Medical assistants support doctors and other healthcare providers with both patient care and office work. You’ll work in places like doctor’s offices, clinics, and urgent care centers. Most days, you’re the first person a patient sees and the last one they talk to before they leave.
The Kino College Professional Medical Assistant Program trains you for all of it, not just the parts that happen behind a desk.
The program runs 720 clock hours over 9 months. You start with the basics, then build toward the hands-on clinical and administrative skills you’ll use on the job.
| Course | Course Number | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Entry to the Program | PMA031 | 92 |
| Clinical Skills I | PMA032 | 108 |
| Clinical Skills II | PMA033 | 108 |
| Clinical Skills III | PMA034 | 108 |
| Administrative Skills | PMA035 | 108 |
| Entry to the Profession | PMA036 | 196 |
| Total | 720 hours |
Classes mix lecture, hands-on labs, and real patient interaction, so you’re practicing skills, not just reading about them. A Kino College physician oversees the curriculum and keeps it current with today’s healthcare standards.
Most of your instructors are doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who still work in healthcare. You’re learning from people who use these skills every day, in the same kind of buildings where you’ll train.
Class sizes stay small, so you get real time with your instructors instead of just a seat in a lecture hall.
Halfway through your program, you start working in a real clinic with real patients. You’ll draw blood, give injections, and room patients months before your externship even begins. We call it Midternship.
Clinical staff get to know Kino College students early. Many are invited back for their externship, and some are hired right where they trained. Every student also completes a full clinical externship near the end of the program, putting your whole skill set to work in a real setting.
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