The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.
Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding, and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Credentials: Associate Degree
Completion Time: Two Years
Open to High School Students: No
Offered in Spanish: No
Campus Available:
Main Campus (Kinston)
PROGRAM CONTACT
BEFORE applying to the medical assisting program, a student must complete all developmental courses including reading, English and math, and must satisfy the math prerequisite by completing one of the following:
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) accredited programs are required to meet outcomes’ benchmarks annually. The following table reports MAERB’s minimum outcomes and Lenoir Community College’s Medical Assisting Program’s each year average.
Year | Retention | Job Placement | Exam Participation | Exam Pass |
---|---|---|---|---|
>=60% | >=60% | >=30% | >=60% | |
2022 | 66.67% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2021 | 83.33% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2020 | 66.67% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2019 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2018 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
5-Year | 84.62% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
*Reporting outcome changed.
Undocumented Immigrants
NOTE: Federal law prohibits states from granting professional licenses to undocumented immigrants (see NCCCS CC-13-019, 8 U.S.C. 1621(a) and (c)(1)(A) and SBCC Code 1DSBCCC 400.2(b)(5)). It is the current position of the North Carolina Attorney General that individuals with DACA classification are not eligible to receive in-state tuition. Students lawfully present in the United States shall have priority over any undocumented immigrant in any class or program of study when capacity limitations exist.