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Schools Concentrating On Medical Assistants
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at East Georgia College, Gainesville State, Dalton State, and Clayton State.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Bainbridge, Clayton State, and Gainesville State.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Dekalb, Clayton State, Albany Technical, and Sandersville Technical College.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Dekalb, Flint River Technical College, Lanier Technical College, and Central Georgia Technical College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Columbus Tech, Dalton State, Clayton State, and South Georgia Technical College.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Clayton State, North Georgia Technical College, South Georgia Technical College, and Dalton State.
Excellence
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Southeastern Technical College, Sandersville Technical College, Southwest Georgia Technical College, and Middle Georgia Technical College.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
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Mercer University • Macon, GA
Studying Biology (completion in 2012)
• 1/30/2012
"The program's online courses were very good. They helped a lot with the certification."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | I'd recommend it simply because it was a good course. It helped me pass certifications. |
| Program Reputation | 6 | I hear that a lot of people use the program for medical assisting. It is reputable. |
| Program Quality | 4 | It is not aimed particularly at Medical assisting, so I had to take a subsequent training course. The training course was VERY helpful and useful! |
| Instruction | 6 | If considering the program I used as a supplement, it was very helpful. There were a lot of diagrams and easy to understand hints and tips. |
| How Difficult | 5 | The quizzes were more for yourself than for grading. The tests were a little more difficult though. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | There were a lot of visual components and real world scenarios, so it was a good mix. Since it was online there was not as much "hands-on" work though. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 8 | Since it was an online course, you could access it at any time. As long as you did the assignments within a week or so you were good. |
| Academic Facilities | I did not use any facilities. It was all online. | |
| Social Life | Again, it was all online. There were chat rooms and help forums though. | |
| Placement Services | 5 | The program was more for people who were already placed in a job and were taking the courses for certification. They did have a suggested list though. |
| Alumni Network | There really isn't one there since it was an online program. There were some people who you could contact for help though. |
Sanford-Brown • Atlanta, GA
Studying Medical Assisting (completion in 2007)
• 4/10/2012
"I wish that the school had been more accessible. If I needed to ask a question of one of my professors, it was very hard to contact them or even find them in the school after class hours. Also, after I graduated it was very hard to contact anyone about job placement or even getting copies of my transcripts."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | I would recommend my school as far as the preparations for the job market go. I feel that I learned all the proper information to get and maintain a job in the field, but I wasn't 100% satisfied with my school experience. |
| Program Reputation | The school that I went to is fairly far away from where I work/live. I rarely hear any feedback on the school that I went to from others. | |
| Program Quality | 7 | The school that I attended seemed to cover all of the important material very well, but the teachers were not satisfactory. The classes were interesting and important to the work that I do now, but I was not satisfied with the lack of respect from staff. |
| Instruction | 6 | Some of the instructors were very educated and seemed to genuinely value their career, while others seemed to just be there for the paycheck. Some classes required a lot of silent reading instead of hands on learning. |
| How Difficult | 5 | Some of the more scientific classes that I took seemed extremely difficult. Others, regarding learning how to perform the tasks of a Medical Assistant seemed easier for me to learn. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | Most classes had a fair mixture, but I felt as if there was slightly more book learning than hands-on. There was a lot of book reading and writing. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 10 | I was able to take either morning, afternoon or evening classes. I also had the option of summer classes or weekend classes. |
| Academic Facilities | 3 | The professors were basically inaccessible. There was no library to speak of and no facilities to use computers for class work, either. Not that I can remember, at least. |
| Social Life | 1 | There was none of this to speak of. My school was more like a community college, so there were no athletics or organized events. |
| Placement Services | 3 | I feel as if I did all of my job searching on my own. My school offered to help but it was very hard to get an appointment with the job placement officers at the school. |
| Alumni Network | 1 | I have never heard anything from the school again after graduating. As a matter of fact, I didn't even get an invitation to the graduation ceremony. I received my certificate in the mail and heard about the ceremony after it had happened. |
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