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Location(s): YTI Career Institute - York

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YTI Career Institute - York offers an Associate in Specialized Technology degree in Medical Assistant for those individuals interested in a diverse, entry-level career in an ambulatory healthcare field. The Medical Assistant program is designed to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains. The program offers a complete range of administrative and clinical skills providing graduates with the necessary competencies to secure employment as a Medical Assistant in a general/specialty practice, inpatient healthcare facility or clinic.

Program Requirements

Total Quarter Credits: 106

† This course satisfies General Education requirements

Courses are delivered in a hybrid format, except “*” indicates course is fully online, and “**” indicates course is fully on-ground

Length of Program: Twenty (20) months, consisting of eight (8) ten-week quarters.

Maximum class section size for this program is fifty (50) students for on-line lecture and twenty-four students (24) in lab.

The Medical Assistant program is offered in a Hybrid delivery format, with didactic instruction occurring online, hands-on labs occurring on campus and final term externship occurring off campus. Online instruction is primarily asynchronous, with assignments and homework accessible 24 hours a day/seven days per week through the Learning Management System (LMS). Labs are scheduled 2-3 times per week. Students will need to reserve approximately 25-30 hours per week for educational activities and study.