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Degree Plans - Medical Assisting - Medical Assisting Certificate (Archived)

MEDICAL ASSISTING

El Centro and Mountain View (see above)

(Certificate)

(Students pursuing this certificate program are waived from TASP requirements.)

Degree Plan Code: C1.MEDA.ASST.03

This 12-month program is designed to prepare individuals to perform the duties of a medical assistant who can function in an acute care clinical setting or physician's office in the areas of: medical office administration, clinical lab procedures, and examining room assisting. The student may elect to complete the program either as a block CEU program or as a credit certificate program. The medical assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), on recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation for Medical Assistant Education.*

*aka Curriculum Review Board of the American Association of Medical Assistant's Endowment (AAMAE).

CREDIT HOURS

SEMESTER I

MDCA 1313 Medical Terminology 3
MDCA 1205 Medical Law and Ethics 2
MDCA 1201 Human Disease/Pathophysiology 2
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3
SPCH 1311 Introduction to Speech Communication 3
13

SEMESTER II

MDCA 1421 Administrative Procedures 4
MRMT 1211 Computers in Health Care 2
MRMT 1192 Special Topics in Medical Transcription 1
MDCA 1443 Medical Insurance 4
MDCA 1247 Pharmacology and Administration of Medications 2
13

SEMESTER III

MDCA 1216 Procedures in a Clinical Setting 2
MDCA 1251 Medical Assistant Laboratory
Procedures
2
MDCA 1217 Procedures in a Clinical Setting 2
MDCA 2361 Clinical 3
9
Minimum Hours Required 35
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