How long does it take to become a medical asstistant?

Answer 1

For some private schools it may take approximately nine months to complete. However, I would recommend to attempt to do this through a community college instead. You may wish to continue to a higher level at a later date, and if you took this program through a private school your credits would not be transferable. In all things in education, stay with a regionally accredited college or university. This would save you regrets at a later date. It depends on the training (and/or certification - if required by the company) that you are going to take for this field. If you take it via training centers or via the training room for the company you work for (since most MT companies offer free medical transcription training to newbies in the field), then the duration of the training will have to be based on the schedules that you have. If you will take up online training programs for them, since most of them are self paced, then it would be up to you on how long it would take you to finish up the course. Most online courses would last 250 to 300 training hours.