Start a rewarding career as a medical assistant in months! Available in Austin Campus and Killeen Campus. The Training: Students learn the basics of both clinical and administrative skills.  Clinical skills include, but are not limited to the following: taking medical histories, preparing patients for examinations, assisting the physician during the exam, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, drawing blood, and taking electrocardiograms. Students are also fully trained as Medical Assistant Professionals. This enables them to perform both front and back office procedures in a physician’s private practice, group medical practices, or long-term medical care facilities. The Careers CyberTex Institute of Technology graduates can start their [...]

Jobs in the healthcare industry are in high demand, which means renowned career training centers like CyberTex Institute of Technology are in high demand, as well. Becoming a medical assistant is an increasingly popular career choice for students aspiring to an exciting job with longevity and reliability, in which they get to utilize both their technical abilities and social skills. Medical assistant schools like CyberTex provide crucial hands-on experience for the real world, among the most effective and respected training facilities of its kind in Texas, serving students in Austin as well as Killeen, TX. At CyberTex, our medical assistant school offers not only a [...]

This course of instruction prepares individuals for entry-level jobs as a medical administrative assistant.  Students will learn the basics of how to handle the clerical, administrative and business portion of a medical office. Students will learn basics of appointment setting, medical records filing, as well as introduction to billing and coding, medical terminology and human resources. Graduates are prepared to work in a physician’s office, dentist’s office, hospital business office, health maintenance organization (HMO), or insurance company. At the end of the course students will be eligible to take the National Health Career Certification exam for Certified Medical Administrative Assistant or a Certified Billing [...]

In the present-day job market, medical training can be a very advantageous option, opening doors to a number of careers in healthcare and medical assistance. At CyberTex we are constantly expanding our medical training programs to fit the demands of the growing healthcare industry. CyberTex offers hands-on medical training programs that rank as some of the highest in the state. WHAT IS A PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN? A phlebotomy technician is a primarily hands-on healthcare professional responsible for drawing blood and prepping it for further medical testing. Most jobs that require a phlebotomy certification & training are found in hospitals or doctors’ offices, so technician’s [...]

The current group of Medical Assistant students at Cybertex Institute of Technology’s Austin campus participated in a first-of-its-kind event this past Friday. Students participated in Bring a Friend to School Day, with a number of Cybertex students bringing friends who are interested in making the life-changing decision to pursue a career as a medical assistant. The event also featured guest lectures by Medical Assistant program graduates who have gone on to careers as medical assistants, at the invitation of Cybertex Medical Assistant instructor (and blog contributor) Kristine Peacock. “Kristine’s teaching has made all the difference for me,” said Daryn Johnson, who [...]

The medical assistant program at Cybertex Institute of Technology, whether it’s at the Austin campus or the Killeen campus, emphasizes a thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology. Students don’t just passively sit through lectures; they’re responsible for presentations in which they walk fellow students through systems of the body. They develop the skills they’ll need when interacting with and instructing patients, which is becoming an increasingly important part of the work that medical assistants are doing. In this video, Cybertex medical assistant student Juanita Sanchez discusses the urinary system, its role in filtering waste from the body, and [...]

The medical assistant program at Cybertex Institute of Technology, whether it’s at the Austin campus or the Killeen campus, emphasizes a thorough understading of anatomy and physiology. Students don’t just passively sit through lectures; they’re responsible for presentations in which they walk fellow students through systems of the body. They develop the skills they’ll need when interacting with and instructing patients, which is becoming an increasingly important part of the work that medical assistants are doing. In this video, Cybertex medical assistant student Tiffany Slocum discusses the important network moving blood throughout the body, including the proper procedure [...]

One of the things I like most about teaching in the medical assistant program at Cybertex is that the students enrolling here really want to be here. They’re not just at the program to see what it might be like—they’ve made the commitment to go from start to certification in a little more than nine months. The great majority of students who start the program complete it, and a number of them are thoughtful enough to reach out to me when they’ve landed jobs. What they tell me, across the board, is how much their lives have changed. Some had [...]