Medical Assistant Certificate in Applied Science
This program prepares students to become versatile health care professionals who work under the supervision of a physician within medical practices. Unique to this profession is the ability to perform both administrative duties (including filing insurance, billing and coding, and patient scheduling) and clinical duties (such as obtaining vital signs and patient histories, assisting with exams and sterile procedures, performing EKGs, pulmonary function tests and other screenings, collecting and processing CLIA-waived laboratory specimens and providing patient education).
Courses
- AHS 102 — Medical Terminology
- BIO 112 — Basic Anatomy & Physiology
- CPT 170 — Computer Applications I
- ENG 101 — English Composition I*
- MED 102 — Introduction to the Medical Assisting Profession
- MED 104 — Medical Assisting Administrative Procedures
- MED 107 — Medical Office Management
- MED 112 — Medical Assisting Pharmacology
- MED 113 — Basic Medical Laboratory Techniques
- MED 114 — Medical Assisting Clinical Procedures
- MED 156 — Clinical Experience I