Testing and Assessment

NAHP - National Association for Health Professionals

The National Association for Health Professionals is the premier certification body providing credentialing for healthcare professionals in the roles of administrative health assistants, EKG technicians, coding specialists, dental assistants, medical assistants, patient care technicians, pharmacy technicians, phlebotomy technicians, and surgical technicians.

Healthcare professionals validate their education, training, and supervised clinical experience by undergoing NAHP certification examinations to receive these rigorous NRC distinctions.

For more information please visit the NAHP website.

Certifications include, but are not limited to those below.  You may view other available certifications here.

  • Medical Assistant (NRCMA)
  • Phlebotomy Technician (NRCPT)
  • Dental Assistant (NRCDA)
  • EKG Technician (NRCEKG)

For tests proctored by Miami Dade College for external vendors, under certain circumstances, arrangements for auxiliary aids and modifications may be available to students. For these tests, auxiliary aids and modifications are subject solely to the testing vendors availability, policies and approval.

Instructions for Auxiliary Aids and Modifications:

  1. Candidate sends documentation to test vendor.
  2. Test vendor evaluates the candidate's documentation.
  3. Test vendor determines the candidate's test accommodations.
  4. Test vendor informs candidate of accommodations and schedules test.

Test vendor informs Testing Center of candidate's accommodations and sends test materials for test day.

No retest procedure available.

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Note:  Examinees must be checked-in and seated by the time scheduled in order to begin the test. Examinees will then have adequate time to finish the test in a reasonable period or within the Hours of Operation.

No test preparation resources available at this time.

Please visit the Testing Fees webpage for additional information and test specific fees.