Medical Assistant Studies

Allied Health

Diploma (W)

The Medical Assistant Program will prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) domains. The Medical Assistant Program will provide instruction in medical assistant courses using a variety of methods, with emphasis on practical application of administration and clinical skills.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Exhibit effective communication, independent judgment, and critical thinking in performance of medical assisting, according to the profession's standards of practice.
2. Demonstrate professional patterns of behavior consistent with the profession's code of ethics.
3. Demonstrate clinical and administrative competence by performing a full range of medical assistant procedures.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101	Composition I	3
MAT 152	Quantitative Reasoning	3
SOC 213	Ethical Issues in Healthcare	3
SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1

Program/Major Courses

MEA 100	Intro to Medical Assisting	3
MEA 120	Medical Office Procedures I	4
MEA 125	Medical Office Procedures II	4
MEA 150	Medical Lab Procedures I	4
MEA 151	Medical Lab Procedures II	4
MEA 170	Pharmacology for Medical Assistant	4
MEA 270	Medical Assistant Seminar	2
MEA 290	Medical Assistant Internship	4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1
MAT 152	Quantitative Reasoning	3
MEA 100	Intro to Medical Assisting	3
MEA 120	Medical Office Procedures I	4
MEA 150	Medical Lab Procedures I	4

Semester 2

ENG 101	Composition I	3
MEA 125	Medical Office Procedures II	4
MEA 151	Medical Lab Procedures II	4
MEA 170	Pharmacology for Medical Assistant	4

Semester 3

SOC 213	Ethical Issues in Healthcare	3
MEA 270	Medical Assistant Seminar	2
MEA 290	Medical Assistant Internship	4

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 36 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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