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Texas Medical Assistant Training
If you enjoy working with people and would like to make a difference in the lives of others, you should consider receiving training to become a Texas medical assistant. Medical assistants work with doctors and patients in a variety of medical environments, performing administrative and clinical tasks. As a Texas medical assistant, you can anticipate recording vital signs, taking medical histories, assisting during patient examinations, scheduling appointments, arranging lab services and many more front and back office duties.
Westwood College could be your initiation into the rewarding world of medical assisting. Westwood offers a fast-tracked, career-focused Texas medical assistant training program. You can choose from three options: Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston medical assistant training program. All three locations provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to landing a rewarding Texas medical assistant career after graduation.
Those students graduating from Westwood’s Houston medical assistant training program can take advantage of their close proximity to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest concentration of research and medical facilities. Job opportunities are plentiful in the Houston area and all around the state as well.
Besides the hands-on and simulated classroom training, Westwood’s medical assistant programs offer a 160-hour externship where students work and train in an actual medical office. This professional experience is essential in securing a job as a medical assistant in Texas or anywhere across the country.
If you would rather not perform clinical duties but still want to work in the medical industry, you should consider enrolling in another program in Westwood's Texas medical college—medical insurance coding & billing.
Complete this form or call 877.852.6608 to learn more about the campuses and programs available at Westwood College in Texas.