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 Alma Munoz-Torres presents on the respiratory system, including information about the normal range of respirations per minute and a pulse [...]

Be it a hospital, an urgent care center, or an assisted living facility, the work that medical assistants are doing is expanding. The trend we’re seeing at Cybertex, from the perspective of instructors who work in hospitals and other medical settings, is that medical assistants now play a significant role in diagnostic work. The doctor is ultimately the person who decides the course of treatment for a patient based on the information given in labs, EKGs, and other tests. But more and more, the medical assistant is becoming the doctor’s right hand. That’s why, in our training at Cybertex, we go beyond [...]

When you think about medical assistants, you might think about the people in hospitals or doctor’s offices taking vital signs. And that’s certainly one, important role that medical assistants play. In doctor’s offices, for example, the medical assistant is often the first trained professional the patient comes in contact with, and the one he or she spends the most time with. But students who graduate from medical assistant programs and receive certification can take on so many roles! One specialty that allows MAs to branch out is phlebotomy. Drawing blood from patients for lab tests is in itself a special skill, and a [...]

If you enroll in the medical assistant program at Cybertex Institute of Technology, you’re committing to just 20 hours a week, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. For those who work during the evening—perhaps even the second shift at a hospital in a non-medical role—it’s an ideal fit. But for those students who want to dedicate themselves to their studies, the commitment to Cybertex doesn’t have to stop at 20 hours a week. I run tutorials and open clinicals for 4 to 6 hours a day most days I’m teaching. For students who want to advance beyond the [...]

In choosing medical careers to pursue, some think about excitement, unpredictability, and the unique and amazing feeling of saving a life, and think they’ll find that as an emergency medical technician (EMT). I used to think that way—and while the work that EMTs do is valuable, it’s more routine work than people think: At the end of the day, a lot of stabilizing patients with heart issues and transporting them to emergency rooms. It surprises some people to learn that if excitement and unpredictability are reasons that medicine intrigues you, you’re most likely to find it as a medical assistant. Nurses, [...]

CyberTex Institute of Technology takes great care of every student providing hands-on training, practical experience and support it takes to get started in a medical assisting career without spending years in school Start small. Think Big. Aliquam fringilla molestie nisi ut porttitor. Maecenas viverra velit id cursus rhoncus. Mauris sit amet semper enim, quis hendrerit ex. Maecenas eu neque non lectus varius tristique sed ac tortor. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Integer accumsan tempus finibus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Duis feugiat volutpat metus in elementum. [...]