Medical Assisting

Medical Assisting is an instructional program, which focuses on the skills needed to be employed in an outpatient medical facility.  Both clerical and clinical skills will be covered.  Clerical skills include computer applications, telephone communications, patient accounting and insurance billing, appointment scheduling and medical office management.  Clinical skills include EKG, blood drawing, medication administration, injections, vital signs, sterile technique and laboratory procedures.  Anatomy, medical terminology and CPR/first aid are also covered in depth.

Medical Assisting II:  1 year - 3 credits

Prerequisite:  Certificate of Completion from Medical Assisting I and instructor's recommendation

Students will continue to improve competencies in specialized areas and will have an opportunity to participate in multiple, unpaid clinical experiences in a medical office/clinic.  Students will focus on medical transcription, advanced clinical and computer skills.

Due to the Center's Tech Prep relationship with nearby community colleges, those students successfully completing this program may earn college credit for medical assisting skills learned at the Center.  (See below)

Specialized Equipment:

• Electrocardiography machine
• Sphygmomanometer
• Centrifuge
• Autoclave
• Computers/Windows
• Surgical instruments
• Needles and syringes
• Microscope
• Spirometer
• Doppler
• Transcription Machines

Occupational Options:

• Medical office administration
• Medical assistant
• Insurance biller
• Phlebotomist
• Ward clerk
• Medical receptionist/secretary
• Medical transcriber
• ECG technician
• Lab assistant
• Pharmacy clerk
• Dental receptionist
• Dental office aide

Skills Taught:

• Bookkeeping (pegboard system)
• Insurance billing
• Medical transcription
• Medication administration
• Injections
• Venapuncture
• Routine laboratory tests
• Vital signs
• Electrocardiogram
• Assisting with in-office surgery
• Finger puncture
• First aid
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Telephone communications
• Scheduling appointments
• Professional ethics
• Taking patient's medical history
• Specimen collection

"Vocational Education students are more likely to find work as an initial step up a career ladder."
Source: Dale Parnell, "The Neglected Majority," The Community College Press

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