Medical Office Administration or Medical Assistant?
I am trying to decide to go to school for Medical Assistant or for Medical Office Administration.
There is a two year waiting period for nursing as well as physical therapist assistant and many other programs at the local colleges.
The two programs that I can get into are
Medical Office Administration
and
Medical Assistant
The school offers a 12 month class for Medical Office Administration and a 16 month class for Medical Assistant.
Neither one offers a degree but a Certificate.
This is an accredited College that is available for Pell Grants from FASFA.
Brookstone College of Business in Greensboro North Carolina and it’s not a cheap school at
$16,800 for Medical Assistant
$12,000 for Medical Office Administration
There is also an internship near the end of the school program. and a job placement specialist and so far all of their graduates have all got jobs.
Right now I am just trying to choose between the two.
The person I spoke with at the school told me that Medical Assistant’s make more money, and men in the field are in high demand.
The problem is that everything I see online tells me that Medical Office Administration makes more money.
I have searched Salary.com and a few other places.
Has anyone here worked at either, or know someone who has.
I am not planning on doing any additional education years later to become a nurse or anything so whatever I choose would be a the career path I go into.
My questions are these
1) Which position makes more money?
2) Which position would be easier to get?
3) What is a typical day like for these two positions?
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medical assistant it primes the way for nursing or nurse practitioner or dr
I am currently studying to be a Medical Assistant, I have heard that they make more money then a Medical Office Assistant. Do whatever you think would be suitable for you, either is a good career path.
There actually aren’t supposed to be too many jobs for the medical assistant (or medical biller or coder) despite what those private $$ schools proclaim. Please do Not spend that kind of money on vo-tech training
Just fyi that the medical office administration program should have similar coursework to the medical assistant one but without the clinical/hands-on training.
If still wanting training, please consider the county vo-tech school or community college as long as it’s accredited within the industry.
US colleges:
Please steer clear of those online, for-profit schools such as strayer, penn foster, u of phoenix, capella, kaplan, ITT tech, sanford brown, devry, walden, stratford career, US career and others as they are merely out to ‘make a profit’: and can type into search.
General career info: and can search ‘medical assistants’, ‘physical therapist assistants’ or such.