Medical Assisting Degree
Division: Health Sciences
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Curriculum Description
The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical and laboratory procedures.
Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, medical transcription, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.
Graduates of a CAAHEP-accredited medical assisting program 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.
The Medical Assisting A.A.S. program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
727-210-2350
Note: This is a selected admission program.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the SCC Medical Assisting Program will:
- Be prepared as competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Communicate effectively in both written and oral communication formats using appropriate medical terminology.
- Effectively apply diagnostic and clerical procedures such as vitals, lab testing, basic anatomy and physiology, and triage in a medical environment.
- Apply safe and professional procedures with Asepsis control in a medical environment.
- Exhibit an understanding of ethical, legal, and professional rules of conduct required by CAAHEP.
Medical Assisting Degree
A45400
| Course |
Course Title |
Hours |
| Lec |
Lab |
Crd |
| Fall Semester |
| MED 110 |
Orientation to Med Assisting |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| MED 121 |
Medical Terminology I |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| OST 131 |
Keyboarding |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| ACA 111 |
College Student Success |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| ENG 111 |
Expository Writing |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| OST 153 |
Office Finance Solutions |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| MED 116 |
Intro. to Anatomy & Phys. |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
13 |
6 |
16 |
| Spring Semester |
| MED 122 |
Medical Terminology II |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| OST 134 |
Text Entry & Formatting |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| OST 148 |
Medical Coding, Billing and Insurance |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| MED 140 |
Exam Room Procedures |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| MED 130 |
Office Procedures I |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| OST 149 |
Med Legal Issues |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| MAT 110 |
Math Measurement |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
17 |
10 |
22 |
| Fall Semester |
| MED 272 |
Drug Therapy |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| MED 131 |
Adm Office Procedures II |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| MED 150 |
Lab Procedures I |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| OST 137 |
Office Software Applications |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| MED 240 |
Exam Room Procedure II |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
|
12 |
12 |
18 |
| Spring Semester |
| ENG 114 |
Prof Research/Reporting |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| |
Humanities Elective |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| PSY 118 |
Interpersonal Psychology |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| MED 260 |
MED Clinical Practicum |
0 |
15 |
5 |
| MED 262 |
Clinical Perspectives |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
15 |
15 |
|
Total Credit Hours |
|
71 |
To view details of courses, refer to the Course Descriptions section of the college catalog.