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The Ventura College Medical Assisting AS/COA was revised to match current practice, including a multi-skilled BUS V97 training pathway and new Electronic Health Records skills. 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Examples of these careers include:  \n• Certified Nurses Aide  \n• Registered Nurse and Licensed Vocational Nurse  \n• Radiation Technologists and Radiation Therapists  \n• Cardiovascular Technologists  \n• Surgery Technicians  \n• Clinical Laboratory Technicians  \n• Medical Records and Health Information Technician  \n• Pharmacy Technician  \n• Psychiatric Technician  \n• Respiratory Therapists  \n• Occupational and Physical Therapists or Assistants  \n• Recreational Therapists  \n• Massage Therapists  \n• Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Audiologists  \nCAREER FACTS (Labor Market Summary provided in Appendix A-attached)  \n• The occupation is in high demand and provides potential for career laddering.  \n• Employment will grow “much faster than the average for all occupations.”(US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupation Outlook)  \no Is “projected to be a fast-growing occupation and because of its absolute size, one that will offer significant employment opportunity.“(The Allied Health Workforce Analysis Los Angeles Region report)  \no Shows steady growth rate and indicates continued steady growth through 2017. (Ventura County Community College District Division of Economic Development report)  \no Medical Assisting is one of the top five healthcare occupations in terms of growth and number of jobs. (Ventura County Community College District Division of Economic Development report)  \n• Estimated job growth  \no 31% nationally from 2010 to 2020  \no 22.4% in California  \no 24.9% in Ventura County  \n• State of California’s Labor Market Information forecast of the demand occupations in Ventura County for the period of 2008-2018 showed that Medical Assistants were listed 24th out of 572 occupations. Medical Secretaries were listed 38th. Out of the top 38 occupations, 15 of them were in a healthcare field. 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