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There are few industries that offer as much opportunity ad stability as the healthcare industry.  If you are considering a career in healthcare, becoming a Clinical Medical Assistant may be perfect for you.   A career in Medical Assisting could provide you with everything you’re looking for:  A short training period, excellent job opportunities, a good salary, and a professional working environment.

What is a Clinical Medical Assistant (CMA)?  A Clinical Medical Assistant is a medical support professional that performs a variety of tasks to assist physicians in providing patient care, while ensuring that clinics and hospitals run smoothly and efficiently.  While CMAs working in smaller practices may be required to perform some administrative tasks, those working in larger medical facilities focus mainly on providing support services directly related to patient care.  Here at the Academy we offer both Clinical and Administrative programs that can be combined.

Clinical Medical Assistants are more often found at the physician’s side working in close contact with patients.  Typically, Medical Assistants prep rooms and prepare patients for examinations, while helping manage medical supply inventories.  CMAs may also assist nurses and physicians providing direct patient care by taking medical histories, charting vitals, and assisting in examinations and procedures.  Some even perform more advanced tasks under the supervision of a physician such as cleaning and dressing wounds, removing sutures, collecting blood and other specimens as well as administering medication.

Characteristics of a successful Clinical Medical Assistant:  Excellent communicator, ability to multitask, organized, ability to handle stress and think clearly on the fly.  One must be compassionate while still maintaining a professional distance.  This job often involves working with people who are sometimes frustrated, anxious, tired, sick and possibly even dying.

All courses offered either locally at Adult Education Centers in Maine only.  Externships are suggested, please ask your career counselor for more details or assistance in providing those.

Upon registration, program and application materials will be sent to you.

Dental Assistants are the smiles behind the masks; they greet and seat patients, take and record vital signs, and ready the treatment area. They keep patients comfortable during dental care, are a skilled set of hands that dentists depend on for each dental procedure, and so much more. Dental Assistants may:

Organize, clean, and maintain equipment.

Transfer instruments and mix dental materials.

Take impressions and expose dental x-rays.

Make study models and whitening trays.

Suction, prepare anesthetics, apply fluoride.

Assist with selecting tooth shades for fillings, crowns, or dentures.

Coordinate treatment and appointments.

DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION •

ALL INCLUSIVE, 12 WEEKS.

This course is taught by a dentist and is designed to train you for an entry-level career in dental assisting, and to prepare you to sit for the DANB® RHS (Radiation Health and Safety) Exam. During each week you will build the confidence, skills, and knowledge to assist the dentist and be a valuable member of the dental healthcare team. Each week of the course covers a different area of dental practice, allowing students to grasp the material in manageable chunks. Includes optional 1-Day Lab. $3,200

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

All applicants must be 18 years of age. A high school diploma or GED equivalent is also required by program completion. Basic computer skills required.

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Classes are held once a week for 2 hours via Zoom and are recorded; meets for 12 weeks. You may choose to attend the course Live via Zoom or Self-Pace by watching the recorded classes; both program options have instructor support.

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