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The Medical Assistant Program is an 860-hour program with a mandatory unpaid 160 hour externship. This program prepares students to work as Medical Assistants. The courses cover both administrative and clinical applications.
The Medical Assistant Program consists of a general orientation to the profession, including employment conditions, credentialing and general responsibilities and the scope of practice. The program also includes anatomy and physiology, diet and nutrition, body systems, common diseases, diagnoses and treatments, medical terminology, medical law and ethics, psychology of human relations including abnormal behavior, empathy, and support for terminally ill patients, developmental stages of life, culture, heredity and environment, pharmacology including math and metric conversions, use of drug references, basic keyboarding and computer concepts including computer application skills using a variety of different electronic programs for practice management and EMR software, medical business office procedures and management, medical office clinical including patient histories, vital signs, test results, emergency and surgical procedures, immunizations, standard precautions, wrapping for sterilization and assisting the physician with examinations and treatments, first aid, and medical laboratory procedures including quality control, CLIA-waived tests, biohazards and specimens and finally career development including essentials for employment and professionalism. A clinical externship of at least 160 hours is required for completion of the program.
This program is comprised of 5 - Ten-week modules. The program begins every ten weeks and is done in 12 months (some students may need a few more weeks to complete their final externship at the end of the program).
Program Length: 50 Week Program. 860 hours.
Delivery Method: Classroom, lab and distance education.
Textbook:
Today’s Medical Assistant. Bonnewit-West, Kathy Med. Hunt, Sue A. RN, CMA. Applegate, Edith MS. Published by Saunders Elsevier 2009
Medical Terminology A Short Course, Chabner, Davi-Ellen; Saunders Elseveir, 2009
Structure and Function of the Body, Thibodeau, Gary PhD; Patton, Kevin PhD; Mosby Elsevier, 2008
Phlebotomy Work text and Procedures Manual; Warekois, Robin S., Robinson, Richard; Elsevier Saunders, 2012.
Award: Certificate
Within 30 Days of the start date students must have the following:
These pre-requisites satisfy externship requirements and are non-negotiable. If students do not meet these requirements within the first 30 days, the student will be dismissed from the program. The student may re-enroll at the beginning of the next program if all pre-requisites are completed.
HCP 101 - Introduction to Medical Assisting
This course is an introduction to the medical assisting profession and the history of healthcare. This course includes professionalism in the workplace and patient-centered care. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 102 Medical Terminology- Introduction to the Language of Medicine
This is the language of medicine. You will learn the components of a word that are broken down in to prefixes and suffixes and basic word structures. 2 credits/20 Hours
COM 101-Computer Fundamentals
This course teaches students the fundamentals of computer use including email, word, excel, power point and the internet. 4 Credits/40 Hours
HCP 103-Vital Signs and Patient Assessments
In this course students learn how to perform vital signs, how to take temperatures in multiple forms and how to record them in the patients chart. Students learn to conduct patient assessments and how to chart accurately. Information gathered in the pre-assessment and assessment phase may determine the treatment patients receive. 2 Credits/20 Clock Hours
HCP 107 Anatomy-Introduction to Structure and Function of the Body
This course introduces students to the human body. Students learn body systems and how they function, how the body works and how each organ plays a vital role. Life is chemistry. The more students understand about structure and function, the more they realize that it all boils down to interactions among chemicals. 2 Credits/20 Clock Hours
HCP 104 Medical Terminology- Suffixes
In this course students learn all about suffixes and their use in words. Suffixes are divided into two groups: those that describe diagnoses and those that describe procedures. 2 Credits/ 20 hours
MLT 101- Phlebotomy/IV and Micro-biology
Hematology is the study of blood. Phlebotomy is the process of blood collection. In this course students will learn the anatomy and physiology of blood and its vital role in the human body. Students learn collection procedures and basic laboratory tests that are performed. Students become proficient at blood collection, testing and processing and learn and practice lab testing on urine specimens. This course will instruct students in the reasons and techniques in establishing a peripheral IV. 8 Credits/92 Hours
MLT 104 Phlebotomy Externship
Students are assigned to a hospital or clinic to complete an unpaid 40 hour externship. 1.5 Credit/40 Hours
HCP 109 Anatomy- Body Systems
In this course students learn about the progressive organization of body structures from simple to complex. Complexity in body structure and function progresses from cells to tissues and then to organs and organ systems. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 106 Medical Terminology- Prefixes
This course reviews the prefixes studied in the first course and introduces new prefixes. This aids procedures and diagnosis. Students learn medical specialties and case reports. 2Credits/20Hours
HCP 114 - Clinical Medical Assisting Part I: Surgical and Sterile Procedures
In this course students learn the techniques associated with surgical procedures and sterile technique including how to set up surgical trays, sterile fields and the equipment associated with each. Students will also learn and demonstrate both medical and surgical asepsis; proper cleaning, storing and handling of instruments are essential. 4 Credits/40 Hours
HCP 115- Clinical Procedures Part I Lab
This is the laboratory component of Clinical Medical Assisting Part 1. In this course students practice the skills learned in the classroom including how to use an autoclave. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 120- Billing and Coding
Processing insurance claims correctly is vital to the success of any medical practice. Just as medical terminology is the first step of medical assisting, an understanding of basic insurance terminology is vital to those responsible for processing claims. This course will prepare you for ICD-9-CM Coding, procedural coding, insurance billing and pre- authorizations. 5 Credit hours
HCP 112- Administrative Medical Assisting
This course prepares students to manage the front office and the daily components of a medical facility. Students learn how to keep inventory, manage medical records and good communication skills. 4 Credits /40 Hours
HCP 111 Anatomy- Body Maintenance
In this course students learn how the body maintains homeostasis; from the senses to hormones and the blood to the circulatory system. Differing amounts of nutrients and waste products enter and leave the fluid surrounding each body cell continually. Requirements for hormones, body salts, water, and other critical substances constantly change. This course will teach students how the body continually manages and supports itself in this change. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 108 Medical Terminology- Body Systems 1
Anatomy shows major organs and structures with labels and combing forms for each body part. The parts of the body are defined and explained in this section. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 116- Clinical Medical Assisting Part II
A medical emergency can occur anywhere and at any time. First aid, when properly given, can mean the difference between life and death. Students learn to use medical training to help people in emergency situations both in the office and elsewhere. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 117- Clinical Procedures Part II Lab
This course covers the general principles of first aid, including the resources available and guidelines on how to provide emergency care. This is the lab portion of Clinical Medical Assisting Part II course and will allow students to practice skills learned in the course. 1 Credit/12 Hours
ECG 101 ElectrocardiographIn this course students develop a fundamental knowledge of the heart including the anatomy and physiology, rhythms, cardiac disease, functions of the heart and interpreting waveforms. This course will also instruct on patient education and how to reduce cardiac disease. 3 Credits/26 Hours
ECG 102 Electrocardiograph Lab
This is the lab portion of ECG 101 where students learn to practice what they learned in the classroom including performing ECG’s, holter monitors stress tests and other components crucial to the cardiac patient. 1.5 Credits/30 Hours
HCP 118- Clinical Procedures Part III
Physicians rely on Medical Assistants to perform assessments, procedures and specialty exams. In this course students learn these procedures and how to instruct and educate patients to perform these procedures at home. 4 Credits/40 Hours
HCP 113 Anatomy- What Goes in Must Come Out
No one needs to be told how important the respiratory system is. This serves as the life line of the body, but did you also know that it also removes waste from the body? Other systems that get rid of waste are the digestive system and the urinary system. This course will also cover nutrition and metabolism and the delicate balance of proper nutrition. 2 Credits/20 Hours
HCP 110 Medical Terminology- Body Systems 2
In this course students complete learning about body systems including terms related to common pathological conditions and treatment procedures and learn procedures that treat abnormal conditions in each system. At the completion of this course students will understand the terminology associated with these areas.
2 Credit hours/20 Hours
HCP 119- Clinical Procedures Part III Lab
This course prepares students to perform clinical procedures associated with patient care. These include diagnostic procedures, labs, exams, vital signs, bandaging, charting and many more skills. 2 Credits/40 Hours
EXT 101- Medical Assistant Externship
This is a 40 hour externship that will be completed during Module 5 of the student’s schedule. This externship will be set up during the module and can include a variety of settings. 1.5 Credits/40 Hours
EXT 102 –Medical Assistant Externship
This is the student’s final 80 hour externship. This will need to be completed over a 2 week period in an assigned clinic or physician’s office. 3 Credits/80 Hours
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