Medical Assisting Program

Christine Dzoga

Program Director

Mission

This program at Malcolm X College is founded upon the learning domains established by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The curriculum is designed to instruct and assess students in the achievement of cognitive, psychomotor and affective domain learning objectives as established by the Medical Assisting Evaluation Review Board (MAERB) in order to meet the educational goals.

The educational goals also include the Medical Assisting Program assessing the needs of the local community through the local advisory board and other various avenues and providing an educational program for Medical Assistants to meet their needs and respond to changes giving graduates the best possible opportunity for local employment.

Specifically, the minimum expectation is to “To prepare medical assistants who are competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.”

Program Schedule

 The program offers Full-Time and Part-Time scheduling options.

  • Day, mid-day and evening courses offered 
  • Two locations: Main campus located 1900 W. Jackson Blvd and West Side Learning Center 4624 W. Madison St

Certification 

The Medical Assisting Program prepares students to become Registered Medical Assistants (RMA) and Registered Phlebotomy Technicians (RPT). Certification is granted by the American Medical Technologists (AMT). 

Accreditation

Based on the most recent Annual Report Form submitted to the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The Medical Assisting Program at Malcolm X College has a 90.63% five-year average of for job placement for the years 2020 to 2024.

The Medical Assisting Certificate program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs www.mail@caahep.org

9355-113th St N, #7709

Seminole, FL 33775

Phone: 727-210-2350

Medical Assisting Evaluation Review Board https://www.maerb.org

2020 N. California Ave # 213 Suite 7

Chicago, IL 60647 

Admissions Requirements 

The Medical Assisting program is a selective enrollment program. Prior to completing the application please review the program requirements listed below.

  • Eligible for English 101 
  • Eligible for Math 118 or higher
  • Submit official college transcripts from all accredited colleges attended outside of City Colleges of Chicago to Malcolm X College Office of Registrar Services 
  • Interview with Program Staff 

Submitting Application within Student Portal (my.ccc.edu ) 

  • Under “My Academic Plan” 
  • Within “Academic Planning” 
  • Click “Selective Application”

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Programs

Medical Assisting

Faculty and Staff

Name  Phone Email   Office
Christine Dzoga, Senior Director (312) 850-7207 cdzoga@ccc.edu 2401D
Yessica Rodriguez, Assistant Director  (312) 850-7183  yrodriguez161@ccc.edu 2401-102
Kamberly Smith, Work Based Learning Coordinator (312) 850-7260 ksmith590@ccc.edu 2401-101
Fernando Soto Avellanet, Faculty               (312 850-7061 fsotoavellanet@ccc.edu 2401-100
Rachel Hunter, Lab Coordinator (312) 850-7368 rhunter2@ccc.edu  4107
Veronica Garcia   vgarcia271@ccc.edu 2nd Floor East Hotel
Peter Asemota   pasemota@ccc.edu 2nd Floor East Hotel
Marion Odom ​ modom7@ccc.edu ​2nd Floor East Hotel​
Vivian Elam ​ ​velam1@ccc.edu​ ​2nd Floor East Hotel​
​Amanda Tabb ​ ​atabb@ccc.edu​ ​2nd Floor East Hotel​
​Geradline Pate ​ ​gpate3@ccc.edu​ ​2nd Floor East Hotel​
Amber Schappaugh   aschappaugh@ccc.edu 2nd Floor East Hotel
Toyia Parker   tparker51@ccc.edu 2nd Floor East Hotel