MEDICAL ASSISTANT

The Medical Assistant program prepares students to enter health care professions. The program provides continuing education opportunities for advancement beyond entry level positions into possible supervisory positions as office managers or clinic coordinators.

Certificate holders will be skilled in medical office practices, such as insurance billing codes and transcription, patient care procedures and diagnostic laboratory techniques useful in assisting the medical practitioner in patient treatment. A skilled Medical Assistant can find employment opportunities in many local health care agencies. Examples of career choices are medical assistant, medical secretary, medical office personnel ?specializing in insurance coding and billing.

To obtain current program information and applications for program admission, interested students should contact the Program Coordinator or campus/center Academic Advisor.

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Associate of Applied Science • 64 Cr.

Before being admitted to the Medical Assistant program, student must pass EMT 101 with a grade of 'C' or better. The AAS consists of 25 general education credits, 30 core requirement credits, and 9 credits of required electives.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS • 25 cr.

Communications • 6 cr.

See requirements page 51.

Mathematics • 3 cr.

• MAT 103 ?? Business Math • 3 cr.

Discipline Studies • 16 cr.

• See requirements page 51.
• Arts and Humanities from 2 departments • 6 cr.
• Physical and Biological Sciences • 4 cr.
• Social and Behavioral Sciences • 6 cr.

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Core Requirements • 30 cr.

• AIS?118??? MediSoft Billing • 3 cr.
• AIS 119??? Medical Office Procedures • 3 cr.
• AIS 127??? Medical Office Insurance and Coding • 3 cr.
• CIS?230??? Introduction to Microsoft Office • 3 cr.
• MDA 104?? Medical Terminology--Anatomy, Physiology and Disease • 4 cr.
• MDA 123?? Back Office Procedures • 4 cr.
• MDA 153?? Law and Ethics of the Health Professional • 3 cr.
• MDA 198 ? Internship • 3 cr.
• MDA 263?? Phlebotomy and EKG • 4 cr.

Required Electives • 9 Cr.

Student must complete 9 credits from the following:

• AIS? 102??? Business Grammar? • 1 cr.
• AIS? 112??? Proofreading • 1 cr.
• AIS? 113??? Basic Memo and Letter Writing • 1 cr.
• AIS? 235??? Advanced Transcription-Medical I • 4 cr.
• AIS? 236??? Advanced Transcription-Medical II • 4 cr.
• BUS 210??? Principles of Modern Management • 3 cr.
• BUS 225??? Human Resource Management • 3 cr.
• CTP 150??? Computer Diagnosis and Repair I • 3 cr.
• MAT 105??? Mathematics for General Education • 3 cr.

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Certificate of Applied Science

To complete a Certificate in Applied Science in Medical Assistant, a student must complete the core requirement credits, MAT 103 and ENL 101.

Certificate of Proficiency • 30 cr.

To complete a Certificate of Proficiency in Medical Assistant, a student must complete the core requirement credits.

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