Medical Assisting - Short-term Healthcare Certificates

SCC's Medical Assisting program now offers an alternative to completing the full three-term program. Students can select specific courses within the program and earn an SCC short-term Healthcare Certificate as a Medical Office Receptionist, Phlebotomist or EKG Aide.

SCC offers short-term Healthcare Certificates in the following areas of study:

Students may exit the Medical Assistant program after earning any or all three of these certificates or choose to expand their career options by completing the full 1300-hour Medical Assisting program.

Additional courses needed to complete the full Medical Assistant Program are:

• MEA0560 - Medical Assisting
• MEA0801 - Medical Assisting Externship
• MEA0565 - Medical Assisting II
• MEA0258 - Basic X-Ray

• Minimum age of 17 years old to apply to the program.
• Provide official transcripts from your High School Diploma or GED
• Complete the SCC Application.
• Take the TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education). The SCC Assessment and Testing Center is located in the Sanford/Lake Mary Campus Student Services Building A and can be contacted by calling 407.708.2020

If you have additional questions concerning the Medical Assistant Program, please contact the Health Career Programs Office at 407.708.2445.

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