The mission of Baker College's Medical Assistant Program is to prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession. Students will gain the core knowledge and skills needed to provide professional care while performing administrative and clinical tasks in a healthcare setting.
The goal of this Medical Assistant Program is to provide the healthcare community a multi-skilled healthcare professional specifically educated to work in ambulatory settings performing administrative and clinical duties. The practice of medical assisting has a profound influence on the health and wellbeing of the community and requires mastery level knowledge and skills obtained by both a formal education and a practical experience. In addition, the Medical Assistant program at Baker College prepares its graduates to participate and pass a National Certification exam. These goals will be accomplished by meeting the essentials as well as the standards and guidelines adopted by and set forth by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA).
By the end of the program, students will...