Medical Assisting (A45400)
Associate Degree Program
Career Information
The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.
Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care. Graduates of CAAHEP-accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants. Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.
Special Admission Requirements
- Application
- Information session/interview with program faculty
- High School transcript/ Adult High School diploma or GED
- Transcripts of college work
- Placement Tests
- MAR (Minimum Admissions Requirements) Review
- Health form after acceptance
- Current certification in CPR after acceptance
Fall Semester I
| CIS 110 | Introduction to Computers | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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| CIS 111 | Basic PC Literacy | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| MED 110 | Orientation to Medical Assisting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MED 121 | Medical Terminology I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MED 130 | Administrative Office Procedures I | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| MED 118 | Medical Law and Ethics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| OST 149 | Medical Legal Issues | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST 130 | Comprehensive Keyboarding | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 10-12 | 6 | 13-15 |
Spring Semester I
| BIO 163 | Basic Anatomy & Physiology | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT 110 | Mathematical Measurement and Literacy | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| MED 122 | Medical Terminology II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MED 131 | Administrative Office Procedures II | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Semester Total: | 13 | 6 | 16 |
Summer Semester I
| COM 120 | Intro to Interpersonal Communication | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| COM 231 | Public Speaking | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| ENG 112 | Writing and Research in the Disciplines | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| ENG 114 | Professional Research & Reporting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OST 184 | Records Management | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| PSY 150 | General Psychology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 11 | 2 | 12 |
Fall Semester II
| MED 140 | Examining Room Procedures I | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| MED 150 | Laboratory Procedures I | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| OST 148 | Medical Coding Billing & Insurance | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 9 | 8 | 13 |
Spring Semester II
| MED 240 | Examining Room Procedures II | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| MED 260 | MED Clinical Practicum | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| MED 262 | Clinical Perspectives | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MED 264 | Medical Assisting Overview | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MED 272 | Drug Therapy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Semester Total: | 9 | 19 | 16 |
| Total Hours: | 53-55 | 44 | 72-74 |