Medical Assisting

This course will be dedicated to the Electronic Health Records (EHR) focusing on the day-to-day operation in the front office, coding and billing, and clinical care necessary to complete the […]

This course requires the student, in the controlled environment of an approved medical assisting externship site, to experience the hands-on application of the administrative, clinical and [...]

This course presents the need for patient education concerning pharmaceuticals including dosages and administration. Emphasis on drug classifications and legal issues surrounding them. In [...]

Students role-play and practice skills needed in a medical office. They learn the purpose of laboratory testing, types of tests, laboratory request forms, specimen collection, and storage [...]

This course is an overview of the history of the medical practice and an insight of aspects impacting the medical profession, patients, and medical practice in today’s healthcare [...]

The legalities and ethical behavior associated with the medical practice or facility are discussed with emphasis on the legal and ethical responsibilities of health care practitioners.  [...]

Through lectures, discussion, role playing and practice sessions this course demonstrates the concepts of urinalysis, pharmacology, medication administration, the use of the PDR, procedures for [...]

Skills that will be covered in this course include taking vital signs and measurements, documenting medical histories, charting pertinent findings, and assisting during routine and specialty [...]

The goal of this course is acquire basic medical terminology for students who will be entering into a medical profession.  Standard roots, suffixes, and prefixes will be covered.  Terms [...]

The course gives an overview of developments of health insurance in this country, managed care, the life cycle of an insurance claim, legal and regulatory issues, and the process of […]