.
3) Demonstrate an awareness of the social, political and economic forces which shape individuals, institutions and communities in the modern world.
4)Understand social justice and the diversities and complexities of the cultural and social world past and present and come to an informed sense of self and others.
5)Demonstrate a foundation of knowledge in the natural sciences based on theory and laboratory skills.
6) Cultivate ethical values, personal wellness and personal learning strategies in the development of the whole person, mind, body and spirit.
7) Integrate content material to application in the workforce and apply discipline specific knowledge and skills to successfully transfer or effectively meet the expectations of internships, workplace, volunteerism and/or entrepreneurship endeavors.
8) Utilize the ethical and professional application of current information technology and tools effectively.
Program Outcomes
The following outcomes are skills, behaviors, and attitudes cultivated in students seeking the Associate of Applied Science in Medical Assistant:
- Performs a wide range of clinical skills to promote care of patients and families effectively.
- Conducts patient education to ensure continuity of care.
- Directs office business by performing a variety of administrative duties.
- Communicates effectively with staff, doctors, patients, community, and other medical personnel.
- Maintains professional skills and attitudes with colleagues and patients.
- Maintains, coordinates and documents policies and procedures for office.
| DOWNLOAD 2017-2018 DATA |
Retention Rates
- All registered fall/autumn students with registration status for the following fall/autumn.
- Excludes special populations - College Credit Plus, Non Degree, Online Military and University Center.
Potential for upcoming fall/autumn excludes graduates from that fall/autumn, spring and summer terms.
| Academic Year | Retention Rate |
| 2021-2022 | 66.67% |
| 2020-2021 | 44.44% |
| 2019-2020 | 60% |
| 2016 - 2017 | 48% |
| 2015 - 2016 | 50% |
| 2014 - 2015 | 30% |
Graduation Rates
Graduation rates are determined by the office of Institutional Research. To ensure appropriate time for data collection, this report will be run and posted annually in the last week of September for the previous academic year. It should be noted that annual graduation rates may change as students continue to graduate. The following criteria will be utilized for the calculation of graduation rates:
- Overall Program Completion Rate is defined as a percentage of the ratio:
All graduates of the program
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All students with the program in their history of programs of study - For the purposes of reporting, the program completion rates are aggregated by academic year of entry.
- A student is considered to have completed or graduated from a program or certificate by virtue of having been awarded the degree or certificate.
- A student is considered to be undertaking activity in a program of study for the duration of time that they are in an active status in a program or certificate. This is defined by having a Program of Study with a status of ‘A’ during the duration of time they are taking coursework. Should a student move in and out of active status in a program of study while continuing to take coursework, we only take into account the student’s activity while the program has an active status for that particular program of study.
| Academic Year | Graduation Rate |
| 2016 - 2017 | 12.96% |
| 2015 - 2016 | 12.24% |
| 2014 -2015 | 10.87% |
