Massage Therapy - Diploma

This curriculum has been designed to prepare the graduate for an entry-level position as a massage therapist in a sports medicine facility, spa, health gym, holistic medicine facility or private practice. Massage therapists will learn anatomy and physiology, therapeutic touch, hydrotherapy and Swedish massage.

Medical Assisting - Diploma

This curriculum has been designed to prepare a graduate for an entry-level position as a medical assistant in a physician's office, group practice, clinic, or health maintenance organization. In some instances, graduates will be able to work in a department of a hospital.

Medical assistants will be able to perform procedures such as the taking of vital signs and sterilization. The student will learn the language of pharmacology. The student will administer electrocardiograms, hematology tests and other laboratory procedures. Many diagnostic procedures will be learned as well.

The medical assistant will be able to perform administrative duties including medical office software utilization, coding insurance forms, filing insurance claims, scheduling patients, preparing employee payroll and creating and maintaining patient files in the office.

Medical/Dental Office Administration - Diploma

This curriculum has been designed to prepare a graduate for an entry-level position as an office administrator in a medical or dental outpatient care facility. This could include physicians' offices, medical group practices, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies, dental offices, medical group practices or hospital practices. In some instances, graduates will be able to work in a department of a hospital.

Medical/dental office administrators will perform word processing and accounting functions. The student will file insurance claims and learn to requisition patient records from another doctor. The student will learn to handle emergencies and make decisions regarding scheduling.

Dental Assisting - Associate's

This Associate of Applied Science curriculum has been designed to allow the graduate to work in either the clinical or administration area of a dental office, group practice, clinic or health maintenance organization.

The student will learn to prepare patients, complete tray set-ups for office examination and procedures, as well as take and develop radiographs, mix amalgams and perform lab work. In addition, the graduate will be able to work with various software, as well as file insurance claims, handle office emergencies and schedule patients.

Massage Therapy - Associate's

With the merging of holistic medicine into the ranks of more traditional medicine, it is imperative that the traditional medical assistant join ranks with that of the massage therapist to better understand and broaden the employment ranks of both professions.

By seeking to join the ranks of both programs through programmatic accreditation it is hoped that a keener awareness of the professionalism of massage therapy and its use in the medical field will be more widely accepted. Sports medicine and holistic medicine as well as physical therapy and occupational therapy have used massage therapy as part of their medical practice.

Medical Assisting/Office Administration

Due to the growth and aging of our population and constant technological advances, the demand for quality health care is increasing rapidly. Key to an efficient, profitable office are professionals trained in medical assisting office administration.

Kaplan College is proud to offer a medical assisting/office administration program that is designed to give you real-world knowledge. We are market-driven, offering our specific curriculum because it serves local employment needs. When you earn your education from Kaplan College, you not only learn the skills of medical assisting office administration, you learn skills that you can apply to your everyday life.

Accreditation

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).

The medical assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), on recommendation of the Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistants' Endowment (AAMAE).

Accredited in dental assisting by the American Dental Association Commission on Accreditation of Dental and Dental Auxiliary Educational Programs.