CANFIELD — Medical assistants are in big demand and the program at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center’s Adult Career Center is turning out well-trained individuals for those jobs.

“Medical assistants are trained to provide patient care, and they are able to handle clinical and administrative duties,” said Jodi Glass, recruiter/marketing specialist at the Adult Career Center. “They work hand in hand with nurses.”

The latest placement rate for Adult Career Center medical assistant was 92 percent in 2019 and this year the demand is even stronger, according to Glass.

“Medical assisting training is an excellent choice for those looking to eventually pursue nursing as a career path. Some graduates find lifelong and fulfilling careers as medical assistants, while others work toward taking steps in a longer career path,” she said. “With the ability to work in so many areas of health care, medical assistants can easily pursue careers in other related positions.”

Those posts include medical office specialist with medical coding and billing, EMT and paramedic programs.

Glass said the medical assistant program began in September 1990.

Read more in Monday’s Vindicator.