Medical Assisting, AAS (A45400)

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The Medical Assisting curriculum prepares multi-skilled health care professionals qualified to perform administrative, clinical, and laboratory procedures.

Course work includes instruction in scheduling appointments, coding and processing insurance accounts, billing, collections, computer operations; assisting with examinations/treatments, performing routine laboratory procedures, electrocardiography, supervised medication administration; and ethical/legal issues associated with patient care.

Graduates of CAAHEP-accredited medical assisting programs may be eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Examination to become Certified Medical Assistants. Employment opportunities include physicians’ offices, health maintenance organizations, health departments, and hospitals.

Major Courses

BIO 163 - Basic Anat and Physiology Credit Hours: 5
MED 110 - Orientation to Med Assist Credit Hours: 1
MED 114 - Prof Interac in Heal Care Credit Hours: 1
MED 121 - Medical Terminology I Credit Hours: 3
MED 122 - Medical Terminology II Credit Hours: 3
MED 130 - Admin Office Proc I Credit Hours: 2
MED 131 - Admin Office Proc II Credit Hours: 2
MED 140 - Exam Room Procedures I Credit Hours: 5
MED 150 - Laboratory Procedures I Credit Hours: 5
MED 180 - CPR Certification Credit Hours: 1 +
MED 240 - Exam Room Procedures II Credit Hours: 5
MED 260 - MED Clinical Practicum Credit Hours: 5
MED 262 - Clinical Perspectives Credit Hours: 1
MED 264 - Med Assisting Overview Credit Hours: 2
MED 270 - Symptomatology Credit Hours: 3
MED 272 - Drug Therapy Credit Hours: 3
MED 276 - Patient Education Credit Hours: 2
Major Elective Credit Hours: 2 *
Medical Coding Elective Credit Hours: 2 *
Medical/Legal Issues Credit Hours: 2 *
Office Systems Elective Credit Hours: 2 *
Spanish Elective Credit Hours: 3*

Total: 60 Credit Hours

General Education Courses

ENG 111 - Writing and Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
ENG 112 - Writing/Research in the Disc Credit Hours: 3
PSY 150 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
MAT 110 - Math Measurement & Literacy Credit Hours: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Credit Hours: 3 *

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Other Required Courses

ACA 111 - College Student Success Credit Hours: 1

Total: 1 Credit Hours

Total Credits for AAS Degree: 76

*Recommended Elective & General Education Options:

Major Elective:

Take 2 credits:

BUS 151 - People Skills Credit Hours: 3
HSC 110 - Orientation to Health Careers Credit Hours: 1
OST 131 - Keyboarding Credit Hours: 2
OST 164 - Office Editing Credit Hours: 3
OST 184 - Records Management Credit Hours: 3
OST 281 - Emer Issues in Med Ofc Credit Hours: 3
OST 286 - Professional Development Credit Hours: 3
SPA 112 - Elementary Spanish II Credit Hours: 3

Medical Coding Elective:

Take One:

MED 232 - Medical Insurance Coding Credit Hours: 2
OST 148 - Med Ins & Billing Credit Hours: 3

Medical/Legal Issues:

Take One:

MED 118 - Medical Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 2
OST 149 - Medical Legal Issues Credit Hours: 3

Office Systems Elective:

Take 2 credits:

CIS 110 - Introduction to Computers Credit Hours: 3
CIS 111 - Basic PC Literacy Credit Hours: 2
OST 136 - Word Processing Credit Hours: 3
OST 137 - Office Applications I Credit Hours: 3

Spanish Elective:

Take 3 credits:

SPA 111 - Elementary Spanish I Credit Hours: 3 or
SPA 120 - Spanish for the Workplace Credit Hours: 3

Humanities/Fine Arts:

Take 3 credits:

HUM 115 - Critical Thinking Credit Hours: 3 or
PHI 240 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3

Note:

+ Articulated credit for MED 180 CPR Certification may be awarded to students who hold an active BLS CPR Certification from the American Heart Association at the time of enrollment in the program.

Students making satisfactory progress should complete this program in six semesters. Additional time may be needed to complete general education requirements.

This program has special admissions requirements. These requirements are in addition to those completed for the College. Please visit www.pittcc.edu to review the requirements (click on Health Sciences > Admissions).

The Medical Assisting program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) by recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).

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