Medical Assistant Program at UEI

The Medical Assistant program at UEI College in Bakersfield is structured as a 36-week training program that guides students through eight focused modules. Each module covers specific administrative or clinical skills used in outpatient healthcare settings, along with hands-on practice in the skills lab. The sequence is designed to help students build confidence and competency step by step before entering the externship during the final stage of the program.

Students begin with core concepts such as communication, documentation, and medical terminology and then progress into anatomy, clinical procedures, and administrative tasks. Throughout the program, lab activities reinforce learning through supervised practice of common medical assistant procedures. By the time students reach the externship, they have completed the required modules and demonstrated the essential skills needed for a clinical environment.

Modules Included in the Program

• Administrative Medical Assisting Duties: Introduces the medical assistant role, workplace communication, medical documentation, HIPAA basics, and front and back office procedures. Lab practice includes injections, venipuncture, aseptic technique, and triage.
• Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology: Covers major body systems and how the body functions in relation to patient health. Includes laboratory practice with injections, venipuncture, aseptic technique, and triage.
• Office Environmental Safety, Infection Control and Laboratory: Focuses on maintaining a safe clinical environment, infection control standards, and basic lab procedures. Students practice hands-on skills such as injections and specimen-related tasks.
• Psychology and Special Senses: Introduces psychology concepts related to patient behavior, communication, and sensory system functions. Lab activities reinforce clinical procedures used in patient care.
• Medical Management: Covers administrative responsibilities such as billing, insurance basics, financial transactions, and recordkeeping. Lab practice continues to support clinically focused skills.
• Clinical Medical Assisting Duties: Prepares students for clinical patient care with training in CPR, emergency basics, exam room preparation, and routine clinical support procedures.
• Pharmacology and Office Emergencies: Introduces medication fundamentals, dosage calculations, pharmaceuticals, and office emergency response procedures. Students also strengthen back office clinical skills.
• Externship: Provides supervised real-world experience in an approved healthcare facility where students apply the skills learned throughout the program in a clinical setting.

The module sequence allows students to build on each stage of learning, moving from foundational knowledge to more advanced clinical duties, and then gaining practical experience in the externship. This structured approach supports skill development and readiness for entry-level medical assistant responsibilities.