Medical Assisting, Diploma MA22

Medical assistants are valuable in any team of caregivers, and with the national shortage of healthcare workers, opportunity for employment is ample.

As a medical assistant, the student will help care for patients by providing routine treatment and performing laboratory. Typical duties include scheduling and receiving patients; taking temperature, blood pressure, height and weight measurements; assisting in examinations; and keeping medical records. He or she will have a background in computerized databases as well as in customer service. Under a doctor's direction as a medical assistant, you may give injections, assist in collecting samples for analysis, perform standard laboratory tests, order and maintain supplies, and assist in minor surgery and wound care.

The program’s minimum expectations are to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.

After graduation, the student will have many choices for future employment, including private physicians' offices, clinics, emergency-care facilities, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations.

The student will take the certification examination after graduation and will be certified upon passing the exam.

The Medical Assisting Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

9355-113th St. N, #7709

Seminole, FL 33775

727-210-2350
www.caahep.org

 

*** The Medical Assisting Trigger course is MAST 1030 Pharmacology. In order to remain active in the Medical Assisting program, students must complete and pass MAST 1030 Pharmacology.***

Program Curriculum

All pre-requisite courses and occupational courses must be successfully completed with a grade of C or better.

General Core Courses

ENGL 1010	Fundamentals of English I	3
MATH 1012	Foundations of Mathematics	3
PSYC 1010	Basic Psychology	3
COMP 1000	Introduction to Computer Literacy	3
ALHS 1011	Structure and Function of the Human Body	5
ALHS 1090	Medical Terminology for Allied Health Sciences	2
MAST 1010	Legal and Ethical Concerns in the Medical Office	2

Fundamental Occupational Courses

MAST 1030	Pharmacology in the Medical Office	4
MAST 1060	Medical Office Procedures	4
MAST 1080	Medical Assisting Skills I	4
MAST 1090	Medical Assisting Skills II	4
MAST 1100	Medical Insurance Management	2
MAST 1110	Administrative Practice Management	3
MAST 1120	Human Pathological Conditions in the Medical Office	3
MAST 1170	Medical Assisting Externship	4
MAST 1180	Medical Assisting Seminar	4

Total Credit Hours: 53

Total Credit Hours: 53