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Medical Assistant

CCMA

A larger clinical and front-office curriculum on the roadmap.

A Medical Assistant edition would require a program-specific curriculum, supervised externship evidence, skill review, and certification mapping. Those workflows are planned rather than available in the CNA preview.

At a glance

Credential
NHA CCMA · AAMA CMA · AMT RMA
Exam
NHA CCMA / AAMA CMA / AMT RMA
Regulator
National certification · not state-licensed
Hours
~600–900 total hrs · ~160 hr externship · Externship + competency credential

Competency model

MAERB competency + externship ledger
$44,200

median · $21.25/hr

+12%

2024–2034 · much faster than average

~112,300

openings / year

National

certification

Why the demand: Outpatient-care expansion and physician-office growth — one of the highest-opening allied-health roles in the country. — BLS OOH, Medical Assistants, May 2024.

The program

What students master.

Explore the planned competencies for this credential.

1

Clinical skills

  • Vital signs & EKG
  • Injections & phlebotomy
  • Specimen collection
  • Assisting with exams
2

Administrative skills

  • Scheduling & EHR
  • Insurance & coding basics
  • Patient intake
  • HIPAA & front-office workflow
3

Externship

  • ~160 supervised hours
  • Preceptor + site-supervisor sign-off
  • MAERB psychomotor competencies to verify
  • Portfolio criteria to validate

On the platform

How CCMA fits the roadmap.

Planned capabilities will be tailored to this program’s training and reporting requirements.

  • 1

    Larger reviewed curriculum

    An MA edition would need approved vitals, injection, phlebotomy, EKG, and externship requirements with distinct evidence rules.

  • 2

    Dual sign-off to build

    Preceptor and site-supervisor authority would require a verified two-party attestation workflow for each applicable competency.

  • 3

    High-volume vertical

    112,300 annual openings make MA one of the strongest revenue verticals for a school operator.

The competitive edge

A planned allied-health edition with certification-eligibility documentation to validate before launch.

On the roadmap

Roadmap — a flagship Tier-2 vertical.

Enrollment

Program prerequisites.

These credential prerequisites inform the planned enrollment experience for this program.

HS diploma / GED
Completion of an accredited program
Immunizations, background check, BLS/CPR

Plan the Medical Assistant roadmap with us.

Book a 30-minute call. We'll show you exactly how CCMA maps onto the platform — and where it sits on the build sequence.

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