OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Medical assistant program
Mercy College of Health Sciences and CHI Health have partnered to fill the critical need for medical assistants in the Omaha area. Here’s your chance to make an impact and become a certified medical assistant (MA) in just one year!
No SAT or ACT scores required to enroll — just a high school diploma or GED.
ENROLL TODAY — EARN TOMORROW
The Omaha, Nebraska, cohort has open seats — talk to an admissions counselor now!
Program Length
In-Person Skills Labs
Start Dates Per Year: Fall, Spring & Summer
Employment Rate Among Graduates1
YOUR BODY OF WORK
WHAT DOES A MEDICAL ASSISTANT DO?
Medical assistants provide critical physician support services to ensure healthcare facilities run smoothly. As an MA you will act as an important patient liaison in a variety of healthcare settings — such as clinic offices for physicians, podiatrists, and other health practitioners.
Administrative duties
- Welcome patients
- Answer telephones
- Schedule appointments
- Update and file patient medical records
- Code and fill out insurance forms
- Arrange for hospital admissions and laboratory services
- Handle correspondence, billing and bookkeeping
Healthcare duties
- Collect medical histories
- Take vitals
- Draw blood
- Explain treatment procedures to patients
- Administer medications (as directed)
- Prepare patients for examinations
- Assist the physician during examinations
- Perform basic laboratory tests
- Transmit prescription refills (as directed)
- Provide wound care
YOUR 1-YEAR COMMITMENT
- 2 start dates available in September or January
- 100% online Mercy College coursework
- 2 six-hour hands-on skill boot camps with an approved instructor
- 160 hours of in-person clinical practicum (that equates to four 40-hour work weeks)
- Tuition is charged per credit hour, making it more affordable to enroll in your professional courses
- Unlimited flexibility! Hold a full-time job and earn while you learn.
YOUR FUTURE IN HEALTHCARE
- 100% job placement rate
- Post-graduation job opportunities available at CHI Health clinics!
- 20-30% projected job growth in the next 10 years1
- Unlimited launchpad for several other healthcare career opportunities
- Tuition repayment options available in most MA positions
Quality education delivered to you
Mercy College of Health Sciences and CHI Health have partnered to fill the critical need for medical assistants in the Omaha, Nebraska, area. We’re committed to providing a convenient, accredited, affordable medical assisting education to students, no matter how far you might be from our downtown Des Moines campus.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? Check out our FAQs!
Begin your Journey
Ready to Chart Your Course as a Mercy College student? Our simple, hassle-free admissions process will have you starting classes in no time, and our admissions team will guide you every step of the way!
1:1 ENROLLMENT CONSULTATION
Speak with a Mercy College admissions counselor to answer any program questions and start your MA application.
COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION
Our streamlined admissions process is quick and easy and facilitated completely online. Feel free to start, stop, and complete all through our enrollment platform.
COMMIT TO ONE YEAR
Your Mercy College team and fellow MA cohort peers will be with you every step of the way.
LAUNCH YOUR NEW CAREER
After you complete the MA program and pass your Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) exam nothing will stop you! Mercy College is partnering with CHI Health to fill the critical need for medical assistants in Omaha and beyond.
COMPLETE A FREE APPLICATION
The Medical Assisting program is a direct admit program. When you are admitted to Mercy College, you are admitted into the Medical Assisting program! To get started, complete the Mercy College application. If you are transferring credits, please visit our transfer page to learn more.
The following courses and sequencing is a sample of required courses to graduate from the Medical Assisting program. The following courses are designed to allow students to sit for the Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) Exam.
Semester 1
8-Week Term
MA 101 – Medical Assisting Administrative Procedures (4 cr)
7-Week Term
MA 106 – Anatomy and Physiology (4 cr)
SEMESTER 2
8-Week Term
MA 102 – Medical Assisting Clinical Procedures I (4 cr)
7-Week Term
MA 122 – Medical Assisting Clinical Procedures II (4 cr)
Semester 3
8-Week Term
MA 108 – Diseases of the Human Body (3 cr)
MA 203 – Medical Assisting Practicum I (2 cr)
7-Week Term
MA 201 – Medical Assisting Professional Components (2cr)
MA 204 – Medical Assisting Practicum II (2 cr)
TOTAL: 25 MAJOR CREDITS
The Medical Assisting program has three convenient start dates to match your needs. View our full academic calendar.
FALL: September
SPRING: January
SUMMER: May
*Pending final approval from the Medical Assisting Educational Review Board.
