Medical Assisting Apprenticeship

Covers fundamental principles, including a overview of medical practices and the healthcare team, certification and professional organizations. Effective communication related to communication in healthcare is addressed. Includes cultural perspectives on illness. Introduces the student to legal and ethical concepts related to ambulatory healthcare. Emphasizes critical thinking, HIV/AIDS education, and emergency preparedness. Prereq: Enrollment in program.

Provides students with opportunities to acquire knowledge of the medical front office focusing on skills and techniques required for the clinical and administrative functions of a medical assistant in an ambulatory care setting. Covers the office environment, computer medical application, telephone techniques, professional correspondence, and medical records management relative to electronic health records. Prereq: Must be enrolled in the Certified Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program.

Introduces medical assisting theory and how to apply it to medical assisting clinical practice. Clinical practice will include vital signs, equipment sterilization, diagnostic procedures, roles & responsibilities when assisting physicians, etc. Medical device knowledge will include wheelchairs, crutches, nebulizers, audiometry equipment, etc. Communication, documentation, and patient education concepts introduced. Anatomy & physiology of the urinary, endocrine, & reproductive systems introduced.

Covers insurance and the electronic billing process, financial accounting aspects of medical practices, and health insurance and numeric / alphanumeric codes utilized in healthcare for the purpose of maintaining accurate medical records and ensuring efficient claims processes. Students provided with opportunities to apply their knowledge within a simulated medical office setting. Emphasizes varied types of health insurance, billing, and bookkeeping.

Provides students with a professional environment within a simulated clinic setting focused on invasive procedures. Students are introduced to phlebotomy, CLIA waived tests theories, procedures and values, specimen handling and transport, safe clinical practices, and effective medical record documentation and practical application of skills as related to the medical assistant in a healthcare provider environment. Students will gain knowledge of structure & functioning of different systems.

A review of all administrative and clinical procedures. This course is to prepare students for successful completion of Medical Assistant certification exams.

Introduces the theory and practical procedures in calculating medication dosages and administering medications. Theory includes legal and ethical factors, the medication order or prescription, dosages, drug labels, calculating dosages, the seven rights of drug administration, and various routes to deliver medications. These routes include practice in oral medications, and various parenteral routes: injections, intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular.