6 Unusual Jobs for Business Administration Graduates

You may be under the impression that any business administration job you get after graduation will be a corporate 9-to-5 job that has to do with numbers. That’s a misconception. Career options in business administration are endless. Getting the proper education is the first step. Once you have your associate degree, it can take you down a path with myriad possibilities.

Here are six jobs you can qualify for with an associate degree in business administration:

Retail manager

You’ll be in charge of the stores sales team and will set performance goals, develop employee training programs, analyze sales numbers, oversee budgets and help with marketing efforts. You’ll also likely be the person customers come to with complaints, and you’ll mediate issues among employees.

Restaurant or food services manager

If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you know that it can be a frantic place. The restaurant manager has to be a Jack or Jill of all trades, managing the day-to-day business operations and handling customer service responsibilities.

Property or community association manager

In this role, you’ll monitor a residential, commercial or industrial property and make sure that it is maintained properly and keeps its resale or leasing value up. Most likely you’ll work in an office and keep track of lease agreements, collect rent, screen tenants, manage budgets, handle maintenance and tenant requests, and even recruit tenants. You may also be called upon to show apartments to potential tenants, inspect the grounds and supervise property maintenance workers.

Special events coordinator

If you enjoy planning parties, meetings or marketing events, this could be the job for you. When you study business administration, you’ll learn how to manage a business. Managing a special event is similar. You could work for a big company or even hire yourself out to multiple companies. Your duties could include arranging all details for special events, including locations, transportation, meals, décor and entertainment.

Account executive

If you work for a company as an account executive, you’ll be assigned a client list and need to make sure the company is handling each client’s needs. If your job is in an advertising agency, you’ll meet with clients to talk about their advertising needs, present ad campaign ideas and costs, maintain the advertising budget and invoice the client, and make sales pitches to win new accounts.

Human resources administrator

As a liaison between employees and management, your job will entail recruiting new staff, conducting orientation meetings for new hires, distributing benefits information, discussing workplace concerns and more. In some smaller companies, you might also administer payroll and help employees determine their benefits.

These are only a few possibilities for business administration graduates. The field is extremely versatile and very much in demand. According to O*NET Online, jobs in business administration are projected to grow faster than average through 2026. When you enroll in an associate degree program, you’ll learn about human resources and business management, marketing, finance and accounting, and the legal environment of modern business. You can apply your knowledge in nearly every industry.

If you think the versatility of a business administration career might be for you, consider studying at MTI College Sacramento. The Business Administration Degree program at MTI provides training in general administrative skills and the principles of business management. You will also:

• Increase your self-confidence by developing interpersonal skills to help you deal with people
• Improve your communication and listening skills by learning to write reports, letters and emails; deliver presentations; and negotiate with customers and colleagues
• Become an involved team player working in a collaborative environment
• Learn to provide excellent customer service by understanding your company’s services and how to best present them to your customers and satisfy their needs
• Solve problems and make decisions that can help your company grow and profit
• Exert your creativity by presenting new ideas and making innovations that make an impact

Moreover, your education at MTI offers hands-on experience and instruction from teachers who have worked in business. They share their experiences with you and put you into real-world scenarios that you may well be faced with once you enter the business workplace.

There’s no time like the present to begin your business administration career training. Contact MTI today.

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Bobs and Lobs and Bangs: Hair Trends for 2019

When the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2019 ushers in hope, expectation and change. Is one of your resolutions – or desires – for the new year to change your look? An easy way to start fresh is with a new haircut or color.

Here’s a sneak peek at some hair trends that might be just what you’re hoping for:

The cut’s the thing, and Bob’s your uncle.

If you want a short- or medium-length cut, a bob is the one of choice for 2019. However, this year’s bob is a little different than the layered one of the past. Bring your style into the new year with a blunt-cut jawline bob that falls somewhere between your ears and chin, with the back slightly shorter. Wear it sleek or rounded with a deep side part for a retro look. If your preference is a no-fuss, messy style, just tousle, texturize and it’s done. If you want more structure and something très chic, go with the French girl bob. It’s squared off at the bottom and rests between the cheekbone and jawline. Its signature feature is high, heavy, straight-across bangs (reminiscent of how your mother may have cut them in your early years).

Are you “lob-bying” for a new look in 2019?

Longer than a bob, the lob can hit at the base of the neck or top of the collarbone. This cut is extremely versatile and can be messy or not, layered or weighted and structured. Try blending in interior layers – “lion’s mane” layering – and using mousse to get volume without weight – an ideal style if your hair is thin. A blunt cut along the perimeter is also a good choice for the medium lob. Part it in the middle and let it do its thing, and you’ll rock in 2019.

Send 2018 out with a whisper and bring in the new year with a bang (er, bangs).

Any style of fringe is going to work wonders in 2019 – and with any hair length. Try your bob with blunt bangs or shorter fringe that blends into gradual layers. If your hair is long, you may want to go with a casual curtain-style, face-framing bang. There’s always the retro ’60s waif-style bangs and ultra-long, straight locks. Can you picture that floral mini-dress and go-go boots? Yep. That’s it. Maybe you’re more of a wild child. Try thick bangs that hang over your eyes and try pairing them with a heavy layered cut that stops at your neckline. Then texturize the heck out of it!

Pixies are not always elves.

Most of us have had a pixie cut at one time or another, but the “new” pixie is grown up … and grown out. It looks as if you’ve decided to let your hair grow again. The “shaggy” pixie’s top is generally longer and choppier than the sides and can actually be styled. Curl it a little, texturize or tousle to change it up. A variation of the grown-up pixie is still top heavy, but it has shaved or slicked-back sides.

What’s old is new again.

Well, what goes around, comes around – even with hairstyles. Some popular styles for 2019 will take their cues from the 1960s and 1970s. Remember the beehive styles of the ’60s? They’re coming back. So are the long bangs that were popular then, as well as the straight, long, center-parted hair of the ’70s. Vintage shaggy layers are also going to be popular, including those reminiscent of the 1990s.

Tone down the color, but amp up the richness.

In 2018, color trends crossed the rainbow. Next year promises to tone it down a bit – except for rainbow wigs in hot colors (lemon yellow, anyone?). Watch for inky black, ash gray, chocolate with copper, chestnut with gold and strawberry with honey highlights. Creamy, multi-dimensional blonde and blonde with rose-gold highlights look to be popular. The bold pinks, blues and plums are more likely to show up as pops of color or in hair tips. If your tresses are curly, you may be interested in trying Pintura highlights, which are highlights painted on rather than with foils. They bring a lightness to the face, but since everyone’s curls are unique, the look will also be different.

Don’t just style your hair; decorate it.

Here’s a new one: put a micro-braid down your center part or at your hairline. Do you have several barrettes or hair clips? Wear them all at once. Fashion a fancy chignon or top knot, and add some beads, flowers or feathers to it. You might also try a technique called braid pressing that gives a slightly crimped look to your center-parted locks.

These are trends for hair that are expected to be big in 2019. Maybe you’ll decide on one for your new look. If you enjoy being really creative with your hair, you might use one of these as an idea and go from there. If that’s more you, consider a career in cosmetology. MTI College’s Paul Mitchell The School helps you develop the beauty and cosmetology skills you need for a rewarding career. Classes are small, and the one-on-one attention you receive from your instructors – professional hairstylists and estheticians – helps you succeed.

Make 2019 your year. Register for the cosmetology program at  MTI College today.

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A Day in the Life of a Medical Assistant

Medical assistants wear many hats while helping doctors perform various clinical and administrative duties.

When you graduate from the medical assistant program at MTI College, you will have the background needed for an entry-level position with many possibilities.

What does a typical day for a medical assistant look like? Imagine for a moment that you are a medical assistant in a small office shared by three physicians. Here’s what you might do on any day of the week:

7:45am
Arrive at the office so you have 15 minutes to drink your coffee and take a bite of a bagel before your workday officially begins. Of course, you’re checking the patient portal while you’re doing it, in case anyone sent in a question that needs a quick answer. You organize your list into test results, appointments and medical questions for the doctor.

8:15am

Just as you begin to pull files and enter test results, you learn the receptionist is home with a sick child. You have to step in and handle the phones until someone else can step in.

8:45am

Dr. A asks you to bring her a box of examination gloves – size small – and lay out the instruments she’ll need to stitch the gash in her patient’s leg. Oh – she says you might as well stay in the room with her and help with the dressing.

9:00am

You’re on flu shot duty this morning, and the waiting room has about five seniors who need this year’s dose. Before you administer the shot, you need to ask the patients about allergies, hand them information on this year’s strain and instruct them to call if they have bad reactions after the inoculation. Just as you finish with patient number six, you’re paged by Dr. C.

10:00am

Dr. C needs help with his patient. He had surgery three days ago, and you must remove the dressing and clean the wound while the doctor looks through the post-surgical notes on the computer.

10:15am

Okay. You can finally call in that last patient for his flu shot.

10:25am

You have to get back to the call backs from the patient portal. Fortunately, most of them were to make appointments. You lucked out! All but one person answered the phone, but you left a message.

10:45am

After a much-needed bathroom break and a sip of water, you’re back in the reception area. Mrs. D has called to say her insurance provider has changed. She’s not sure if Dr. B is allowed to examine her for the follow-up to a procedure he performed on her earlier in the year. You take the phone call and tell her that you’ll contact the new company and see what’s going on.

11:00am

The other receptionist has to leave the office for an hour, and you’re asked to take calls and check patients in. You will do it, of course, but you had hoped to organize hospital admissions and lab services information for Dr. A’s patients. Well, lunch probably won’t happen today.

12:10pm

The receptionist is back, so you can take care of the hospital admissions info now. It’s a good thing you brought an apple along; that’s lunch today.

1:00pm

The afternoon patients start arriving. Dr. B’s next appointment is a new patient. After weighing her and taking her vitals, you start adding her medical history to the computer – current medications, past surgeries, the number of pregnancies, health concerns, etc. She starts sniffling because she’s gained 20 pounds since her last check-up. You talk about her diet, give her the number of a nutritionist and say that when Dr. B comes in, the three of you can talk about an exercise plan.

1:45pm

Dr. C’s patient is new, too – a two-week-old baby who is there for his first check-up. You weigh and measure him and ask his mother how often he eats and what she feeds him. She’s breastfeeding and she is afraid he isn’t eating enough. In addition, she’s worried she’s not a good mother. You reassure her and ask if she needs anything to help her. “More sleep,” she says, and you both laugh.

2:15pm

A frantic mother comes in with her seven-year-old daughter, who fell during recess. The girl’s ankle is swollen and her knee is scraped. You help getting her into the exam room and you clean off the scrapes, which just need a little antiseptic cream and a Band-Aid, but the doctor will need to check the ankle.

2:45pm

Dr. B asks hands you a stack of files and wants you to draft letters to tell patients that their routine screening exams came back clear.

3:30pm

Oops. As you look through some charts, you notice a couple of procedures were accidentally miscoded. You need to check them out, verify the correct information and make sure the information was given properly to the patients’ insurance companies.

3:45pm

It’s almost 4:00pm; where has the time gone? You’re not finished yet, though. Two more kids come in with their mother, and you accompany them to Dr. A’s examination room. Both have fevers and sore throats, and the doctor wants you to do strep tests and report back with the results.

4:00pm

The tests were positive, so Dr. A asks you to enter the information in the computer. He prescribes Amoxicillin and asks you to print the script and give follow-up instructions to the mother.

4:30pm

You’re supposed to be finished for the day, but that’s not going to happen. You need to text patients and remind them of their appointments for tomorrow, send test tubes to the lab for processing and check the supply closet to see what needs to be replenished.

5:15pm

You’re finally finished for the day. Although you’re tired, you’re proud of the job you’ve done and can’t wait to do it again tomorrow.

If you’re interested in an in-demand career that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports is expected to grow by 24 percent through 2024, consider enrolling in the medical assistant program at MTI College. Contact MTI College today.

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Alumni Spotlight: Nakia Collins, Celebrity Stylist

Many have dreamed of working in the entertainment business with celebrities. For many, it’s a pipe dream. For Nakia Collins, a 2011 graduate of Paul Mitchell the School at MTI College, it’s a reality. Collins is the personal hairstylist for Beyoncé.

Collins’ path to landing such an exciting job took dedication, hard work and a little bit of luck. At MTI, she studied cosmetology and took outside courses in extensions, hair color and styling. She also had the opportunity to experience Caper, a two-day hands-on event for Paul Mitchell “future professionals” that involves presentations and classroom instruction from top artists and educators in the field. “Caper changed my whole perspective of being a hairstylist and wanting to take my career further as an artist,” she says.

“After graduating MTI, I went to work with Colors Salon and BIA Salon to not only assist but also to learn more in depth about hair,” she says. “[BIA] held free classes on color, cutting and styling and helped mold me into a confident stylist.” She had worked there for nearly three years when she and her husband took a leap of faith and followed their dreams to move to Los Angeles.

Before they left for L.A., Collins did her prep work. “I started watching movies and looking at which hair stylists worked on [celebrities],” she says. “I kept coming across Kim Kimble, so I decided to reach out to her.” Kimble is a celebrity stylist whose clientele includes Kelly Rowland, Nicki Minaj, Mary J. Blige, Halle Berry and Shakira. Kimble granted Collins an interview.

“After almost a year, I was assisting her at her salon in West Hollywood,” Collins says. She worked for Kimble for about three years and then decided to work freelance in film and production on music videos, awards shows, TV shows and more.

From there, Collins worked a few years for Tina Knowles, who introduced her to her daughter – Beyoncé. “I am truly grateful for [Knowles],” she says. “She was a hairstylist as well and has taught me so much about hair. I am very grateful to work with such a humble and loving family.”

Working with one of the world’s best-known celebrities comes with challenges. “Everyone will see your work, and it’s a love-hate situation, sometimes because the media is really cutthroat,” Collins says. “You just have to love what you do and be open to learning.”

“I would say traveling is one of the best parts of the job and being able to explore creativity with great people,” she says. The traveling, though, creates another challenge: balancing work and family life. “It’s a constant lesson, but it’s possible. “I have two amazing children and a wonderful husband to keep me striving for more.”

Even though Nakia Collins has a wonderful job that she loves, she has other dreams to pursue. “I would love to travel the world and speak to people about not giving up and following their dreams,” she says. “I would also love to create a space for new professionals coming into this industry.”

For anyone considering a career in cosmetology, Collins offers a few words of wisdom. “If it’s something you love, make it work for you. Don’t be scared of failing,” she says. “Some of my biggest failures brought out my best work. After all, when you love what you do it’s not work.”

Are you ready to follow your dreams to become a hairstylist? MTI’s Paul Mitchell the School helps you develop the beauty and cosmetology skills you need for a rewarding career. At Paul Mitchell the School, you’ll learn salon techniques as well as the business fundamentals you’ll need. You’ll learn about marketing, merchandising, client retention and cash flow management. All of that plus small class sizes limited to 16 students and one-on-one attention from your industry-professional instructors will prepare you for the next step: taking the California State Cosmetology Board exam. From there, the sky’s the limit.

Make your dream a reality. Register for the cosmetology program at MTI College today.

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Types of Network Security That Protect Digital Information

“I’ve been hacked.” How many times have we heard this? When our email or Facebook accounts have been compromised, we worry about what the hackers may have “stolen” – our contacts? Credit card numbers? Identification? Now, imagine the impact that has on huge corporations or organizations where potentially millions of accounts are affected. This constant threat in today’s digital world reinforces the need for network security to guarantee the safety of an organization’s assets, privacy, clientele and technology.

With cybercrime costs predicted to reach $6 trillion a year by 2021 – up from $3 trillion in 2015 – it’s more important than ever to implement network security programs. As technology grows, network security options expand to meet the needs of organizations, combining layers of defense to secure the information that affects your digital life, privacy and business.

Deciding which you need for your particular situation can be frustrating. These are some types of network security to consider:

• Antivirus and antimalware software: Malware (malicious software) is also known as spyware, ransomware, Trojans, viruses and worms. When it infects your network, it brings trouble galore. It can disrupt your computer’s performance and cause it to crash, slow browser speeds, allow unauthorized access to your system, steal sensitive information and cause connection issues. Installing antivirus and antimalware software can protect these things from happening.
• Network Access Control (NAC): If you install NAC, it helps you control who is or is not authorized to access your network and enforce your security policies. All of your devices and users need to be recognized to keep out potential hackers and attackers.
• Email security: Everyone’s at risk through email. Going through an email portal is the easiest way to breach a network’s security. Attackers can use your personal information to develop phishing schemes that trick email recipients into clicking on malicious sites. When you utilize an email security application, it can effectively block incoming attacks and control outbound messages so sensitive data is not at risk.
• Wireless security: With so many mobile devices connected to a wireless network with multiple access points, network security can be compromised. Wired networks are more secure than wireless networks, which are easier for hackers to enter. If your network is wireless, you need to enable security products that are specifically designed for these networks. Without strong wireless security in place, installing a wireless LAN could be like having accessible Ethernet ports everywhere.
• Application security: No matter how good the software you buy – or your IT department creates – is, it can be vulnerable to attackers. Application security is the hardware, software and processes your company uses to close holes and protect vulnerabilities.
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP): This software helps organizations guarantee that their employees do not send sensitive information outside the network. It prevents users from uploading, forwarding and printing information (perhaps from suspicious web sites) in an unsafe manner.
• Firewalls: These are barriers – walls – between the internal network that you trust and those outside your network that you don’t trust. Your company establishes a set of rules put into place to either block or allow Internet traffic (an external, and often untrustworthy, network). It can be software, hardware or a combination of both to manage web traffic and secure connections when you’re online.
• Virtual private network (VPN): If you ever work from home, you may have had to join your company’s VPN to access its main server. A VPN can encrypt the connection from an endpoint (such as your home computer or laptop) to a network, usually over the Internet. A remote-access VPN authenticates communication between network and other devices through IPsec or Secure Sockets Layer.

Since new vulnerabilities to our technology are coming about every day, the need for IT security specialists is growing. They are especially important to large companies and industries, such as health care and banking, that rely on secure, shared databases.

MTI College offers a fast-paced, hands-on Network Administration and Security associate degree program that prepares you for an entry-level position as a networking professional. After you complete your network security program at MTI and earn CompTIA Network+ and Security+ certification, it can open the door to an entry-level job as a:

• Network administrator
  You would be responsible for setting up and maintaining an organization’s computer network to keep costs down and production up.
• Security specialist
  In this important role, you would protect a company’s computer network and make sure that only authorized people could gain access to confidential information. You would also have to monitor the network’s infrastructure and firewalls.
• Information security analyst
  You would look for security breaches and investigate violations, install firewalls and generally help keep a company’s computer network safe from hackers.
• Systems administrator
  This job entails taking care of the day-to-day operation and upkeep of a company’s computer network.

MTI College provides the skills and certification you need for an entry-level job in IT network security. Call today!

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10 Personal Traits Every Accounting Professional Needs

Deciding on a career is not something you take lightly. After all, you need to invest in training – and you’re making a long-term commitment to the field. Although you can learn many of the skills needed to perform an entry-level accounting job in school, there’s more to the profession than that. Do you have the personal traits necessary to have a career in accounting?

If you think you want to study accounting, you probably enjoy working with numbers. If not, you’re definitely thinking of the wrong field. The other requirements are a little subtler. These are some traits you should have if you want to work in the accounting field:

• Organize well. Every company, regardless of its size, requires accounting personnel to manage its bookkeeping, handle payroll and maintain account data. There are lots of responsibilities that will keep you busy every day, and you need to establish an effective system to track those responsibilities. As a member of an accounting team, you need to be very well organized so that you can find files and answer questions.
• Manage your time. This skill goes hand in hand with organization. You may have an organized filing system, but if you don’t know how to prioritize your duties, you are not going to make it. You’re going to be very busy, and many people will rely on you. Managing your time will keep stress at bay and let you contribute to your company’s day-to-day operations – and long-term goals.
• Communicate with others. Accountants may have been misrepresented as employees who sit quietly in their cubicles and work only with numbers – not with people. This is a big misconception. You have to deal with clients and colleagues every day and be able to explain a variety of documents: tax returns, financial data analyses, loan details, payroll information and more. It’s critical for you to communicate and collaborate key insights and interpret data. Knowing how to communicate with clients is also a way to instill trust.
• Focus on details. Working with numbers requires diligence and paying attention to detail. Just one transposed or forgotten number could result in horrific mistakes. If you think something is slightly off, you’re going to get down to the nitty gritty to find the error and correct the miscalculation. You’re probably a bit of a perfectionist.
• Display honesty and integrity. You play by the rules – even when you don’t agree with them. Because an accounting professional is responsible for a company’s financial records as well as its financial well-being, you need to be honest and show integrity. Having access to such important documents requires strong ethics.
• Collaborate with others. You need to be a team player when you work in accounting because you will need to support different departments. That requires you to work toward common goals with all kinds of people.
• Solve problems by taking a methodical approach. If you think there may be an error in a file or calculation, you need to revert back to your math skills of “proofing” to find the error. Having a system of checks and balances in place and taking a methodical approach can help you find a solution to your problem.
• Be flexible. Embrace change and know how to adapt your skills and work to suit various industries. When you can easily adapt and be flexible with client requirements, you’re more likely to learn and grow in your career. Besides, when you’re ready for anything that comes your way, it will help you stay on top of the industry because it’s an opportunity to learn new things.
• Embrace technology. Although you don’t need to be an IT expert, you do need to know your way around a computer. Accounting uses many different types of software programs, and you need to be comfortable enough with technology and computers to adapt your skills to different programs.
• Show leadership. Have the confidence to own what you do, but be able to delegate when necessary. Be a role model who is open and available to the people you’re responsible for. In addition, lead by showing you are good at strategic thinking and long-term planning.

If you have the necessary personal traits, enjoy problem solving and like working with numbers, studying accounting may be right for you. MTI College offers a program that, in less than a year, can put you on the fast track to a career in accounting or bookkeeping.

Your expert instructors use a combination of lectures, videos and discussions to prepare you for situations you may encounter in the workforce as an entry-level accounting technician. In addition, you will learn the latest software that organizations throughout California and around the country use every day.

Contact an admissions representative at MTI College today to get the training you need for an entry-level accounting job.

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How Medical Assistants Can Help Breast Cancer Patients

With the exception of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women – affecting 1 in 8 women. Each year, approximately 266,120 new cases are diagnosed, and 40,920 women die of the disease. These figures are staggering.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to educating the public, fundraising for research and helping those affected by this devastating diagnosis. Early detection and diagnosis, as well as a well-thought-out treatment plan, are crucial for a positive outcome. A medical team of oncologists and other specialists can treat the physical issues associated with breast cancer, but other elements of patient care need to be considered. A medical assistant can play a vital role in treating non-medical issues and aiding in the healing process.

Many people feel some amount of anxiety when visiting the doctor for a routine appointment or procedure. If you’re a cancer patient, that feeling may be much more severe. As the first point of contact in the physician’s office, the behavior of the medical assistant can set the tone for the entire visit – and even the relationship between doctor and patient.

As a medical assistant helping a breast cancer patient, you should:

• Be conscious of your demeanor. Make eye contact, smile and be respectful. Make the patient feel important, and show genuine concern.
• Inject humor into the conversation. Cancer is bad news, but sometimes just lightening the mood with a joke or funny anecdote can help the patient relax.
• Show empathy and compassion. Do your best to be compassionate and empathize with the patient’s situation. Many times, a patient is more comfortable talking with a medical assistant than the doctor. Listen to what she has to say – and ask what she needs from you, how you can help.
• Treat the patient like a human being and not a sick person. Your patient has a disease, but she’s a woman Make her feel as “normal” as possible. Take your cues from her.

In addition to performing clinical duties such as drawing blood, taking vital signs and recording medical history, a medical assistant also helps set appointments, organizes hospital admissions and lab services, and supervises the patient’s insurance information. There are several other ways a medical assistant can help a patient with breast cancer:

• Assume the role of comforter. As such, you can establish a personal touch that becomes part of the healing. Use calming words and actions to reassure your patient, helping to reduce her anxiety and be more comfortable.
• Take charge of paperwork. When a person has cancer, there will be many appointments to coordinate and a lot of paperwork from labs, doctors and insurance companies. The medical assistant can step in and help minimize patient frustration by processing insurance forms and test results.
• Assist with home healthcare. Some cancer patients choose to stay in their homes rather than in a hospital. A medical assistant can help monitor the patient’s health, provide post-hospitalization follow-up care, help with mobility issues, assist with hygiene needs and administer medication.
• Help with palliative care. A breast cancer patient receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment often suffers from side effects (pain, nausea, fatigue, muscle weakness, insomnia, etc.) that can disrupt quality of life. Palliative care helps relieve symptoms and improve quality of life. A medical assistant who works in a palliative care facility can help cancer patients with daily care, administer medication and change dressings.
• Lend support to breast cancer patients’ families. As a medical assistant, you can be a resource to family members by updating them on course of treatment, handling administrative duties and offering emotional support.

A medical assistant plays a vital role in the smooth operation of a doctor’s office, hospital or medical clinic, and can offer tremendous support for cancer patients. If you think becoming a medical assistant is a career path that you would like to follow, consider enrolling in the medical assistant program at MTI College.

An MTI education prepares you for a career in medical assistance with comprehensive training in administrative, clinical and laboratory procedures. You’ll learn:

• Medical terminology
• Anatomy and physiology
• Pharmacology
• Medical protocol and procedures in clinics and laboratories
• Front-office practices, including coding and billing procedures
• Patient relations
• Medical law and ethics

Additionally, a required 160-hour off-campus externship provides hands-on experience in a professional healthcare facility setting. In less than a year, you can be ready for an entry-level position as a medical assistant, a field that the Bureau of Labor Statistics says is expected to increase by 24 percent through 2024.

For more information or to enroll in the medical assisting program, contact MTI College today.

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