The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, and computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, and supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.

Graduates of Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)-accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants.

Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.

The ECC Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants Endowment (AAMAE).

In all health science curricula, students are assigned clinical rotations with area health care agencies. Prior to or at any time after admission, the health sciences student may be required to submit a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

Admission Policy and Procedures

Medical Assisting Degree Graduation Plan

Health Sciences Information Sessions

If you are a new student who is interested in learning more about Medical Assisting, please contact Admission Counselor Jonathan Wirt.

Medical Assisting Faculty Advisor

Elizabeth M. Sprinkle, CMA (AAMA), BA
Program Chair, Medical Assisting and Medical Transcription
Edgecombe Community College
(252) 446-0436 x353