Medical Assistant Program

This course will identify the essential anatomical and physiological features of the body systems with an emphasis on the blood and cardiovascular, renal, digestive, and endocrine systems.

This section teaches the about basic nursing services, gathering information, creating a home, assisting with nutrition and elimination and maintaining and improving skin integrity.

This course introduces students to professional environments, job search and personal requirements for career success. Students will prepare resumes, learn interview and job search techniques.

This course assists students with preparation to take their national and/or state certification exam.

This course teaches infection control and medical asepsis, the patient history and documentation, vital signs and measurements, and the physical examination.

This course teaches written, verbal, and nonverbal communications.

This section teaches about the expectations of CNA’s, communication and documentation principles and procedures.

This course teaches about interpreting a rhythm strip, rhythms originating in the sinus node, atria, AV Junction and ventricles.

This course teaches the execution of workflows, retrieving and storing patient information, and administrative tasks.

This course teaches specialty procedures in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, male reproductive system, gerontology, and examinations and procedures of body systems. This course teaches assisting with office/ambulatory surgery, rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities, nutrition in health and disease, basic pharmacology, calculation of medication dosage and medication administration.

Students are placed in a medical facility where there is an opportunity to observe, assist, learn and perform services in a medical setting.  The externship is an essential component of the program where theoretical and practical skills are integrated. Specific objectives, including cognitive, affective, and psychomotor behaviors shall be met while completing this course.

Students will perform clinical hours under the direct supervision of the Program Coordinator.

This section teaches the prevention and control of infection, the aging process and disease management.

This course teaches creating the family environment, the ambulatory care setting, telecommunications, patient scheduling, medical records management, written communications and medical documents.

This course teaches about electrophysiology, lead morphology and             placement, aspects of the EKG, and calculating heart rate.

This course teaches the student about the history of medicine and an introduction to the profession of Medical Assisting.

This course teaches safety and regulatory guidelines in the medical laboratory, introduction to the medical laboratory, phlebotomy, venipuncture and capillary puncture, hematology, urinalysis, basic microbiology, and specialty laboratory tests.

This course teaches how to interpret a 12-Lead EKG, myocardial infarction, electrical therapy, and critical thinking skills.

This course teaches patient rights and responsibilities, ethical issues in patient care, and privacy standards governing healthcare practice.

This course is designed to acquaint the student with medical terminology. Students learn to construct words using medical roots, prefixes, and suffixes, as well as learn to pronounce and spell medical terminology.

This section teaches diversity and human needs and development in the role of the family, work environments and resident populations and end of life.

This course teaches how to create workbooks with Excel, create charts, manage multiple worksheets, and uses Excel functions and tables.

This course teaches how to create documents in Word, format and organize text, working with graphics, tabs, and tables, and applying special text, paragraph and documents.

This course teaches the medical assistant as an office manager.

This section teaches bed making and unit care, personal care, vital signs, personal injury prevention and protection, pain management, sleep and comfort and restorative activities.

This section teaches how to understand people and identify the needs of the resident, understanding people’s rights and the nursing assistant’s role in ensuring the quality of life.

This course teaches legal and ethical considerations, HIPAA, and emergency procedures and first aid.

This section teaches cardiopulmonary resuscitation, safety and body mechanics, emergency care, first aid and disasters, position, moving and lifting.

This course teaches therapeutic communication skills, coping skills for the medical assistant, and the therapeutic approach to the patient with a life-threatening illness.