Medical Assistant Career Training at
Gibbs College - Vienna!
Medical Assisting Associate of Applied Science Degree Program

Get the career support you need to help build a career in a job you love.

The Associate of Applied Science Degree Program in Medical Assisting from Gibbs College – Vienna, Virginia can help give you the skills and confidence you need to begin an exciting medical assisting career in a field that you feel passionate about.

The Medical Assisting Associate of Applied Science Degree Program is designed to provide essential support in the areas of patient care, medical and lab procedures, management and office administration, and give students the academic support along with the hands-on skills essential for a career as a medical assistant. Our quality Medical Assisting program Gibbs College in Vienna, Virginia is designed for careers primarily in settings such as a medical office or clinic.

• Relevant, hands-on skills building courses in clinical procedures, reception, medical coding and bookkeeping, secretarial, medical records and computer applications
• Program completion in as few as 18 months to help get graduates prepared for a medical assistant career
• A curriculum that combines patient-related clinical duties and laboratory procedures with administrative duties of medical office management
• Practical, administrative, interpersonal and clinical skills
• Support throughout the learning process from trained professionals in the medical field

Medical Assisting students awarded the Associate of Applied Science degree should be able to demonstrate the workplace skills of problem solving and rational thinking, professionalism in interpersonal situations and business functions. Graduates should also be proficient in the ability to perform patient-related clinical duties and laboratory procedures as appropriate to the clinical setting. In addition, students should learn the skills to perform the administrative duties of medical office management including reception, medical coding and bookkeeping, secretarial, medical records and computer applications.