Medical Assistant, Diploma

The Medical Assistant is a professional, multi-skilled person who assists in all aspects of medical practice. Medical Assistants help physicians examine and treat patients and perform routine tasks to keep offices running smoothly.

Medical assistants perform clerical duties such as answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, completion of insurance forms, handling correspondence and arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services. Clinical duties include taking and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures, preparing patients for examination, collecting laboratory specimens, administering medication (excluding intravenous), authorizing prescription telephone orders and preparing patients for X-rays. Opportunities exist in medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and insurance companies.

Admission Requirement: All students accepted to the program must submit to a criminal background check at the student’s expense. Details are available from the Admissions Office.

Some immunization requirements may have to be met before entrance to certain clinical sites. See the Instructor for details.

Note: Students are required to use a laptop or notebook computer for this program. Students may purchase a laptop from Mitchell Tech or bring their own device that meets Mitchell Tech specifications.

Program Graduation Requirements: It is the goal of this program to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.

To achieve that goal, students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or higher in all technical courses as a prerequisite to MA 250 Clinical Externship. Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or higher in their clinical externship in order to graduate.

Award: Diploma

First Semester

HS 101	Medical Terminology	3
HS 103	Anatomy/Physiology	4
HS 162	Medical Law & Ethics	2
MA 107	Laboratory Fundamentals and Procedures	3
MA 218	Clinical Procedures I	3
MATH 103	Mathematical Reasoning	3
SSS 100	Student Success	1
Total Credit Hours:		19

Second Semester

MA 111	Medical Office Procedures	3
MA 120	Insurance, Billing and CPT/ICD10	3
MA 123	Pathophysiology	3
MA 210	Pharmacology & Admin. of Medicines	3
MA 219	Clinical Procedures II	3
HS 100	Basic Life Support for Health Care	0.5
SPCM 140	Health Communication	3
Total Credit Hours:		18.5

Third Semester

MA 250	Clinical Externship	6
Total Credit Hours:		6

Total Credits Required to Graduate: 43.5

The Mitchell Tech Medical Assistant program, offered for the AAS degree, is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

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