The Medical Assisting program is currently in the process of transitioning from a full-time accredited program to a non-accredited, but Registered Medical Assisting Apprenticeship program.  This new training model will significantly reduce the required traditional classroom training hours by emphasizing more hands-on, on-the-job training (OJT) hours.  The industry-recognized credential will shift from the current Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) to the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA).  The first student cohort under the new format is planned to start in the fall of 2024.

Students seeking the CCMA Apprenticeship program will first gain employment with a healthcare organization that is a member of the Central Ohio Healthcare Sector Partnership. The member employer will enroll the employee/student in the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program to begin their OJT hours with the employer and related technical instruction (RTI) with Eastland-Fairfield Adult Workforce Development.  

The RTI will consist of 288 total hours. There will be 208 hours of traditional classroom and lab instruction and 80 hours of online instruction. One 8-hour class will be held each week for 26 weeks. The cost of the RTI will be paid through the employer.

For a complete list of participating business partners, please email awdadmissions@efcts.us or call 614.836.4541, ext. 1537

• Age 18 or older

• Background check

• High school diploma or GED

Eastland-Fairfield Adult Workforce Development does not have healthcare or Work Keys requirements to register for this program.

Any healthcare or Work Keys requirements, if any, will be determined by the student's selected employer.