Do you enjoy helping others? Do you have strong communication skills and good organizational and multi-tasking abilities? If you are interested in a career in the medical field where you work directly alongside doctors to help patients in need, a career as a Clinical Medical Assistant could be a great choice for you!
With High Desert Medical College’s Hybrid, Hands-on, and Online courses, you can get the training you need for this rewarding healthcare career in as few as 34 weeks!
At High Desert Medical College, our Clinical Medical Assisting program in Bakersfield, is designed to prepare students to enter one of the fastest-growing professions in the health care industry. Clinical Medical Assistants are critical allied health professionals, performing an assortment of duties in the offices of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. This 34-week program provides students with intensive training emphasizing the use of the Electronic Health Records system, ICD-10 Medical Billing and coding, as well as venipunctures and EKG's. Students also receive real-world on-the-job experience through an Externship.
Students in the Clinical Medical Assisting program learn how to:
