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Medical Technician Programs at Kaplan Career Institute

• Associate in Specialized Business: Medical Assisting Description: Are you looking to pursue a career in a growing field that allows you to assist others in need? Our health and medical programs offer in-depth training to help prepare you for entry into the exciting field of health care. Through group discussions, lectures, and hands-on laboratory experience, our programs could start you on your way to a rewarding career.

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• Associate in Specialized Technology: Medical Assistant Description: The objective of our medical assistant program is to provide the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for entry-level positions as a medical assistant. The curriculum includes computer technology and word processing to make you more marketable to employers. Prior to graduation, you will be required to complete an externship program at a local clinic, physician's office, hospital, health maintenance organization (HMO), or other allied health facility where you may also find job opportunities. This program offers a curriculum that can train you in the basic fundamentals to help you find entry-level employment in this growing field. Graduates of the program may seek positions in urgent care centers, outpatient surgical centers, and physicians' offices.

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• Associate of Applied Science: Medical Practice Management Description: Our medical office programs offer in-depth training to help prepare you for work in a doctor's office, hospital or insurance agency. With a focus on skills like scheduling appointments, transcribing medical information, filing patient records and handling insurance forms, we could help you on your way to an entry-level position in a medical office.

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• Diploma: Dental Assistant Description: The Dental Assistant program prepares students for entry-level positions as dental assistants in dental offices, clinics or lab environments, with the skills needed for advancement in the dental field, depending upon the student's goals. The program teaches students how to assist a dentist and perform tray setups. Students have the opportunity to learn about patient care techniques, infection control and sterilization, medical emergencies, taking dental x-rays, making dental impressions, various dental instruments, oral evacuation, fixed prosthodontics, pharmacology and pain control and preventive dentistry. Students may take the individual courses separately.

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• Diploma: Medical Assistant Description: The objective of our medical assistant program is to provide the knowledge, technical skills, and work habits required for entry-level positions as a medical assistant. The curriculum includes computer technology and word processing to make you more marketable to employers. Prior to graduation, you will be required to complete an externship program at a local clinic, physician's office, hospital, health maintenance organization (HMO), or other allied health facility where you may also find job opportunities. This program offers a curriculum that can train you in the basic fundamentals to help you find entry-level employment in this growing field. Graduates of the program may seek entry-level positions in urgent care centers, outpatient surgical centers, and physicians' offices.

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• Diploma: Medical Billing and Coding Specialist Description: Medical billing is vital to the smooth functioning of the medical office. Medical billers calculate the total amount due from a patient, prepare invoices to be sent out, and follow up to ensure that payment has been received. Medical Coding involves recording designated codes in patients' medical records. The curriculum includes classroom lectures and lab training in: health insurance including paperwork, legal issues, and insurance fraud and abuse; dental claims; general office procedures, including use of office machines, keyboarding and computer applications; and medical coding and terminology. Upon graduation, you will be able to seek entry-level employment in doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, home health care services, nursing and residential care facilities, and insurance companies.

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• Diploma: Medical Office Specialist Description: The objective of the Medical Office Specialist program is to prepare students for work in the front office of a doctor's office, medical clinic or other healthcare facility. Employment can be found as a receptionist in a hospital or physician's office, transcriptionist, insurance specialist or billing and coding specialist. The main skills students will learn include communication skills - both written and spoken - telephone skills, scheduling, electronic dictation and word processing, health information management, patient and insurance billing, patient records management and general office administration.

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• Diploma: Pharmacy Technician Description: Pharmacy technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication and other health care products to patients. Their specific duties may include counting tablets, labeling bottles, and a variety of other duties that vary according to state rules and regulations. As a pharmacy technician you could work directly under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, preparing prescription medications for distribution to patients. You may be responsible for obtaining refill authorizations, transcribing doctors' orders, and processing insurance claims. Other daily activities may include assisting with quality management and security measures, maintaining patient profiles in a computerized database, and monitoring, ordering, and stocking inventory.

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