Admission to the Medical Assisting program requires candidates to be a high school graduate or have a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Entering students are also required to interview with an admissions representative and complete the NBC placement test as part of the admissions process. The Medical Assisting program also requires candidates to have a physical examination and current immunizations by week five of the first quarter of enrollment.
Students fulfilling degree requirements for an Associate in Applied Science degree in Medical Assisting must complete a curriculum that qualifies them to prepare patients for examination, assist with examinations, perform routine office laboratory procedures, handle administrative functions, and assume office responsibilities. Below is a list of the required coursework not including 34 additional General Education credit hours.
MS104 Clinical Assisting Skills 2 credit hours
MS112 Pharmacology Laboratory 1 credit hour
MS206 Clinical Laboratory Procedures I 2 credit hours
MS211 Clinical Laboratory Procedures II 2 credit hours
MS290 Medical Assisting Externship 4 credit hours
MSC151 Principles of EKG 4 credit hours
AH104 Emergency Procedures 1 credit hour
AH113 Medical Terminology I 3 credit hours
AH114 Medical Terminology II 3 credit hours
AH115 Anatomy and Physiology I 3 credit hours
AH116 Anatomy and Physiology II 3 credit hours
AH117 Pathophysiology I 3 credit hours
AH118 Pathophysiology II 3 credit hours
AH119 Pharmacology 2 credit hours
AH202 Medical Office Management 2 credit hours
AH226 Medical Law, Ethics and Human Relations in Health Care 4 credit hours
A101 Essentials of Accounting 4 credit hours
HI212 Ambulatory Health Care Reimbursement 3 credit hours
OT101 Keyboarding Skills/Formatting 2 credit hours
OT104 Medical Document Production 2 credit hours
OT141 Records Management 2 credit hours
OT142 General Office Procedures 2 credit hours
OT204 Medical Machine Transcription 2 credit hours
OT131 Word Perfect 2 credit hours and
OT132 Word Perfect Applications 2 credit hours
OT134 Microsoft Word Applications 2 credit hours and
CS125 Presentation Graphics 2 credit hours
DT110 Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing
