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Total Credits 6 Total Credits for Certificate 13 108 | Page Medical Assisting The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures. Coursework includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing collections, computer operations, assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervise d 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. Program Student Learning Outcomes Graduates of this program will: •Demonstrate proficiency in the content and knowledge required to pass the National AAMA Certification Exam. •Demonstrate proficiency in the clinical skills of an entry -level medical assistant. •Apply the entry level skills of a medical assistant and provide pertinent patient instruction. •Demonstrate competency in medication administration by correctly calculating, preparing, and administering medications. •Demonstrate competency in CLIA-waived testing by correctly preparing patient, patient specimen, and educating the patient fo