Medical Assistant
1 Credit Hour
Students learn to respond to common emergency situations and administer first aid in accordance with OSHA Standards. Students must obtain BLS for Healthcare provider certification through the American Heart Association. Students learn to recognize the effect of stress on all persons involved in emergency situations. Students learn to demonstrate self-awareness in responding to emergency situations.
3 Credit Hours
Introduction into the healthcare industry and the Medical Assistant profession. Emphasizes efficient procedures and administration of the professional office. Telephone techniques, patient scheduling, medical records management, and patient privacy within the practice are covered. An emphasis on professionalism and patient relations also is addressed.
3 Credit Hours
Introduction into the management of the professional office. Emphasizes administrative functions necessary in an efficient healthcare facility. Medical insurance, billing and collections, finances, and management of a practice are covered.
Prerequisite: MED121
2 Credit Hours
Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the cardiac system. Students learn lead placement and perform EKGs on patients, troubleshoot EKG machine problems, and recognize basic cardiac arrhythmias. Spirometry testing is performed.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: HEA201, SCI224
2 Credit Hours
Students learn the proper venipuncture and finger-stick techniques of obtaining human blood specimens in accordance with OSHA Standards. Basic blood chemistry tests, including glucose, are performed and results are properly recorded. Students also become familiar with the anatomy and physiology of the blood body system and cover topics such as blood formation, testing and grouping, and individual blood type identification.
Prerequisite: SCI224
2 Credit Hours
Covers basic laboratory techniques and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), including specimen collection, preservation, and analysis and reporting of all specimen results.
Prerequisites: HEA201, SCI224
3 Credit Hours
Students learn the skills needed to function in a clinical office setting including patient relations, proper laboratory procedures and safety, medical asepsis, obtaining vital signs, draping patients, assisting with examinations and treatments, and performing diagnostic procedures. Review anatomy and physiology of the eye and ear and gastrointestinal systems, and focus on tests and diagnostic procedures of these systems. Students are introduced to OSHA standards.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: HEA201, SCI224
3 Credit Hours
Students learn the skills needed to function in a clinical office setting including patient relations, proper laboratory procedures and safety, specifics of the gynecological patient, the pediatric patient, growth and development, urology and male health. Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, treatments, and procedures of the orthopedic patient, and performing diagnostic procedures, imaging, patient teaching, and preparation for tests. Students re-enforce OSHA standards.
Prerequisites: MED230, MED240
Prerequisite or Corequisite: MED232
1 Credit Hour
Through practical applications, students develop the skills necessary to maintain medical asepsis, recognize surgical instrumentation, and conduct proper autoclaving and disinfecting. Students also learn to prepare and maintain a sterile surgical environment, prepare a patient for minor surgery, and assist during minor surgical procedures.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: HEA201, SCI224
3 Credit Hours
Students study the different drug categories and the methods of administration, including oral and by injection. Includes the proper use of the Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR) and how to accurately read, prepare, and call in written prescriptions.
4 Credit Hours
Designed to elicit reflection and application to the whole of the Medical Assistant Program. The course requires the student to apply the knowledge, skills and techniques attained throughout the Medical Assistant Program. The Capstone course provides an opportunity for the assessment of the medical assistant critical thinking skills, and teamwork skills through case studies reflecting experiences often encountered in the Medical Assistant’s workplace. Finally, the Capstone course is developed to reinforce the knowledge and skills needed to sit for the CMA exam.
Prerequisite: All MED courses
Corequisite: MED292
6 Credit Hours
Work-experience program in a supervised healthcare environment which provides students with hands-on experience. On-campus seminars focus on integrating the skills learned throughout the program with the work experience.
Prerequisite: BUS226, departmental approval
