Successful graduates will achieve the CMAP Certified Medical Assisting Professional designation, in addition to their diploma. They are fully qualified to work in a hands-on administrative /clinical support capacity in any medical field, such as a unit clerk in a hospital nursing unit or outpatient department. Some of their tasks and duties would include:

·Maintaining patient charts and transcribing doctor’s orders related to: surgery, patient activity and patient positioning, nursing unit observation, nursing treatment; dietary, medication, diagnostic imaging, laboratory (including recording of telephoned orders), admission, discharge, transfer, and post-mortem

Admitting, pre-op procedures, and hospital census recording

Patient scheduling including: bed, operating room, ambulatory, ambulance and community special services

Recording vital signs, ordering diets, ordering supplies, processing daily laboratory tests and filing reports, handling emergencies and special services