Medical Assisting Level 1: Foundations
What Will I Learn?
Incorporate critical thinking skills when performing patient care, interacting with patients and/or visitors, medical providers, other medical office staff, or third-party payers in the medical office.
Use professional, effective, tactful, sensitive, culturally diverse, empathetic communication skills to interact with patients and/or visitors, medical providers, other medical office staff, or third-party payers in the medical office.
Demonstrate an understanding of the medical assistant’s legal, ethical, and personal boundaries when providing patient care while understanding patients’ rights, HIPAA, individual state laws, and accurate reporting and documentation.
Recognize potential unsafe working conditions and demonstrate knowledge of protective practices used in the medical office setting.
Explore Level 1 Aug - Dec only
Learning Outcomes Medical Office Procedures
Students in Medical Office Procedures will study medical law and ethics, communication, human relations, telephone procedures, scheduling appointments, and medical records management. The course also includes the study of coding and billing professional fees and credit, collection, financial records, and health insurance.
16 weeks (Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
Learning Outcomes Human Diseases
This course focuses on human diseases that are frequently first diagnosed or treated in the medical office or clinic setting. The course provides an overview of the disease process and is organized by a systems approach. It provides a description of diseases, etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic procedures, treatment, and prevention.
16 weeks (Wednesday from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.)
Learning Outcomes Clinical Procedures 1
Students will learn to assist physicians with patient care, including preparing patients for exams and assisting with a variety of clinical medical assisting skills. These skills include infection control, recording vital signs, preparing patients for various general and specialty examinations, performing EKG’s, performing pulmonary testing, obtaining visual and auditory testing, sterilizing instruments, setting up for minor office surgery, as well as assisting with specialty examinations and treatments.
16 weeks (Tuesday or Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Clinical Procedures 1 Lab
Students will perform clinical skills in a supervised lab setting on other students or mannequins (if required).
16 weeks (Tuesday or Thursday from 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 am -11:30 am or 11:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.)