Medical Assisting
Get the Skills to Begin a Career as a Medical Assistant in as few as 10 Months
Medical assistants play a vital role in today's healthcare field by helping doctors and staff give the best care possible to the ultimate client: the patient. Training in the Medical Assisting program offered at our campuses across Connecticut and Massachusetts can lead to a career where what you do really matters!
Hybrid Program – Lecture online, labs on campus
Offered at: Bridgeport CT, Hamden CT, New London CT, Waterbury CT, Brockton MA, Chicopee MA and Worcester MA
- Graduates earn a diploma
- Program Length: 10 months
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, CREDENTIALS
The sixth module of the program provides credentialing exam review where students will prepare to successfully pass a national exam to become a Certified Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant. The first attempt is covered in the cost of the program.
How/When to Apply
We start new sessions on a regular basis.
Next Start Date: October 23, 2023
At Porter and Chester Institute, we're making it easier than ever for you to enroll using our automated application portal. Upload your documents and start the financial aid process without the hassle of drawn-out application processes. And our admissions staff is still available to help you every step of the way. Taking control of your career just got easier!
Delivery of Instruction
Hybrid Standard and Extended On-campus Options Available for Day and Evening
Standard Day - On-campus Lab hours: 9am - 3pm
- 1-2 Lab sessions per week, based on course needs
Online Learning
- 3-4 Online (asynchronous) sessions per week, based on course needs
Standard Evening - On-campus Lab hours: 5pm – 9pm
- 1-2 Lab sessions per week, based on course needs
Online Learning
- 3-4 Online (asynchronous) sessions per week, based on course needs
Extended On-campus Day - On-campus Lab hours: 9am - 3pm
- 3-4 Lab sessions per week, based on course needs
Online Learning
- 1-2 Online (asynchronous) sessions per week, based on course needs
Extended On-campus Evening - On-campus Lab hours: 5pm – 9pm
- 3-4 Lab sessions per week, based on course needs
Online Learning
- 1-2 Online sessions per week, based on course needs
Student Notification
Retention Outcome Data: Porter and Chester Institute – Hamden campus (PCI) diligently strives to ensure our students have the necessary resources and support throughout and after their education and training to be successful in the workforce. Effective March 2023, after significant evaluation and much discussion with employers regarding our programmatic accreditation of PCI’s Medical Assisting program, PCI has decided to relinquish its accreditation with Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) and notified the agency in March 2023. The Medical Assisting program will remain programmatically accredited by ABHES until January 5, 2024. PCI frequently uses retention rates to gage the effectiveness of our education programs. PCI’s retention rate currently is 64% which is below 70% retention rate required; as prescribed by ABHES, our programmatic accreditor for our Medical Assisting program; prompting this program being put on show cause warning status by ABHES.
PCI will continue to provide the Medical Assisting program to all students currently enrolled and expected to graduate by January 5, 2024. These students will graduate from an ABHES accredited program. Students enrolled after March 2023 have been told that the program is no longer programmatically accredited by ABHES moving forward.
The teach-out date for HA will be 01/05/2024. Any student’s needing to complete failed courses and graduate as ABHES accredited program would need to transfer to WB after the January 2024 date.
Porter and Chester Institute will continue offering a Medical Assisting program at our Hamden Campus. However, it will not be programmatically accreditated by ABHES.
We thank you for your support and your choice to train at PCI and look forward to your continued success upon completion of your program.
PCI-Hamden
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