Drake launches medical assistant program

(21st June, 2010)

Drake launches medical assistant program  | read this item

Drake State Technical College is expanding its Applied Technology studies by adding medical assistant to its curriculum.

The medical assistant program is intended to prepare students to provide patient care in doctors’ offices, minor emergency centers, long-term care facilities among other medical clinics.

In a press release announcing the new program, Drake State said employment for medical assistants is projected to grow 34 percent by 2018 by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook.

Students will begin enrolling in the medical assistant program in the fall.

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