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Key to Course Descriptions
Abbreviations
(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit |
Course Descriptions by Curriculum
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Medical Office Assistant | | | | MA-511 | | MA SEMINAR | | Students attend and participate in discussions and evaluations of their medical office externship. When identified, problems in the medical field as they relate to student externship, are assessed, and analyzed and solutions are formulated. Student participation is paramount to this problems-solving process. Students in this course are also introduced to job opportunities that are available to graduating medical assistant students. Prerequisites: All MA, OF, BI, EG and MR courses listed for the first three semesters, or equivalent with permission of instructor or permission of MA program director. Co-requisites: MA 513, MA 590, OF 222. F/S (N) | | | | MA-512 | | MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS | | The student is introduced to law as it affects the medical field. Issues such as licensure and certification, managed care, professional liability and medical malpractice, medical records, physicians rights, workplace legalities, and defenses to liability suits are presented. Ethical principles and practices as they affect the roles of the various health care practitioners are introduced. The influence of technology on the beginning of life and the attitudes on death and dying will be discussed. F/S (N) | | | | MA-513 | | SEM/FIELD EXPERIENCE | | This course offers students supervised involvement in an externship in various health care facilities. Through instructor facilitation, the student is introduced to the health care facilities practical setting. Students complete the 160-hour externship program applying the administrative and clinical skills that have been learned during the first three semesters of the program. Students do not receive pay for their externship services. Preparation for the American Association of Medical Assistants certification examination is facilitated through an introduction of examination review books. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all MA, OF, BI, EG, and MR courses listed for the first three semesters, or equivalent with permission of instructor. Co-requisites: MA 511, MA 590, OF 222. F/S (N) | | | | MA-514 | | MEDICAL OFFICE PRACTICUM | | This course offers student involvement in the daily activities and routine of a busy office located in a physicians office, a group situation, a health clinic or a health maintenance organization. Through instructor facilitation, the student is introduced to the office practical setting that is selected for its appropriateness to the students certificate program. This course provides student contact with both paraprofessionals and patients prior to job placement. The student elects to complete a supervised externship program which will be of sufficient length to provide opportunity to apply the administrative and/or clinical skills that have been learned in course work. Prerequisites: All Medical Office Practice courses. F/S (N) | | | | MA-520 | | MED. APPLCA. OF COMP | | This course is designed to introduce the student to computerized medical applications using the latest office software package. The student will complete medical application projects using word processing, spreadsheet, database, slide presentation, the internet and publishing software. Prerequisites: MA 555 and OF 201 or permission of instructor. F /S (N) | | | | MA-555 | | MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | | A course for allied health professionals designed to provide skill in understanding and using medical terms. This course introduces fundamentals of word analysis, orientation to the body as a whole, and common prefixes and suffixes. Anatomic and physiologic terminology, pathologic terminology, clinical procedures, laboratory tests, abbreviations, and correct spelling and pronunciation of medical terms relating to the body systems are stressed. Many body systems are included such as musculo/skeletal, nervous, integumentary, special senses, cardiovascular, blood and lymphatic. Highly recommended: completion of EN 010 and EN 020. F/S (C, N, S) | | | | MA-556 | | CLINICAL OFFICE PROCEDURES | | A laboratory course which is designed to provide the medical assistant with entrylevel skills in clinical office procedures. Instruction includes fundamentals of patient care as practiced in a medical office during examination and treatment. Laboratory sessions provide practice in organizing the examination or treatment area before, during, and after patient care; procedures for sanitization, disinfection, and sterilization; recording subjective and objective patient data; procedures for patient positioning and draping; measuring and recording vital signs; assisting the physician with the examination, treatment, and minor surgery. Prerequisites or Co-requisites: BI 149, BI 150, BI 151, or BI 152. F/S (N) | | | | MA-557 | | PHARMACOLOGY | | This course is designed to help students understand their responsibility concerning drugs and to appreciate the necessary limitations imposed upon them. Included is the history and scope of pharmacology; drug standards and drug legislation; sources, administration, action and use of drugs; and basic mathematical principles in calculating the dosages of drugs. A brief introduction to classes of drugs, with emphasis on the constant advances in drug therapy. Prerequisite: BI 149/BI 150 and MT 006 or equivalent, with permission of instructor. F/S (N) | | | | MA-560 | | CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC ORIENTAT | | A laboratory course which is designed to provide the medical assistant with entrylevel skills in diagnostic laboratory orientation. Patient education for all procedures will be emphasized. Laboratory sessions provide practice in proper procedures for patient preparation, collection, handling, storage, and/or transportation of clinical specimens; laboratory testing procedures including reference ranges and their clinical significance; quality control, and aseptic practices. Fundamentals of the purposes and techniques including: special examination, recording of electrocardiogram, recording spirometry, administration of medications, and phlebotomy are presented. Prerequisite or Co-requisites: BI 149, BI 150, BI 151, BI 152, MA 555, BI 230, BI 231, MA 556, MA 557. F/S (N) | | | | MA-565 | | MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 2 | | A course for allied health professionals designed to provide skill in understanding and using medical terms. This course is a continuation of MA 555. Anatomic and physiologic terminology, pathologic terminology, clinical procedures, laboratory tests, abbreviations and correct pronunciation and spelling of medical terms relating to the body systems are stressed. Included are the digestive, urinary, female and male reproductive, respiratory, and endocrine systems along with specialized areas of oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, pharmacology and psychiatry. Case reports are analyzed for their medical terminology content. Prerequisite: Completion of MA 555 or permission of instructor. F/S (C,N,S) | | | | MA-590 | | MED INTERRELATIONS | | This course is designed to help the student develop confidence in communicating with patients, office personnel, and others in the medical setting. Principles of communication and communication theory are presented from various viewpoints. Human relations, as they affect the medical assistant, are presented and discussed. Interpersonal relationships the medical assistant encounters in the office situation are explored. Medical assisting students learn principles of initiating, developing, maintaining, and terminating relationships with patients, and apply these skills while in the office setting during their externship. Preparation for the American Association of Medical Assistants certification examination is facilitated through an introduction of examination review books. Prerequisites: All MA, OF, BI, EG and MR courses listed for the first three semesters, or equivalent with permission of instructor. Co-requisites: MA 511, MA 513, OF 222. F/S (N) | | |
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