Medical Assisting Level 3
Practicum
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.
Learning Outcomes Practicum
Students are placed in an ambulatory healthcare setting for an 180-hour non-paid educational experience. During the practicum, students are supervised and evaluated on performance of psychomotor and effective administrative and clinical competencies. Students will maintain a practicum journal, communicating with practicum coordinator each day they perform hours at their practicum site. They will maintain all records for practicum and complete and exit interview with the practicum coordinator when practicum hours are complete.
6 weeks (minimum 30 hours per week-varied)