Certificate in Health Science - Medical Assisting
Medical assistants perform a wide range of duties in physicians’ offices, clinics and emergency medical centers. Clerical duties include screening and receiving patients; maintaining medical records; typing and transcribing medical reports; handling telephone calls and correspondence; entering data; filing insurance claims; and maintaining patient accounts. Clinical duties include preparing patients for examinations; taking vital signs; taking medical histories; assisting with examinations and treatments; performing routine office laboratory procedures (urinalysis, phlebotomy, CBC, specimen collection and shipment); performing electrocardiograms; and instructing patients for advanced procedu
Courses
- AHS102 — Medical Terminology
- BIO110 — Gen Anatomy & Physiology
- COL106 — Skills for College Success
- ENG160 — Technical Communications
- MAT155 — Contemporary Mathematics
- MED103 — Medical Assisting Intro
- MED105 — Med Asst Office Skills I
- MED107 — Medical Office Management
- MED113 — Basic Med Lab Techniques
- MED117 — Clinical Practice I
- MED141 — Med Office Clinical Skills I
- MED142 — Med Office Clinical Skills II
- MED170 — Med Assisting Professional Sem