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Medical Assisting

Our fundamental purpose as a vocational-technical high school is to ensure that all learners are college and career-ready upon graduation.

The Medical Assisting program at Diman Regional High School is dedicated to providing theory and technical skills necessary to gain successful employment as a medical assistant, begin to build a professional network with individuals within the medical field, and gain exposure to a myriad of employment opportunities.

Medical assistants are employed in physician’s offices, hospitals, outpatient care centers, and other specialty settings. Graduates of the medical assisting program will possess the important skills needed to be successful in today’s industry with the ability to learn, change, and adapt.

The underlying fundamentals of the program will include career and technical training, integrated with English, math, related science, and safety training (that will meet and exceed OSHA Safety training) to provide each student with the background to advance educationally, as well as professionally.

The course instruction utilizes the competencies from the Medical Assisting Vocational Technical Educational (VTE) Frameworks allowing students to sit for national certification. Emphasis is put on the obtainment of 21st-century skills, designed to promote an environment of problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration/teamwork, and resourcefulness through rigorous project-based learning.  It is the goal of the Medical Assisting program to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains to meet the needs of the local communities of interest.

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Teachers

Jennifer Carter

Titles: Teacher
Departments: Medical Assisting

Heather Hughes

Titles: Teacher, Department Head
Departments: Medical Assisting

Kim Nilsson

Titles: Teacher
Departments: Medical Assisting

Eric Silva

Titles: Counselor, Freshmen with last names DR-LAB
Departments: Guidance, Plumbing, Business Technology, Medical Assisting, Metal Fabrication

Vanessa Vasconcellos

Titles: Teacher
Departments: Medical Assisting

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While we're proud of our vocational programs and their ability to turn young men and women into skilled members of the community, we can't maintain that level of quality without the help of industry professionals. Please consider joining our Vocational Advisory Board, where you will help steer our vocational programs and students toward future success.

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