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pre-requisite: Eligible for English 101
This course contains Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology for Insurance Reimbursement. In this course, students learn the basic structure and functions of the human body and become familiar with common diseases and disorders. The prefixes, roots and suffixes which comprise medical terminology are covered and that terminology is applied to the body systems studied.
Pre-Requisites: MED 125
This course will cover the clerical and administrative skills necessary to work effectively in a private physician’s office, a multi-specialty clinic, or a hospital setting. These skills include maintaining patients’ medical records including color-coding. Filing will also be discussed. This course will cover the important issues regarding healthcare today. They include healthcare reform, the changing skills required for success and the computerization of medical offices with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.) This course will introduce the student to the major medical insurance programs used in physician offices and give a basic knowledge of the national diagnostic and procedural coding systems and forms.
Pre-requisites: Admission to the Medical Assistant Program
Co requisites: BOT 111, MED 125, and MED 112
This course provides an overview of health care procedures required by Medical Assistants. The course teaches students to prepare examination and treatment areas in health care settings. Concepts of Universal and Standard Precautions, aseptic technique, and infection control are presented. Therapeutic communication, medical ethics, confidentiality and accountability are stressed. In addition, the course teaches students to perform simple lab tests, vital signs, and specimen collection. Introduction to medication administration and pharmacology are presented. The four-credit course has 3 hours of class and 3 hours of clinical laboratory experience per week.
Prerequistie: Keyboarding knowledge
This course uses Word to create letters, memos, fax covers, reports, newsletters, mailing labels, brochures, tables and many other forms of business correspondence. Word has the flexibility to share date and tools with Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other Windows applications including Outlook for e-mail. Each student will develop a portfolio of documents covering the core concepts of Word during the course. Students will be using the Internet in class as a research tool and to e-mail documents.
This course encompasses most aspects of fundamentals of the Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines used by providers to facilitate payment of health services. Students access the Internet to research and apply coding concepts and conventions of ICD-9 and CPT-4 as they review actual medical records. A hands on experience is provided with current medical practice management software application.
Prerequisites: *BOT 111, *BOT 264, *MED 125, *MED 112 and *MED 245 with a grade of C or better.
Co requisites: ENG 101, PSY 111, MED 217
This advanced clinical procedure course builds upon the knowledge from clinical procedures I and provides the student with phlebotomy skills, EKG skills, and basic principles of radiology safety. The course will present concepts related to simple dressing changes and response to medical emergencies. Principles of pharmacology, nutrition and medication administration will be continued. The course will include 3 hours of class and 3 hours of lab per week and 45 hours of clinical over the semester.
Pre-Requisite: ENG 101, PSY 111, *MED 246 and MED 217 with a grade of C or better
This course combines a classroom seminar with on the job learning. Students who meet program eligibility work at approved Cooperative Education sites and attend regularly scheduled seminars on campus. Seminars cover the establishment of learning goals for the work assignment, work-related problem solving, and legal and ethical dilemmas facing health care personnel. A final project is designed to incorporate on the-job learning and medical law and ethics. Students must complete the seminar, all assignments, the final project, and the clinical work assignment to receive credit. This five-week summer course includes 3 hours of class per week and a minimum of 135 hours of unpaid, supervised externship.