Gwinnett Institute

When it comes to training in the field of medical assisting, Gwinnett Colleges & Institute has a couple of options. All school campuses offer diploma programs, with the Orlando campus offering a medical assisting associate degree program as well.

Regardless of the credential, the core curriculum focuses on the medical assisting skills and training you will need to seek entry-level employment in physicians’ offices, clinics, hospitals, and other medical settings.

In your training, you will take a variety of courses related to both the front and back office functions. The medical assisting externship component provides the opportunity to put into practice the skills you’ve learned in an actual medical setting working with actual patients.

To ensure a well-rounded medical assisting graduate, some programs may include training in medical insurance and coding, medical transcription, and bookkeeping as it relates to the medical office. Degree programs contain general education courses that are designed to expand your knowledge base and provide a solid educational experience.

The following are just a few of the skills taught in the programs:

• Measuring vital signs
• Patient preparation for medical examinations
• Updating patients’ charts
• Interaction communications with physicians and other medical professionals
• Preparing examination rooms
• Performing triage functions with patients
• Performing laboratory tests
• Performing phlebotomy procedures

Are you looking for training in Central Florida that prepares you to become a licensed practical nurse (LPN)? Gwinnett Institute in Orlando offers a Practical Nursing diploma program that trains you for positions delivering basic bedside care to patients.

The Practical Nursing diploma program provides the didactic and skills training needed to take the NCLEX-PN examination.* The Practical Nursing diploma program also includes a capstone course designed to prepare LPN graduates for this examination through the use of HESI/Saunders and Kaplan live reviews and outline models.

Coursework in the program includes:

• Vocational role and functions for the practical nurse
• Foundations and fundamentals of nursing care
• Infection control
• Body structure and function
• Human growth and development
• Personal and family care in multiple environments
• Mental health concepts

Employment opportunities include entry-level practical nursing positions in long-term care facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, urgent care facilities, occupational care centers, and physician offices.

*While Gwinnett Institute provides test preparation and review assistance to college students, it cannot guarantee any college student will be able to take or pass any type of licensure exam. College students must be mindful throughout their entire school training programs that licensure is a required prerequisite for employment as a nurse and diligently prepare themselves to meet this important requirement.

Gwinnett Colleges & Institute’s medical billing and coding programs will provide you with the opportunity to learn insurance coding and processing, medical administrative procedures, and the regulatory requirements in the healthcare delivery system.

General education courses are designed to provide a rounded educational experience and encourage lifelong learning. The medical billing and coding degree program provides additional training in coding from the operative report and ICD-10 CM coding for long-term care.

The core medical billing and coding training will include the following topics.

• Billing basics
• ICD-10 coding
• CPT/HCPCS coding
• Advanced clinical coding
• Inpatient coding
• Coding from operative reports
• Health information technology

School externships provide the opportunity to apply the medical billing and coding skills learned in the classroom in actual medical settings.

Upon completion of your training, you will be able to seek entry-level career opportunities for medical billers and coders in hospitals, clinics, physician offices, health insurance companies, and third-party administrator companies.