Emphasis: Medical Assistant
Degree: Associate in Applied Science
Total Units: 92-96
Class Type: Lecture, Lab, Hybrid
Purpose: Medical Assistants are multi-skilled practitioners who perform in a wide range of skills in physicians’ offices and other health care settings. Program graduates assist physicians and other health care practitioners on many aspects of medical practice, including patient care management, administrative, and clinical procedures. Clinical procedures include assisting with physical examinations, phlebotomy (blood draw), administering injections, performing electrocardiograms (EKGs) and instrument sterilization.
Program Outcomes: Upon successful completion, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Perform administrative tasks using computer software to research and organize data for medical information systems.
- Demonstrate efficiency in maintaining accurate and well-organized patient medical records.
- Effectively use oral and written communication skills as they relate to a medical office environment.
- Perform within legal & ethical boundaries, including issues of patient confidentiality.
- Recognize the impact of cultural differences in care of patients.
- Use problem-solving/critical thinking to identify proper clinical procedures/processes, including infection control guidelines (Standard Precautions) as determined by the Center for Disease Control and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
- Prepare and maintain examination and treatment areas.
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare a patient for and assist with routine and specialty examinations and procedures, including obtaining/documenting vital signs and body measurements.
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic pharmacology and medication administration.
- Demonstrate knowledge of laboratory procedures performed in the medical office laboratory, including venipuncture and capillary puncture.
- Recognize and be able to respond to medical office emergencies within the scope of training.
- Demonstrate ability to maintain medical office equipment and supplies.
- Demonstrate ability to administer medications through way of intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intradermal.
Understand and demonstrate the proper way to calculate doses of medication.
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