This task analysis guide is designed to be used in combination with the "Health Occupations Education Service Area Resource" in order to implement competency-based education in the Medical Assistant program in Virginia. The task analysis guide contains the task inventory, suggested task sequence lists, and content outlines for the specific courses in medical assisting. Section 1 of this publication contains a validated task inventory for medical assistant. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives, criterion-referenced measures, and suggested instructional activities and aids is provided. Section 2 provides a description of the Medical Assistant program, descriptions of the courses, task sequence lists that provide a suggested order of the task inventory for actual course instruction, and course content outlines. The instructional topics within the course content outlines have been cross-referenced with corresponding task/competency codes from the task inventory in Section 1. A reference list is included in the guide. (KC)