The medical assistant program at the State College campus of South Hills School of Business and Technology recently received accreditation from the accrediting bureau of Health Education Schools, a private, nonprofit accrediting agency.

Along with several other allied health programs, South Hills offers a two-year Associate in Specialized Business degree program in the medical assistant field. With the accreditation, their students are eligible to sit for the certified medical assistant credential.

Students in the program are trained in both theory and hands-on experience in areas such as patient care and communication, laboratory procedures, medical insurance and bookkeeping, clinical assisting, anatomy, medical law and pharmacology.