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Patient Assestment
This course is designed to prepare the student in basic clinical skills essential to becoming a medical assistant. These skills will include physical exam preparation, vital sign measurements, medical asepsis and infection control procedures, as well as an introduction to medical assisting, health history, and communication techniques.
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Medical Terminology
This course will acquaint the student with skills in word analysis and word building, pronunciation, and spelling along with word recognition and the accurate application of work elements as related to the language of medicine. Basic human anatomy and physiology are presented when applicable to refine the student’s understanding of the appropriate medical terms.
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Anatomy & Physiology
The student will become acquainted with anatomical structures and their corresponding body functions. The major body systems will be studied in depth. The corresponding disease process for the common bodily malfunctions of each system will be included. Actual case situations will be discussed to facilitate application principles.
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Electronic Medical Records
This course is designed to introduce students to the current medical clerical occupations and the practices related to maintaining medical records, insurance billing, and legal concerns. Discussion will cover critical aspects of the duties and responsibilities of medical clerical workers to include assembly, analysis, and completion of medical records, numbering and filing methods, documentation, forms and release of information. Students will complete a manual medical records simulation, and also research and report on one critical aspect of medical records.
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Clinical Office Operations
This course is designed to give the student more advanced clinical skills that are essential to becoming a medical assistant. These skills will include pharmacologic principles, injections, assisting with minor surgical procedures, sterile aseptic techniques, and documentation. The student will also complete a skills checklist during the semester.
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Pathophysiology
This course is designed to provide the student with advanced knowledge of clinical medicine, and with specific understanding of disease processes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention. This study includes pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. The student will also gain understanding of corresponding diagnostic tests and drugs that relate to each system. Prerequisites: MED121 Medical Terminology and MED122 Anatomy & Physiology (Does not apply to Medical Laboratory Technician)
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Medical Office Procedures
This course familiarizes the student with the fundamentals of using Windows-based medical office management software for appointment scheduling, procedure posting, medical billing, payment posting, patient billing, patient collections, and insurance tracking and follow-up.
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Clinical Diagnostic Procedures
This course is designed to further expand the student’s knowledge and application of the clinical skills of the medical assistant and to coordinate closely with the internship program. This course includes an introduction to safety measures and regulatory requirements in the clinical laboratory, urinalysis, hematology, microbiology, serology concepts and procedures, physical therapy modalities, and the performance of electrocardiography. Students will also become certified in first aid and CPR.
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Pharmacology
This course is designed to provide the student with advanced knowledge of clinical medicine and with specific understanding of disease processes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention. It will aid the student in the ability to explain disease processes to patients and other health care professionals. Prerequisites: MED121 Medical Terminology and MED122 Anatomy & Physiology
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Medical Law & Ethics for Healthcare
This course will enable students to develop an understanding of the legal, ethical, and moral implications of working in a medical setting. The role of the allied healthcare professional will be emphasized.
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Coding Essentials
The focus of this course is to learn the coding rules for the CPT, ICD-10-CM, coding systems and then apply the rules to code patient services. In addition, a variety of payment systems will be presented. The medical topics of Medicare fraud/abuse are also reviewed. Prerequisite: MED122 Anatomy & Physiology
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Computerized Billing
This course is designed to introduce the student to computerized patient billing, managing patient data with a computerized system, entering data, processing transactions and claims, and producing reports.
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