Wood-Tobe Coburn

Do you like to help people? Are you curious about the way our bodies work? Can you see yourself educating  patients to help them stay healthy? A career as a medical assistant might be right for you!
Medical assistants play an important role in a medical office by performing both clinical skills and administrative tasks. During Wood Tobe-Coburn's medical assisting program, students take concentrated courses in pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, and medical laboratory procedures. An 8-week externship also helps students practice what they have learned. Wood Tobe-Coburn students learn in classrooms designed to simulate a functional medical office, including commonly found equipment.

Upon graduation and under the direction of a physician, medical assistants are able to perform a variety of clinical tasks, including measuring patients' vital signs, administering medications and injections, recording information in medical records-keeping systems, preparing and handling medical instruments and supplies, and collecting and preparing specimens of bodily fluids and tissues for laboratory testing.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, for the entire US, “jobseekers who want to work as a medical assistant should find excellent job prospects. Medical assistants are projected to account for a very large number of new jobs, and many other opportunities will come from the need to replace workers leaving the occupation. Medical assistants with formal training or experience—particularly those with certification—should have the best job opportunities, since employers generally prefer to hire these workers.”

Graduates of Wood Tobe-Coburn's program can take the National Certification Examination to become a Certified Medical Assistant. The Wood Tobe-Coburn  Medical Assisting Programs are 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). The address and telephone number of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs are 1361 Park Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, (727) 210-2350.


Wood Tobe-Coburn graduates work in:
•    Private medical offices
•    Hospitals
•    Clinics

At Wood Tobe-Coburn, you’ll:
•    Learn specific clinical procedures as well as office procedures
•    Learn essential skills to apply as you advance in your career
•    Be qualified for entry level medical assistant positions upon graduation
•    Have access to Wood Tobe-Coburn's placement department to help get you the job