Program Accreditation

“The Del Mar College Medical Assisting 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).”
CAAHEP 9355 – 113th St. N. #7709 Seminole, FL 33775 727-210-2350

Program Outcomes

1. The medical assisting program at Del Mar College has a two-year exam passage rate for the years 2022-2023 of 100%.
2. The medical assisting program at Del Mar College has a two-year average for job placement for the years 2022-2023 of 85.29%.
3. The medical assisting program at Del Mar College has a two-year retention rate for the years 2022-2023 of 87.18%.

Individuals graduating from Medical Assisting programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) must demonstrate knowledge of the subject matters required for competence in the medical assisting profession. They must incorporate the cognitive (C) knowledge in performance of the psychomotor (P) skills and the affective (A) behaviors.

The MAERB Core Curriculum must be taught and assessed in its entirety. In addition, all the psychomotor skills and the affective behaviors must be achieved by the students prior to the skills being performed at the practicum. While simulation of these skills can be used in the classroom setting for achievement, the practicum is designed for live experience, so simulation is not allowed as a substitute for practicum hours.

MAERB publishes the Educational Competencies for Medical Assistants (ECMA), a publication designed to provide programs with guidance and options for achieving the MAERB Core Curriculum.

In addition, Program Directors can build upon these knowledge and skills outlined here to teach the students related skills that serve their communities of interest.

The curriculum is designed to demonstrate the intersection between the cognitive objectives and the psychomotor competencies.

The affective competences are contained at the end, and because medical assistants utilize affective skills with any patient contact, be it physical or verbal, they can be bundled with any of the psychomotor competencies.

The design of the curriculum allows Program Directors to bundle in the affective skills as they see appropriate.