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MEDICAL ASSISTING
6. It is recommended that the applicant spend observation time in a medical assisting environment.
7. Must take the TEAS - Allied Health Exam. The TEAS - Allied Health Exam must have been taken within the past three years and may only be taken once per academic year. Details for cost, testing dates and times can be secured from the Advisor. This is not a pass or fail test. It is used to measure your potential to be successful in the program.
PHASE II
Those individuals who have completed all parts of Phase I by the appropriate dead- lines will be scheduled for a personal interview. Applicants will be noti ed of date and time.
PHASE III
Those individuals who are noti ed of acceptance status will be provided with SCC health forms to be completed by the appropriate medical personnel. The completed medi- cal forms must indicate that you are capable of meeting the physical requirements for
the program. The deadline for submitting the completed forms to the program director is August 1.
NOTES
1. Applicants are responsible for submitting all the necessary records to the Registrar’s Of ce.
2. Applications must be updated annually by applicants who were not accepted the previous year.
3. Applicants may take non-medical assisting, general education and related coursework prior to being accepted into the program.
4. All students admitted into a health sciences program will be required to submit to a criminal background check and drug testing prior to enrollment each academic year. The results of these tests could affect the student’s ability to progress in the program.
5. All students completing a health sciences program may be required, by an external testing agency, to submit to a criminal background check and/or drug test prior to a state or national licensing/certi cation board approving the graduate to sit for licensure/certi cation exams.
FACULTY
Melissa Allison-Brooks, Program Coordinator m_allison@southwesterncc.edu
828.339.4391 or 800.447.4091, ext. 4391
Jessica Moody, Clinical Coordinator
j_moody@southwesterncc.edu 828.339.4305 or 800.447.4091, ext. 4305
2019-20 Catalog