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Overview

Medical Assistants are multi-skilled allied health professionals specifically educated to work in ambulatory settings performing administrative and clinical duties. Medical Assistants support physicians and nurse providers in a wide range of duties and are employed in varied healthcare settings examples include, private physician offices, large medical practices, clinics, urgent care centers and, other settings dedicated to providing ambulatory healthcare services.

Students in the Medical Assistant degree program are crossed trained to be entry-level prepared in administrative and clinical knowledge, skills, and behaviors relevant to the requirements of the profession. In their last semester of the program, advancing Medical Assistant students, complete an unpaid, supervised, 160-hour practicum in an ambulatory healthcare setting. Successful graduates of the program are eligible to apply for the national certification exam [CMA (AAMA), RMA (AMT), and/or NCMA (NCCT)].

Program Goals and Objectives
  • Graduate quality entry-level professionals into the field of Medical Assistant.
  • To prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
  • Prepare students to sit for a nationally recognized Medical Assistant exam and become a certified medical assistant per accreditation standards.

Annual Outcomes Reporting

2022 MAERB ANNUAL REPORT FORM (ARF)
Submitted to MAERB: 2/09/2023
OutcomeYear 2020
Job Placement Rate80%
OutcomeYear 2020
Retention Rate62.5%
National Certification Exam Passage Rate50%

NYS Department Of Labor (DOL) Long-Term Projections

Expected Growth of Occupations1

NYS DOL Long-Term Industry Projections estimates Ambulatory Health Care Service Industry Employment will increase in NYS by 39.1% and in WNY by 24.3% by 2024.2

NYS DOL Long-Term Occupational Employment Projections, 2012 – 20223
NY StateWestern NY
2016 Annual Wage, Entry-Level MA$26,310 $26,790
Employment Change23.7%18.7%
NYS Employment ProspectiveVery FavorableVery Favorable

1 Data Gathered from https://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/lsproj.shtm 2 Retrieved 4/26/2017 from NYS DOL Employment Projections https://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/2014-2024-Statewide-2012-2022-Regional-long-term-industry-projections.xls 3 Retrieved 4/26/2017 from NYS DOL Employment Projections https://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/2014-2024-Statewide-2012-2022-Regional-Long-Term-Occupational-Projections.xls

Accreditation

The SUNY Niagara Medical Assistant Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
9355 113th St. N., #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
(727)-210-2350
www.caahep.org

Employer Survey

The primary goal of a Medical Assisting Education program is to prepare each graduate to function as a competent Medical Assistant. This survey is designed to help program faculty determine their program’s strengths and those areas that need improvement. All data will be kept confidential and will be used for program evaluation purposes only. We request that this survey be completed by the graduate’s immediate supervisor.

Complete the Employer Survey.

Graduate Survey

The primary goal of a Medical Assisting Education program is to prepare each graduate to function as a competent Medical Assistant. This survey is designed to help program faculty determine their program’s strengths and those areas that need improvement. All data will be kept confidential and will be used for program evaluation purposes only.

Complete the Graduate Survey.

Program Contact

Lindsey Bax, MS, CMA (AAMA)
Program Coordinator
Phone: 
716-614-6222 x4842
Email: lbax@niagaracc.suny.edu
Location: 
C-155
Division Office: 716-614-5940