Health Occupations: Certified Clinical Medical Assistant - Century High School

A certified clinical medical assistant (CCMA) is a medical assistant who has gone further in their career by qualifying for certification. Medical assistants fulfill both clinical and administrative tasks at hospitals, physicians' offices, and other medical settings. In comparison, CCMA responsibilities focus more on the clinical side of these tasks. These may include measuring patients' vital signs, recording their medical histories, preparing examination rooms, disinfecting medical instruments, drawing blood, giving injections, and administering medication. All of this is usually done under the supervision of a physician. You may also work closely with the physician and aid them during patient examinations by acting as another set of hands. Century Health Science is offering this as a one credit course. Students may complete a clinical rotation.