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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course provides an overview and application of current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Standard Precautions related to infection control in the clinical setting. This course is designed to meet OSHA and blood-borne pathogen control for medical assistants,other allied health personnel and occupations that have exposure to potentially infectious material such as blood, urine and other body fluids. The evolution of asepsis and infection control will be presented as a basis for understanding the need for protection in health care and service environments. The application and use of personal protective equipment (PPE),aseptic handwashing techniques, disposal of biohazard material and other related topics will be explored and practiced.
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1.00 Credits
This course examines the professional traits and skills of the successful health care professional. Students in this course will realize the job commitment needed to pursue a career in the Allied Health field, and the professional traits and skills needed to be successful in this field. Students will be introduced to teamwork practices utilized in the Allied Health environment. Students will also become familiar with the "Code of the Professional Ethics" and "Scope of Practice" specific for the Allied Health area that applies to their individual career and interests. Lastly, students will be instructed in composing a personal resume, completing a job application and participating in the interviewing process.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers basic medical terminology and the vocabulary of medical specialties. Special emphasis is on the use of prefixes and suffixes, and non-technical explanations of medical terms and descriptions of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Students learn to utilize medical terminology as it applies to the structure of the human body, common laboratory tests, radiological and operative procedures, as well as basic pharmacology. This course is open to the general public as well as students in special programs or those who wish to review this information.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on disease processes in the human body from a systems approach. Analysis of some of the most common and significant diseases is included. The signs and symptoms, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of disease are examined along with the appropriate medical terminology. This course is designed for students in allied health programs, but is also open to those who wish to broaden their medical background or review this information.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give medical assisting students hands-on, unpaid clinical experience at a medical facility. Focus is placed on the safe, legal, ethical and effective application of skills learned in prior medical assisting courses. This course also fosters the development of communication skills, interpersonal relationships and professionalism required for the healthcare field. Supervision of students is provided by the staff of the affiliating institution and coordinated by the college faculty.
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2.00 Credits
This course prepares students to perform venipunctures, capillary punctures, and basic blood lab tests required for entry-level medical assisting positions in clinics and other health care settings. This course is designed for students completing the Medical Assisting Program.
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0.50 Credits
This course presents the Medical Assisting and other Allied Health students with the basic principles of performing and analyzing an electrocardiogram (ECG). Students review the anatomy, physiology and electrophysiology of the heart and circulatory system as it pertains to an ECG. The basic components of an ECG, types of cardiac rhythms; both normal and abnormal presented. Students perform and analyze a normal 12-Lead ECG. Students also become familiar with and are able to identify the abnormal cardiac rates, rhythms and conditions that can be diagnosed utilizing an ECG. This course is appropriate for medical care workers with a need for this information.
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0.50 Credits
This course introduces the Medical Assisting student to the principles of minor surgery, its history and settings. Students become familiar with a variety of common surgical procedures and utilize the instruments, materials and supplies used in the procedures in an aseptic manner. Patient pre-operative and post- operative processing is also presented and practiced. Alternate surgical procedures are also discussed. Students are instructed in the Scope of Practice of the Medical Assistant as it relates to minor surgery.
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0.50 Credits
In this course the Medical Assisting student practices the hands-on-application of medication administration. The course presents the principles and the guidelines for reading and interpreting a medical prescription. The course content also stresses the mechanisms for calculating, measuring and administering drugs; both orally and parenterally using placebos to carryout the medical prescription. Principles of intravenous (I.V.) therapy are discussed. Students maintain medication and immunization records in accordance with the appropriate application of documentation and record preparation principles. Also covered in this course are the complications of medication administration and the immediate measures that need to be applied in each situation. Students should be aware that they perform and practice invasive procedures on each other as one of the course requirements.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Provides for additional research, academic or clinical experiences for students with special interest. The course consists of individualized research problems, conferences with the instructor at prearranged intervals and a final written report on the work completed. This course may be taken four times with different content for a maximum of six units.
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