Medical Assistant / Trade Career Programs in San Bernardino County CA

HealthStaff Training Institute:
Located in Ontario CA in southwestern San Bernardino County (35 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles), HealthStaff Training Institute is a professional, private vocational school that trains individuals to become capable allied health care or business professionals. Course options include Clinical & Administrative Medical Assistant, Medical Billing & Coding, Pharmacy Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, Drug & Alcohol Counseling, and Computerized Office & Accounting.

Allied Health / Career Training Programs:

Administrative Medical Assistant:
Duration: 25 weeks / 600 clock hours / 25 Credit Hours

Course modules include:
- Introduction to Business Procedures.
- Human Relations.
- Patient Billing & Collection/Financial Management.
- Basic Safety & Infection Control, Emergency preparedness, Nutrition & Health.
- Medical Terms & Abbreviations.
- Introduction to Health Insurance.

Clinical Medical Assistant:
Duration: 25 weeks / 600 clock hours / 25.5 Credit Hours

Course modules include:
- Medical Law and Ethics.
- Applied Anatomy and Physiology along with a Human Relations course.
- Use of care of diagnostic equipment.
- Laboratory procedures, phlebotomy, and the proper techniques required to collect specimens for laboratory analysis.
- Pharmacology, drug administration and dosage calculations.

Clinical & Administrative Medical Assistant:
Duration: 36 weeks / 930 clock hours / 42.0 Credit Hours 

Course modules include:
- Medical Law and Ethics.
- Applied Anatomy and Physiology along with a Human Relations course.
- Use of care of diagnostic equipment.
- Laboratory procedures, phlebotomy, and the proper techniques required to collect specimens for laboratory analysis.
- Pharmacology, drug administration and dosage calculations.

Computerized Office & Accounting:
Duration: 20 weeks / 510 Clock hours / 21.5 Credit hours

Course modules include:
- General office procedures, telephone skills, keyboarding.
- Computer software applications; Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, and Internet operations.
- Basic Accounting, Spreadsheets.
- Written communication skills, word processing.
- Technical skills needed to learn basic computer programs.

Drug & Alcohol Counseling:
Duration: 29 weeks / 636 clock hours / 28.5 Credit Hours

Course modules include:
- Basics of addiction
- The 12 core functions of a counselor
- Ethics and special treatment issues
- Basic counseling skills and methods
- Advanced counseling theories and techniques

Medical Billing & Coding:
Duration: 12-weeks / 240 clock hours / 15.0 Credit Hours

Course modules include:
- Medical Office Etiquette & Ethics.
- Career Management & Communication Skills.
- Medisoft and other computer programs.
- Coding Techniques for CPT.
- Coding Techniques for ICD-9 & ICD-10.
- Completion of the HCFA 1500 form.

Pharmacy Technician:
Duration: 30 weeks / 720 clock hours / 27.5. Credit Hours

Students receive instruction in pharmacy law and drug legislation, drug nomenclature, dosage forms, weights, measures and calculations.

Emphasis is placed on diagnoses, medications, drug classifications, chemotherapy and antibiotic, automated drug distribution, sterile preparation and extemporaneous compounding.

Phlebotomy Technician:
Duration: 6 weeks / 100 clock hours / 4.2 Credit Hours

Course modules include:
- Safety Universal Precaution & Infection Control
- Anatomy & Medical Terminology
- Proper Identification of Patient & Specimens
- Selection & Preparation of Skin Puncture
- Blood Collection Equipment
- Post Puncture Care & Proper Disposal of Sharps & Waste