Medical Assistant Program

• Understanding the healthcare system and professional ethics.
• Gaining hands-on experience in phlebotomy, EKGs, and intravenous therapy.
• Developing administrative skills to manage medical offices efficiently.
• Mastering techniques like sterilization, vital signs assessment, and administering medications.

• Medical History & Patient Assessment: Performing thorough medical history reviews and recording the reason for visits and presenting symptoms.
• Vital Signs & Patient Preparation: Taking and recording vital signs while preparing patients for examinations.
• Clinical Assistance: Assisting physicians with patient examinations and preparing blood samples for laboratory tests.
• Diagnostics & Equipment: Performing electrocardiograms (EKGs) and ensuring diagnostic tools are effectively utilized.
• Patient Education: Explaining medical procedures clearly to patients to improve understanding and compliance.
• Professional Communication: Communicating appropriately and empathetically with patients and healthcare professionals.
• Administrative Expertise: Completing administrative tasks, such as scheduling, record keeping, and insurance handling, in various healthcare facilities.

At TN Professional Training Institute, our mission is not just to teach skills—it’s to empower you with the tools and confidence to step into your dream career as a Medical Assistant. Our dedicated team is here to support you every step of the way, offering personalized guidance in resume building, professional etiquette, and interview preparation.

While we can’t guarantee job placement, we go above and beyond to equip you with everything you need to succeed. From honing your professional skills to providing access to exclusive job opportunities through our private graduates-only Facebook group, we ensure you’re connected to the resources that matter.

Our goal is simple: to prepare you to enter the workforce and thrive. With the right mindset, skills, and support, your new career is well within reach. Let TNPTI be the launchpad for your success!

Students wishing to enroll in the TN Professional Training Institute’s 160-hour Clinical Medical Office Assistant program must be:

• 18 years of age or older
• Clear of any criminal record
• Willing and able to work with patients while giving the best patient care possible
• Be a high school or GED graduate. Official transcripts/GED test scores are required.

• Students must be at least 18 years of age.
• Students must be at least a high school, GED/HISET graduate and submit official transcripts indicating date of graduation from high school or GED pass date and scores from their school.
• Students must maintain an 80% average to qualify for graduation. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the need to repeat certain sections or the entire course.
• Students are required to purchase black scrubs prior to starting the course and are required to wear them for each session over the course of the program.
• Students must have a clear criminal record. Please see the director if you have any questions regarding this status.
• Students must successfully complete 160 hours of classroom instruction.
• Student files will be kept securely at TNPTI’s corporate office.

The TN Professional Training Institute’s Medical Assisting training program is an intensive, accelerated, 160-hour program. Students who miss class can be dismissed and may be moved to the next session at the discretion of the instructor.

Arriving late or leaving early may result in an absence.

TNPTI offers its students the opportunity to make up class hours in the next scheduled term when discussed and arranged in advance with the administration.

The instructor will keep a daily log of students’ grades and will communicate with students their updated grades on a daily basis.

Grading System :

Code Defined: It is presumed that any student who enrolls at TN Professional Training Institute is willing to conform to a pattern of mutual trust and honor and shall deal honorably with all members of the TNPTI community. It must be understood that it is the responsibility of each student, faculty, and staff member to preserve, nurture and strengthen this spirit of honor. TNPTI students shall at all times refrain from and discourage all attempts at falsifying information (lying); making untrue statements and disparaging remarks; cheating, stealing; plagiarism and vandalism. When a violation of the Honor Code is detected, the student(s) involved will be brought to the attention of the instructor and the Institutional Director or the Executive Director, who will come to a mutual agreement upon the disciplinary action appropriate for the action against the TNPTI code of honor.

Violations Defined:

• "Lying" is defined as any attempt to deceive, falsify, or misrepresent the truth in any matter involving program business. Program business includes, but is not limited to, financial aid information, excuses for absences and statements to instructors and TNPRI Administration in order to reschedule tests or assignments and responses to the queries of TNPTI staff.
• "Cheating" is defined as the employment of or rendering of any illicit aid in any assigned work.
• "Stealing" is defined as the appropriation of money or property belonging to another person, organization or the school. This also includes the borrowing of property without the knowledge of the owner.
• "Plagiarism" is defined as presenting as one's own work the words or ideas of an author or fellow student. Students should document quotes through quotation marks and footnotes or other accepted citation methods. Ignorance of these rules concerning plagiarism is not an excuse. When in doubt, students should seek clarification from the instructor who assigned the task.
• "Vandalism" is defined as intentional, malicious damage to university property or property belonging to others.

• All students must wear black scrubs during classroom hours.
• All students must wear closed toe and closed heel shoes during classroom hours.
• The students must wear their hair up if hair length is longer than shoulder length.
• Acrylic nails are not permitted during classroom hours. Natural nails can be painted in French tip or in a clear color. Colored nail polish other than clear is not permitted.
• Lab coats provided by the school should be worn during clinical/lab hours.
• PPEs should be worn at all times during clinical hours.