Harrison College in Columbus, Indiana received word that the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) has voted to award their Associate of Applied Science degree program in Medical Assisting with extended accreditation through the year 2016.
In a recent peer review, the Medical Assisting Education Review Board and the Commission’s Board of Directors recognized the Harrison College Columbus, Indiana campus as having substantial compliance with the nationally established accreditation standards. CAAHEP performs annual reviews made to the American Association of Medical Assistance (AAMA) that take into consideration student surveys, externship site surveys, retention and graduation rates, graduate placement rates, current employer surveys, and the AAMA certification exam pass rate.
Kim Bricker-Brown, CMA (AAMA), medical program coordinator at the Harrison College Columbus campus, attributes the college’s success to hard work on the part of the medical faculty and the students who participate in the Medical Assisting degree program. “It is our collective dedication to the standards of quality in education and professionalism that allows us to graduate competent medical assisting professionals,” says Bricker-Brown. She adds, “We have been very pleased with the positive comments from our students and the health care professionals who have hired them. We are also very proud of our graduates who have sat for the AAMA certifications and achieved an excellent 87.5% pass rate.”
Careers in Medical Assistant roles are on the rise. Many adult education programs offer certificates in similar career fields. For several years, Harrison College (formerly Indiana Business College) was the only Columbus Indiana college to offer an actual Associate of Applied Science degree in Medical Assistant. This distinction was especially important to the staff and faculty of Harrison College as it allowed the graduates to sit for the AAMA certification exams.
As other colleges hurry to catch up, Harrison College continues to forge ahead of the pack by continually increasing the quality of education and professionalism of the graduates.
As you search for a quality education, keep in mind the importance of accreditation and recognition of those key professional organizations.
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