MEDICAL ASSISTING (MOA)
Medical Terminology | This course introduces students to medical terminology used in the healthcare field. Emphasis is on word construction using prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Definitions, spelling, pronunciation, and abbreviations are also included. | |
Clinical Medical Assisting | This course introduces the students to the role of the Medical Assistant in the clinical area of the medical clinic, hospital or laboratory. Topics include brief review of medical terminology and anatomy, therapeutic communication, infection control,... | |
Basic Medical Office Administrative Skills | This course provides students with a foundation of knowledge and skills in the front office of a medical or dental office. It introduces students to the basic administrative skills in an outpatient healthcare setting. Some topics include: scheduling... | |
Medical Transcription | Development of skills in interpreting, editing, and transcribing physician and professional dictation into well-organized reports using medical terminology, effective language, and reference skills. | |
Insurance Coding for Medical A | This course introduces the theory, structure, and organization of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases (Current edition) Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) coding systems. Emphasis will be on the applicati... | |
Basic CPT Coding | This course introduces students to the theory, structure, and organization of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system. Emphasis will be on the application of coding principles to accurately assign CPT codes to health records. The rol... | |
Basic ICD-9-CM Coding | Introduces the theory, structure, and organization of the International Classification of Diseases-9-Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) coding system. Emphasis will be on the application of coding principles to accurately assign ICD-9-CM codes to heal... | |
Pharmacology Math and Medication Administration for Medical Assistants | This course is an introduction to pharmacology including terminology, drug category, use, side effects, contraindications, and interactions. Common dosage ranges, pharmacology math and routes of administration including oral and parenteral will also... | |
Insurance Procedures Med Ofc | This course introduces students to health records and insurance processing procedures in the medical office. Emphasizes the relationship between health information and billing procedures. Brief overview of hospital billing is included. | |
Medical Office Procedures | Provides students with a foundation of knowledge and skills in the activities performed in the front office of a medical or dental office. Topics include scheduling appointments, telephone techniques, patient education, bookkeeping and banking, main... | |
Clinical Laboratory Procedures for Medical Assisting | This course will provide Medical Assisting students with an Introduction to clinical laboratory procedures in an outpatient medical/physician office setting. Topics will include basic introduction to clinical laboratory safety, specimen collection protocols, infection control procedures and the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE). This course will also introduce students to point of service (POS) CLIA waived testing performed in physician office laboratory setting including urinalysis, basic blood collection and analysis and some microbiology and immunology procedures through both physical and simulation-based learning methods. This course is indented for students in the Medical Assisting program and not those seeking careers in outside the physician’s office laboratory settings. | |
Clinical Medical Assisting II | This course provides the medical assisting student with skills beyond the basic introductory course. This will be an overview of advanced skills. Emphasis will be on the further development of skills learned in Clinical Medical Assisting I and assist... | |
Medical Assisting Externship | This requires the medical assistant student to integrate and apply knowledge and skills from all previous medical assistant courses in actual patient care settings. Students will perform medical assistant administrative, clinical, and laboratory duti... | |
Prepares students with study skills and tips necessary to successfully pass the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) exam. Course will cover the guidelines for submitting the CMA exam application and review content on the CMA exam. Resume writing and in... |