Diploma

Help others while helping yourself.

Are you looking to pursue a career in a growing field that allows you to assist others in need? Glen Oaks College, Riverside campus, offers training to help prepare you for an entry-level position as a medical assistant.

With continuing advances in medicine helping people live longer, the aging population is increasing, creating more employment opportunities within the health care industry. In fact, Medical Assistants are one of the fastest growing occupations over the period 2006-2016.* This is your opportunity!

The Medical Assistant program provides hands-on training from professional instructors in a student-friendly environment. Through group discussions, lectures, and hands-on laboratory experience, our Medical Assistant program is designed to help you develop skills that will get you started in the job market and the industry.

Program Overview

The objective of the Medical Assistant program is to learn a wide variety of medical office skills, both administrative and clinical. Graduates of the program may have the skills and knowledge to pursue entry-level positions in physician offices, HMO facilities, clinics, urgent care, rehabilitation centers, and other allied healthcare facilities.

The Medical Assistant performs routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep health care settings running efficiently. Duties may include updating patient files, charting histories, arranging lab services, taking vital signs, administering injections, sterilizing medical instruments, and assisting physicians during examinations. Graduates from the eight-month program will generally perform their duties under the supervision of a physician in a medical office, HMO practice, clinics, or other medical facilities.

Upon successful completion of the program requirements, the graduates will be awarded a diploma. Although the College will assist students with job placement, finding employment is the individual responsibility of the student. The College does not guarantee that any student will be placed in any of the jobs described, or placed at all.