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MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM
Associate in Specialized Business Degree Program / 4 semesters / 60 weeks
Objective: This sixteen-month hybrid program is designed to provide graduates with skills and knowledge necessary for entry- level medical assisting positions. Students complete academic work online and reinforce the application of this knowledge during the campus lab sessions. This course highlights phlebotomy skills, injections, EKGs, and electronic records. The student will be prepared to function as a clinical and office professional for the physician, or obtain employment in hospital departments, such as laboratory or EKG. They will also be prepared to work in such settings as clinics, physicians' offices, nursing homes, hospitals, and ancillary hospital departments.
Course # Title
Delivery
Method H=Hybrid O=Online
Didactic
Supervised Lab
Credit
231-O Medical Terminology
O
30
60
4
232-H Clinical Medical Assisting I
H
30
45
3
257-O Workplace Safety
O
30
45
3
300-H Student Success
H
30
45
3
GE121-O* Basic College Mathematics
O
45
30
4
233-O Computer Basics in Healthcare
O
30
45
3
234-O Anatomy and Physiology and Human Diseases
O
45
30
4
235-H Clinical Medical Assisting II
H
30
45
3
240-H Medical Insurance
H
30
60
4
245-O Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
O
30
45
3
238-H Clinical Medical Assisting III
H
30
60
4
242-O Medical Law and Ethics
O
30
45
3
244-H Electronic Health Records
H
30
45
3
GE120-O* English Composition I
O
45
30
4
GE402-O* Introduction to Psychology
O
45
30
4
216-H Diagnostic and Procedural Coding
H
30
45
3
241-H Clinical Medical Assisting IV
H
30
60
4
243-O Administrative Duties and Office Management
O
30
60
4
GE122-O** Professionalism
O
45
30
4
TOTALS
645
855
67
* General Education Courses are denoted with an asterisk.
** Applied General Education Courses are denoted with a double asterisk.
Note: All on-ground instruction will take place weekday evenings and Saturday mornings and afternoons.
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